Speaking from Poland on a video call, Lyu Tianyao seems like any other teenager, albeit a disarmingly warm and polite one with a radiant smile. But when she performs on stage, a quiet intensity takes ...

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Tell us a bit about Chopin’s Nocturne. Chopin's Nocturne is a stand up comedy show about classical music, which sounds like the worst thing ever but it's actually fantastic and you (yeah YOU) will ...

Starting the violin can feel a little unfamiliar at first, especially when you don’t know which songs are simple enough to learn early on. That’s why choosing the right easy violin songs matters so ...

The 19th-century composer John Field was the first to name his gentle and delicate piano pieces ‘nocturnes’. The word – and the genre of ‘sleep music’ it presaged – is ubiquitous today One of the most ...

Twenty pianists from eight countries have advanced to the third stage, or semi-finals, of the 19th International Chopin Competition in Warsaw. Behind the scenes of the 19th International Chopin Piano ...

I remember where I was, what I was eating and what I was reading the first time I heard Chopin’s Nocturne in C Minor, Op 48 No. 1. It was the early 1990s. Simply Red, Kylie and PM Dawn dominated the ...

Kevin Chen, a 20-year-old pianist from Calgary, has finished second at the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw while American Eric Lu went home with the gold. Chen was one ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by In Warsaw, a 27-year-old pianist from Massachusetts beat out 180 competitors to win what some call the Olympics of the piano world. By Derrick Bryson ...

'Of course, it matters that I am the first Malaysian to reach the finals of the competition. But it does not matter in the sense that all people, irrespective of their origin, love music,' said Ong ...

Vincent Ong performs during the 3rd stage of the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Poland, 15th of October, 2025. Photo by Krzysztof Szlezak for NIFC ...