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 ...

NEW YORK (WKRC) - A waltz from one of history's most famous musicians has been discovered after 200 years. It is the first new piece from the composer that has been found since 1930. Robinson ...

An unknown waltz by Chopin has been found. By Javier C. Hernández I’m a reporter covering classical music, opera and dance. As The Times’s classical music reporter, I don’t often get “news” from ...

The Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho, who died in 2023, wrote music of profoundly shadowed seriousness, and her ironically ...

Pianist Seong-Jin Cho became the first South Korean to win First Prize at the Warsaw International Chopin Competition in 2015. Following that award, he immediately recorded Chopin’s First Piano ...

While I don’t subscribe to the belief that classical music should be embraced as a kind of aural sedative for harried hearts and minds, concert halls do provide a place to turn off your phone and ...

In space, no one can hear you scream — but everyone can hear the classical music loud and clear. Science-fiction movies have had a long affinity for classical music, and the relationship is a ...

Every composer of any worth eventually gets his or her moment in the sun at the Proms, and this season it is the turn of César Franck, born 200 years ago in 1822. Franck’s symphony was much played in ...

I recently encountered a new study that looked at the response of dogs to various types of music. This one, out of Colorado State University, was authored by a team headed by psychologist Lori Kogan.