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Virtuoso victory: American pianist Eric Lu triumphs at Poland's International Chopin Competition

American classical pianist Eric Lu is celebrating a "dream come true" after winning the International Chopin Competition with a stunning performance in Warsaw.

Euronews

This underrated European capital excels in old-world glamour

With neoclassical architecture in ice-cream hues, candlelit Chopin concerts, and bygone confectioneries on every corner, Nicole Trilivas uncovers defiantly old-world side to this formerly drab and suppressed Eastern Bloc city once described as ‘the Paris of the North’

The Independent UK

War and Chopin: Inside the photographic worlds of Wojciech Grzędziński

For two decades now, a certain important pretext has drawn photojournalist Wojciech Grzędziński away from the front line and traditionally leads him to Warsaw - the Chopin International Piano Competition. But what does Chopin have to do with war and conflict?

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'Romantic Life: Chopin, Scheffer, Delacroix, Sand' – a Parisian circle reimagined in Warsaw

Ary Scheffer’s Paris studio was a vibrant meeting place for painters, writers, and musicians - Chopin among them. A true centre of Romantic life in 19th-century Paris, its spirit has been revived at the Frederic Chopin Museum in Warsaw in a new exhibition.

Euronews

Unknown waltz by Chopin found in library vault after nearly 200 years

The score, on a card bearing Frédéric Chopin’s hand-written name, was discovered by a curator at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York

The Guardian - AU

Meet the composer who claimed her music channelled the spirits of classical music icons

One of the most controversial figures in music of the 20th century is Rosemary Brown, who died in 2001 at age 85. She was a British composer who claimed she had contact with the spirits of a number of high-profile composers of western classical music.

The Conversation

Byron Janis obituary

US piano virtuoso renowned for dynamic and lyrical playing as well as championing the cause of his fellow sufferers from arthritis

The Guardian - UK

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The best new pianos and home and classic keyboards to look forward to in 2024

GEAR EXPO 2024: Get ready to audition some of the 'key' releases of the year

MusicRadar

Shock of the old: nine shrivelled hearts to celebrate the day of love

Richard the Lionheart, Robert the Bruce, Queen Marie of Romania … a whole who’s who of historical figures have had their hearts removed after their death. Meet the gang!

The Guardian - UK

NAMM 2024: Korg’s Poetry, a ‘Chopin piano’, could be the most unexpected signature instrument ever

Surely it should have been called the ‘Chopiano’, though?

MusicRadar

A sea change in Poland?

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the mid-October elections in Poland. There’s “The Listener’s Corner”, Erwan Rome’s “Music from Erwan”, and of course, the new quiz question, so click on the “Play” button above and enjoy!

Radio France Internationale

In J.M. Coetzee's latest story collection, questions of the soul become urgent as the body becomes frail

Devotees of J.M. Coetzee’s writing will be delighted at the publication of The Pole and Other Stories. What may be surprising to some about this collection is that the stories have all appeared before in some form – but not always in English.

The Conversation

Ohlsson takes up Australian challege

The old classics die hard.

Newcastle Herald

Piano man Garrick Ohlsson takes up Aussie challege

The old classics die hard.

Newcastle Herald

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At 3 she snuck in to play piano, at nearly 80, she's a Colombian classical legend

Teresita Gómez learned piano in secret at the exclusive fine arts school where her parents worked. She's now a celebrated classical pianist and a longtime promoter of music by Colombian composers.

The Guardian - UK

‘I don’t have those stone testicles’: curator reveals secrets and myths of Paris’s famous cemetery

Benoît Gallot balances the needs of the city with those beating a path to legends such as Oscar Wilde at Père-Lachaise

Daily Record

Wishaw writer looking for public's help to provide more info of celebrated composer's visit to town

Gerry Carr has become fascinated with the story of Frédéric Chopin's visit

The Guardian - UK

Briefly, a Delicious Life by Nell Stevens review – on holiday with Chopin and George Sand

A teenage ghost observes the erotic and creative bond between composer and author in Stevens’s playful debut novel

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Inside the Mind of Juan Soto, MLB’s Best Hitter

The greatest hitting prodigy since Ted Williams conquers baseball’s top pitchers with power, patience and contact.

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