In Paris, far from his Polish homeland, Chopin gave his soul to the piano, creating for it music of unearthly beauty. Into the Nocturnes, he poured the greatest brightness of his genius. Chopin was ...

Almost every classical pianist loves Chopin. But Polish pianists have a special bond with the music of their compatriot, whether they're tossing off a jaunty Mazurka or navigating a serious Sonata. To ...

Chopin is ‘in’, Liszt is marginal, Raff is ‘out’ – but why do composers fall in and out of fashion? Ivan Hewett is The Telegraph’s Classical Music Critic and an author whose works include Music: ...

Well not quite, but the museum dedicated to him soon will be. The National Frédéric Chopin Institute in Warsaw has undergone a makeover and is ready to welcome visitors to its latest exhibition. The ...

Tirimo's diffident if concentrated demeanour belied the fractures and the tortured rhythms that were there from the start in his full-toned but uneasy mazurkas (early ones, this time, but no less ...

This engaging documentary highlights the emotional power of his music – and his liaison with France’s most famous woman Rereleased as part of special screenings for all of director Phil Grabsky’s ...

Chopin’s solo piano études helped push the genre into uncharted territory. He would have practiced examples by Czerny and Clementi in his youth, but his own Op. 10 and Op. 25 sets make far more ...

An unknown waltz believed to be by the Polish composer Frédéric Chopin has been unearthed in a library vault in New York, nearly 200 years after it was written. Curator Robinson McClellan was sifting ...