Chopin News

St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Staunton will present internationally-acclaimed organist Leonardo Ciampa in recital on the church's 1912 Barckhoff pipe organ on Wednesday.

It's the biggest classical music competition in Canada that sees young Lang Lang and Yo-Yo Ma wannabes battle it out gracefully on stage each year.

Submitted by music32 on Sun, 07/05/2009 - 07:16. Shirley Kirsten's CD, A Musical Journey: Scarlatti, Schubert, and Chopin has been nominated by JPFolks for a 2009 award in the category of Classical Solo Album.

Paul Potts immediately cites "the emotions of the language" when asked why he chose to sing solely in Italian on his second CD, Passione .

The ghost of Fryderyk Chopin is still in Antonin. FrA©dA©ric Chopin 1810 A- 17 October 1849 was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist.

Miwa Onodera, the "Kimono clad pinaist from Tokyo," will perform a recital featuring the music of Debussy, Chopin and Berg on Sunday, July 5, in Paonia beginning at 3 p.m. It will be in the Clary Inc.

Four dashing men of international origin, sexy in their Armani suits, with voices bigger than the Grand Canyon, sing their hearts out on hits from Adagio in G minor to "Unbreak My Heart." Four gorgeous British women wearing short red dresses and brandishing violins and violas release an album of classical faves and Led Zeppelin covers.

AVERY FISHER HALL: Lorin Maazel leads the New York Philharmonic in performing his original work "Monaco Fanfares" tomorrow at 8 p.m. Lincoln Center; 212- 875-5656. CARNEGIE HALL: The AM Chamber Orchestra performs works by Chopin, Liszt, Debussy and conductor Ziliang Sunday at 8:30 p.m. 57th Street and Seventh Avenue; 212-247-7800. NAUMBURG ...

Colombian pianist Eduardo Rojas highlights the classical offerings at City Stages' Music Oasis.

James Willshire, who has won piano prizes at the Tunbridge Wells International and Scottish International competitions, will play music from Bach, Cesar Franck, Chopin and Ravel.

Musicians will come together to raise money at a one-night-only classical concert, a oeMoments of love,a in Ho Chi Minh City on June 26.

Coldplay rocked Wells Fargo Arena last night. The band's three warm-up songs summed up its eclectic sound and style , a combination of alt-rock, a bit of hip-hop with a little classical style thrown in : More highlights: Setlist: With help from coldplaying.com . Linked songs go to YouTube videos from the show.

Composer Lilia Valitova has no trouble naming her favorite music: Jewish folk melodies.

It's 200 for Chopin ... and 25 for the Chopin Society. Next year marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederic Chopin, the composer who transformed the way people think of the piano with his richly expressive solo works.

For years, pianist Allan Fuller mostly avoided the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Aaron Sala remembers the night when music -- particularly Hawaiian music -- stirred his young soul.

The Cliburn Competition entered its final lap on Wednesday night with a couple of prizeworthy concerto performances and a solo recital that had much to offer, though it didn't reach exalted heights.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 -- The first Asian Grand Piano Concert is to be held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre on June 12.

Haydn's delightful "Trio in D Major HVXV:16," opened the eighth concert of the Spoleto Chamber Music Series on Tuesday.

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