Lim Yunchan, the youngest winner ever to win the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, unveiled a single of Chopin’s Op.10 No.3 "Tristesse" earlier this week, offering a sneak peek at his first ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When Yunchan Lim took first prize in the Van Cliburn Competition in 2022 he was the youngest ever winner at ...
L’Homme est vraiment une raclure. Non content d’avoir inventé le pal, l’écarteleur et le berceau de Judas, l’Homme inventa... le piano. C'était tellement difficile qu'on inventa les gammes que les ...
Chopin’s two sets of Études invested the didactic keyboard study with unparalleled artistry and musical substance. Jed Distler considers a selection of the finest recordings from the past 90 years ...
Chopin’s ‘Waterfall’ Étude? Talk about jumping in at the deep end... “What Happens When I Play Chopin’s ‘Waterfall’ in the Water?” this musician asked himself one day, as lockdown began to take its ...
As part of the Chopin Experience an uninterrupted sequence of both his Op.10 and Op.25 sets of Études was broadcast. Each Étude was performed by a different pianist, and details of the performers are ...
A l'occasion du 150e anniversaire de la naissance de Chopin, Alfred Cortot rend un vibrant hommage au juvénile compositeur des 24 Etudes opp. 10 et 25. Cortot fut l'un des premiers pianistes à prôner ...