Szymanowski's earliest known compositions, "Preludes Op. 1" are his own selection of nine of his first piano miniatures. Szymanowski's earliest known compositions, Preludes Op. 1 are his own selection ...

Alexewicz is one of four Polish contestants who have qualified to the second stage. During his performance on Thursday, he played all 24 preludes from Opus 28. Reflecting on how his interpretation of ...

Among record collectors there are desert-island discs –the handful of discs you’d take to said isolated island– and dream discs –recordings that would have gone to the top of the charts if only the ...

The pianist couldn’t hold back tears as she played one of the world’s most moving pieces of music. A 24-year-old Japanese pianist was moved to tears during her own performance of Frédéric Chopin’s ...

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), whose 200th anniversary it is this year, is the overwhelming favorite composer for the piano. He possessed the most subtle intuitions and fathomed the mysteries of the ...