I remember where I was, what I was eating and what I was reading the first time I heard Chopin’s Nocturne in C Minor, Op 48 No. 1. It was the early 1990s. Simply Red, Kylie and PM Dawn dominated the ...

Pianist Seong-Jin Cho became the first South Korean to win First Prize at the Warsaw International Chopin Competition in 2015. Following that award, he immediately recorded Chopin’s First Piano ...

An open-air exhibition titled "100 Years of the Chopin Competition" has opened at Piłsudski Square in central Warsaw, in the ...

Most pianists, amateur or professional, have some Chopin in their repertoire. As one very much of the former variety, I went along to the UK’s first Chopin piano weekend – and here’s what I learned.

Three years ago, Warren Mailley-Smith became the first British pianist to memorise Chopin’s complete works for solo piano, for one concert series. Here’s how he did it. These add up to a beautiful – ...

The 13th annual Chopin International Piano Competition in Hartford returns live to the Asylum Hill Congregational Church March 9 to 13, with dozens of pianists competing for thousands of dollars in ...

This October, renowned Japanese pianist Hayato Sumino will step on Poland’s Warsaw Philharmonic Hall stage in the 18th Chopin International Piano Competition. Japanese pianist Hayato Sumino performs ...

A desire for modernity, a contentious relationship with Western culture, and a calculated search for educational advantages ...

Passengers listen to a pianist playing works by Frederic Chopin aboard a "Chopin Tram" in Warsaw, Poland, Oct. 9, 2025. The "Chopin Tram" is a public cultural initiative launched in Warsaw during the ...