Rafal Blechacz swept the awards at the 2005 Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. We'll find out why, with exclusive tape from the competition. Blechacz plays the Op. 56 Mazurkas by Chopin during his ...
The upcoming semi-finals introduce Chopin’s two mature piano sonatas and his Preludes Op 28 into the competition’s repertoire mix, along with groupings of Mazurkas by opus number. If you’ve read my ...
Frederic Chopin was a Polish-born pianist and composer of matchless genius in the realm of keyboard music. As a pianist, his talents were beyond emulation and had an impact on other musicians entirely ...