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Stories related to: Chopin

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Artist Of The Week: Maurizio Pollini

October 19, 2017 | Kevin Doherty

“That boy plays better than any of us jurors!” So said the legendary pianist Arthur Rubinstein after hearing Maurizio Pollini play during the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1960.

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Artist Of The Week: Martha Argerich

August 7, 2017 | Kevin Doherty

For the better part of six decades, Martha Argerich has been considered to be one of the world's greatest pianists. There was a time when Argerich herself thought she might become a doctor or a secretary. Now she's CapRadio's Artist of the Week!

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Uncovering The Heart Of Chopin — Literally

November 18, 2014

It sounds like something out of a Dan Brown novel. But a secret group of 13 gathered earlier this year to exhume the preserved heart of one of the world's most beloved composers, Frederic Chopin.

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A Pianist Hears Chopin From Inside His Instrument

September 22, 2014

Chad Lawson needed to find a way to record at home while his children slept. The result is The Chopin Variations, a set of Chopin works with an intimate, otherworldly sound.

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Bookspan: Polish Poetry And American Athleticism – The Music Of Chopin And Copland

April 2, 2014 | Kent Teeters

The April 2014 edition of Looking Back to Bookspan’s “101 Masterpieces of Music and Their Composers” shines the spotlight on two composers with a gift for creating appealing melodies, Frederic Chopin and Aaron Copland.

 
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