"It's my little secret, but it also helps me focus," Prokopowicz said, referring to the long moment of silence which preceded his performance in the second round of the competition. "I'm glad I had ...

Monday is the last day of the final auditions and the jury is due to announce the names of the winner and prizewinners late in the evening. Eleven pianists have advanced to the last stage. The finals, ...

Chinese artist Lyu Tianyao, 16, shared fourth prize with Japanese pianist Shiori Kuwahara. Lyu also received the Warsaw ...

Young pianists of Asian descent delivered outstanding performances at the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, which concluded in Warsaw on Tuesday.

Nineteenth-century pianist and composer Fryderyk Chopin (1810–1849) emerges as a reserved, inward man who creates passionate music in this expansive, authoritative biography. Musicologist and ...

A recital by pianist Cho Seong-jin was held at the Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall on Aug. 28. Cho was invited to play as part of the 12th Chopin and his Europe festival that was held from Aug. 15 to ...

Reporting from Warsaw — The stirring strains of Frederic Chopin’s music are reverberating across the world as music lovers celebrate the composer’s 200th birthday this year -- from the château of his ...

Fryderyk Chopin’s music is one of Europe’s great cultural legacies. Many of his compositions were based on Polish folk tunes and reflected Chopin’s nostalgia for a homeland that he left early and to ...