At the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the death of Fryderyk Chopin in 1999 Zimmerman announced: I have decided that next year I will give a series of concerts in Western Europe, Poland, and ...

Chopin hated playing in public, suffered chronic stage fright and had small, bony hands, "like the jaws of a snake suddenly opening to swallow its prey", as his friend, the poet Heinrich Heine, darkly ...

The International Chopin Piano competition is known for its incredible power to turn unknown prodigies into pianists of global standing. Other than the actual prize, these young artists win a schedule ...

This being Chopin’s anniversary year, the South Bank Centre’s International Piano series is making a feature of notable Chopin specialists. Last Tuesday’s recital was given by one of them, the great ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It is five years since Krystian Zimerman’s last recital disc. Solo recordings from this leading Polish pianist ...

Polish pianist Krystian Zimerman is set to perform in Korea in the coming weeks after a couple of delays in ticketing. The celebrated pianist will visit Korea later this month with some changes in the ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. In 1978, an unknown, soft-spoken, 21-year-old Polish pianist appeared as ...

Anyone wishing to mark Chopin's ­bicentenary exactly had a choice. The composer maintained he was born on 1 March 1810, though his certificate of baptism gives the date of 22 February. The Southbank ...

An exceptional account of Bach’s Mass in B minor, traditional and unusual string quartets, and Thomas Adès suites are among the highlights. Some favorite short selections and new Bach and Chopin piano ...

You may have observed a note of grumpy confessional lurking here. The fact is that some of us have already had our vision, before this year's bicentenary celebrations even began. Last November I ...