November 29th, the New York Philharmonic welcomed the prodigious Yunchan Lim to the stage for a spellbinding performance of Chopin’s “Piano Concerto No. 2” under the baton of Kazuki Yamada. The ...

I remember where I was, what I was eating and what I was reading the first time I heard Chopin’s Nocturne in C Minor, Op 48 No. 1. It was the early 1990s. Simply Red, Kylie and PM Dawn dominated the ...

The 19 th International Chopin Piano Competition has named American pianist Eric Lu as the First Prize winner. The Second Prize went to Kevin Chen (Canada), while Third Place went to Zitong Wang ...

(Wojtek RADWANSKI/AFP/AFP) American pianist Eric Lu won the top prize at the prestigious International Chopin Piano Competition, the contest's Polish organisers said Tuesday. The competition -- held ...

Chinese pianist Wang Zitong plays Polish composer Frederic Chopin's Piano Concerto No 1 in E Minor, Op 11, during the final of the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition on Monday. She ...

Kevin Chen, a 20-year-old pianist from Calgary, has finished second at the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw while American Eric Lu went home with the gold. Chen was one ...

The competition -- held every five years in Frederic Chopin's homeland -- is seen as a gateway to classical music glory, with winners going on to play top global venues and sign recording deals. "This ...