The Chopin Currency: Feb. 10, 2008

Chopin News, Reviews & Previews:

Composer will be in audience
SunJournal.com (subscription) - Lewiston,ME,USA
... Franco-American Heritage Center to hear pianist George Sebastian Lopez perform one of his works, along with compositions by Bach, Beethoven and Chopin. ...
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Orli Shaham balances twins with all-Chopin recital
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - MO, United States
She recently started performing again, and will give her first all-Chopin recital this week at Powell Symphony Hall. "It's just wild," she says of combining ...
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Chopin in the Blogosphere:

Monsieur Chopin (Cleveland Play House)
By Roy Berko(Roy Berko)
In ‘MONSIEUR CHOPIN,’ Felder exposes personal information of the bi-polar Polish composer, who reached his height of popularity in Paris after departing his beloved country because of political unrest. Musically, Chopin is noted for his ...
royberko.info - http://royberkinfo.blogspot.com/

The Chopin Currency: Feb. 9, 2008

Chopin News, Reviews, & Previews:

A look at the mid-Michigan arts scene
The Saginaw News - MLive.com - Saginaw,MI,USA

Carl Michael Angelo, the director of music at First Congregational Church in Saginaw, teams up with former English/literature teacher Sharon Hunter for a program titled "The Chopin I Love."

And Hunter is preparing a narrative she will read, dealing with romanticism in music and art as pertaining to Chopin's life. In celebration of Black History ...
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Visiting conductor enjoys Muscatine's beauty
Muscatine Journal - Muscatine,IA,USA
Dollinger arranged the program for the concert, which features musical selections by Polish composers Frederic Chopin and Henruk Wieniawski. ...
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The Chopin Currency - Feb. 8, 2008

Chopin News & Reviews:

Clara and Robert Schumann/ Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn/ Chopin ...
Guardian Unlimited - UK
Her choice of lieder is questionable - Fanny Mendelssohn's are dreadful, Chopin's aren't much better -but what is so amazing is the restrained, ...
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Chopin in the Blogosphere:

Furious Switching: Ivo Pogorelich, in a Video from 1980 Chopin ...
By snail
To me, watching Ivo Pogorelich play Chopin as he does here in the 1980 Chopin competition in Warsaw, is not much different to me than watching Otis Redding sing “Shake” or Iggy Pop writhe on stage to something off Funhouse. ...
SNAILCROW - Poems, Prose, Pomegranates - http://www.snailcrow.com

Sheet Music Consortium
By garrett@degree360.com(garrett@degree360.com)
This time around, it's Chopin's Nocturne No. 19 in E minor - Op. 72, No. 1. (It was actually written very early in Chopin's career but wasn't published until after his death.) It may well be my favorite of his nocturnes... or at least ...
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Richard Goode on Piano
By Ray Lewis(Ray Lewis)
Perhaps he could have set up his Steinway on the street in front of the recruiting station, as his interpretations of Chopin and Beethoven would make both pacifists and soldiers stop and listen. We all have artists who touch us in a ...
- http://www.downtheavenue.com/

Chopin Graphics:

Chopin
By nobody@flickr.com (Miel Designs)
Miel Designs posted a photo:. Chopin.
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Chopin - Robert Schuman
Combi : Raindrops Prelude +.

The Chopin Currency: Feb. 7, 2008

Chopin news & reviews:

Nosowska nominated for Polish ‘Grammy’
Thenews.pl - Warsaw,Poland
The nominees in the classical music categories include Rafał Blechacz, the winner of the 2005 Chopin International Competition (for a Deutsche Grammophon CD ...
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Piano virtuoso Jalbert to perform in the Hubtown
Truro Daily News - Truro,Nova Scotia,Canada
TRURO – The works of Chopin, Bach and Beethoven, to name a few, will soon be brought to life on the Marigold stage. Piano virtuoso David Jalbert, 29, ...
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Ingrid Fliter’s Chopin recital marks EMI Classics debut
WebWire (press release) - Atlanta,GA,USA
Ingrid Fliter, the sensational Argentine pianist and winner of the prestigious Gilmore Award, has recorded her debut CD, a Chopin recital, ...
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Chopin Videos:

Yundi Li performs Chopin's "Fantasie" Impromptu, Op. 66
By HistNerd (http://www.videosift.com/member/HistN...
(11 votes - 0 comments - 42 views) I struggled trying to decide which video of this piece I wanted to post between the one chosen and this one: http://youtube.com/watch?v=YQYYT3qlTu4&feature=related I chose the one here for two reasons. ...
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The Chopin Currency: Feb. 6, 2008

Chopin news & reviews:

Chopin inspires pianist performing at Capitol Friday
Northumberland Today - Cobourg,Ontario,Canada
With his perfect marriage between playing style and musical material, pianist Michael Costello is Chopin. Those who have seen Mr. Costello perform rave ...
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Time to start over - Garrison Keillor
Salon - USA
A Chopin étude is a porcelain bowl holding powerful affections, and if someone sits at the piano and plays Chopin, the house is filled with images of ...
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Chopin recital marks EMI Classics debut NEW!
Business of Cinema - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
It is a Chopin recital under an exclusive contract with EMI Classics. The repertoire features the Sonata No. 3 Op. 58, Fantasie-impromptu Op. 66, ...
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Demonstrating the power and glory!
Huddersfield Examiner - Huddersfield,UK
But it came fully into its own last night for an all-Chopin programme performed by Piers Lane. Chopin himself, who died in 1849, might not have had access ...
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Kolb: Class conscious
Somerville Journal - MA, USA
The guy, his hands washed but still, of course, wearing his work clothes, proceeded to sit down and play one Chopin masterwork after another about as well ...
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Chopin in the blogosphere:

(5 of 5) have you ever wondered?
By alienshards
... ever wondered what classical music would be like with contemporary vocals? Here's a few songs that answer that question in a spectacular way. Write your review of this album. Breakfast with Chopin by Elizaveta. Released December 2006.
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Ballet for Smarties
By ltraiger
There was Laura Urgelles in an aching waltz at the opening of “There Where She Loved”; Brianne Bland in a balmy but muted Chopin “Spring” from the same work; and Elizabeth Gaither accompanied by Runquiao Du to the heady make-up/break-up ...
DC DanceWatcher, Lisa Traiger - http://danceviewtimes.typepad.com/traiger/

What I’m Listening To: Chopin
By Dave
The main piece we were going to hear was Chopin 2nd Piano Concerto. I learned his name is not pronounced how it looks chop-in but more like show-pan. Several people have laughed at my pronunciation. But this concert had some serious ...
creative|ideas - http://creativeideas.wordpress.com

The Chopin Currency: Feb. 4, 2008

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The Chopin Currency: Feb. 1, 2008

Chopin in the News:

DSO, guests Remmereit and Fliter all in impeccable form
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
But how adequately to praise Thursday's performance of the Chopin F minor Piano Concerto, with Argentinian pianist Ingrid Fliter? ...
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Plano plays two Corvallis concerts
Corvallis Gazette Times - Corvallis,OR,USA
With the Corvallis-OSU Symphony orchestra, Plano will perform Chopin’s First Piano Concerto, which was composed when Chopin was only 20. ...
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Passionate pianist will perform at Merrill
SunJournal.com (subscription) - Lewiston,ME,USA
PORTLAND - Ingrid Fliter, a fiery young Argentine pianist, will perform works by Franz Schubert, Ludwig von Beethoven and Frédéric Chopin Wednesday, Feb. ...
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New Chopin Videos:

Dong Hyek Lim plays Chopin Fantasie Impromptu No.4 Op.66
Chopin Impromptu No.4 In C Minor Op.66Broadcast in South Korea on March 7th 2004.
Videogully.com - http://www.videogully.com/