In 2010 we celebrated the bicentennial of Chopin's birth. He left more than 230 fantastic compositions, often described as romantic, emotional and poetic. Chopin composed almost exclusively for piano ...

BBC Radio 4 Extra remembers some of the desert island castaways who we lost in 2025. Actor Terence Stamp is castaway for the second-time by Sue Lawley. He originally joined Michael Parkinson in 1987.

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 ...

Eric Lu, a 27-year-old American classical pianist, won the top prize at the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland, on Monday. The prestigious event, which happens every five years ...

The competition -- held every five years in Frederic Chopin's homeland -- is seen as a gateway to classical music glory, with winners going on to play top global venues and sign recording deals. "This ...

WARSAW, Oct 21 (Reuters) - American pianist Eric Lu won the top prize at the prestigious International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw on Tuesday. The decision came after hours of deliberations by ...

Canada’s Kevin Chen has finished second behind Eric Lu of the United States at the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, considered by many to be the Olympics of the piano.

After his performance on the last day of the competition, David Khrikuli said on Monday that it was a great privilege for him to have played in the final round. "Chopin is the reason why I chose the ...

Shares of Delcath Systems Inc (NASDAQ:DCTH) rose sharply in pre-market trading after the company announced preliminary third quarter 2025 financial results. The company's Phase 2 CHOPIN study achieved ...

Christian Kaszewski got up at 3 a.m. Sunday and lined up outside Warsaw’s Philharmonic Concert Hall in the hope that he might score one of the hottest tickets in town. By noon, it wasn’t looking good.

The jury of the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, chaired by Garrick Ohlsson, have decided on 11 pianists for the final round of competition with local hopes resting on the playing ...