The final round of this year's contest will feature 11 participants: Piotr Alexewicz (Poland), Kevin Chen (Canada), David Khrikuli (Georgia), Shiori Kuwahara (Japan), Tianyou Li (China), Eric Lu ...

Rafał Blechacz has released his latest album with the major German label Deutsche Grammophon (DG). It features his interpretations of the seven Polonaises by Chopin, where his previous disc of Debussy ...

Alexewicz's performance closed the second day of auditions in the competition's final round on Sunday. Each finalist performs Chopin's Polonaise-Fantasy in A-flat major, Op. 61 and one of the two ...

Chopin was born 200 years ago on Monday, but it’s a tricky anniversary to celebrate. His oeuvre, almost exclusively for piano, offers little scope for repackaging. There is nothing to be dug up or ...

It took Eric Guo a few moments find his centre in his Stage 2 opener, the F sharp minor Polonaise, Op 44. By the time his curvaceous central mazurka section commenced, the pianist already was settled ...

The idea of writing a work of concert music with an introduction had been born before Chopin left Warsaw. He started from the Polonaise, leaving the introduction till later, and commented jokingly on ...