Alain Kohler, a Swiss physicist and Chopin specialist, found a new photograph that most likely depicts Fryderyk Chopin. The Polish Institute in Paris has just informed the public about the discovery.
Narcisse Edmond Joseph Desmadryl, 'Portrait of George Sand', 1839, photo: Polona National Library We are aware of a few instances of Chopin hallucinating. His student Nannette Streicher recalled a ...
The beauty of Chopin's music, rare and unique, verges - one is tempted to say - on a miracle. Since this opinion runs somewhat counter to the fixed, common ideas about greatness in music, it has often ...
Chopin was that strange anomaly: the pianist who actively dislikes performing in public. Aleksander Janicki's Fallen Piano. Photo: Michał Lepecki / Agencja Gazeta When you consider that any ...
We have a large collection of photographs, of Chopin's letters and music; but also of medals with Chopin's image on them. We had to digitise this kind of material and describe it, to make it ...
Composer and pianist, Frédéric Chopin died in Paris in 1849 at the age of thirty-nine from a lung condition. The son of a French father and a Polish mother, he began playing the piano at the age ...
The statement said that his “extraordinary musical sensitivity, especially in the interpretations of music by Frederic Chopin ...
This photo provided by Universal Music Group shows the cover of Lim Yunchan's upcoming album, "Chopin: Etudes." (PHOTO NOT ...