From “musical stairs” at Warsaw Central Station to trams featuring live piano performances, the Polish capital is celebrating the final days of the 19th International Chopin Piano Competition in style ...

"For nearly 100 years the competition has not only shaped the history of global piano music but has also been Poland's trademark in culture,' Cienkowska told reporters in Warsaw on Tuesday. "We are ...

Chinese pianist Yang (Jack) Gao on Tuesday opened the first day of the semifinals at the 19th International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. Chinese pianist Yang (Jack) Gao.Photo courtesy of Poland ...

Canadian classical pianist Bruce Xiaoyu Liu was awarded first prize in the Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland. — © Chopin Institute Canadian ...

Eleven pianists from seven countries are competing for the top honours including, in alphabetical order, Piotr Alexewicz (Poland), Kevin Chen (Canada), David Khrikuli (Georgia), Shiori Kuwahara (Japan ...

Christian Kaszewski got up at 3 a.m. Sunday and lined up outside Warsaw’s Philharmonic Concert Hall in the hope that he might score one of the hottest tickets in town. By noon, it wasn’t looking good.

Wojciech Grzędziński For Grzędzinski, the Chopin Competition 'is a marker in time, an anchor in reality. No matter what happens in the world, he has been returning to Warsaw for this event for 20 ...

Warsaw (AFP) – Rehearsal time is over. The world's best and most ambitious young pianists have descended on Warsaw for the Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition -- for some, a gateway to ...

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 ...

At Warsaw’s Nobu Hotel, piano met palate in a synaesthetic feast that recalled C. Bechstein’s storied past and signalled its resounding return to the Chopin Competition. Having recently been granted ...

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 ...