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.

Pianist Jeneba Kanneh-Mason is now one of the nation’s finest young musicians. This performance from 2013 gives an incredible insight into her developing talent. Meet a 10-year-old who was in full ...

Spell-binding Russian pianist Yulianna Avdeeva finds the tender vulnerability beneath the poised virtuosity of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.1. The nocturnal core of this concerto is a Romanza of rapt ...

In Paris, far from his Polish homeland, Chopin gave his soul to the piano, creating for it music of unearthly beauty. Into the Nocturnes, he poured the greatest brightness of his genius. Chopin was ...

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No composer embodies the Romantic image of the “pale and interesting” aesthete better than Frederic Chopin. Which is why quite a few classical music lovers are wary of him. They feel someone who was ...

Nearly two centuries after his birth, Frederic Chopin remains a remarkably potent artistic force in Poland’s capital, his age-old music inspiring perpetually new waves of creativity and invention.

WARSAW — Nearly two centuries after his birth, Frederic Chopin remains a remarkably potent artistic force in Poland’s capital, his age-old music inspiring perpetually new waves of creativity and ...

Each time I play a piece by Fryderyk Chopin, fond memories return of an extended trip to Poland over a decade ago. I was there for the football, the European Championship that is not so fondly ...

Actor and director Jesse Eisenberg spoke to Jonathan Ross about his new film 'A Real Pain' starring Kieran Culkin and its soundtrack – which is made up entirely of music by Frédéric Chopin! #chopin ...