The re-emergence of Janina Fialkowska after her recovery from cancer has been one of the joys of this Chopin bicentenary year, and here she gives lustrous, limpid performances of the two piano ...

Rafal Blechacz (piano) Royal Concertgebouw/Jerzy Semkow Deutsche Grammophon 477 8088 *** Polish pianist Rafal Blechacz, winner of the 2005 Chopin Competition in Warsaw, here tackles Chopin's two piano ...

Join John Suchet every morning this week to hear exquisite performances from Daniel Barenboim and Staatskapelle Berlin. Following on from his free concert at London’s Tate Modern, Daniel Barenboim and ...

26 July: The pianist Eldar Nebolsin is definitely a name to watch. His recording of the Liszt piano concertos with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Vasily Petrenko was universally ...

November 29th, the New York Philharmonic welcomed the prodigious Yunchan Lim to the stage for a spellbinding performance of Chopin’s “Piano Concerto No. 2” under the baton of Kazuki Yamada. The ...

Yang told reporters later that day he felt the same way as after any other performance. "It's always a kind of relief. I try to remember only the good moments and quickly forget what could have gone ...

Building a Library: Kenneth Hamilton chooses his favourite recording of Chopin's Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor. Frédéric Chopin composed this glorious concerto in 1829 when he was 20 and before he ...

The final round of this year's contest will feature 11 participants: Piotr Alexewicz (Poland), Kevin Chen (Canada), David Khrikuli (Georgia), Shiori Kuwahara (Japan), Tianyou Li (China), Eric Lu ...

The two concertos were the first works of significance composed by Chopin after graduation. Both clearly refer to the form and convention of concertos created in the brillant style, the style of piano ...

After a career-threatening illness this Canadian-Polish pianist made a timely comeback with a Chopin recital that must rank among my discs of the year. Now, as the composer’s 200th anniversary draws ...