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In 1960, an 18-year-old Italian pianist, the youngest contestant, won the prestigious International Chopin Piano Competition, held every five years in Warsaw. Although Pollini did record Chopin’s First Piano Concerto upon accepting his prize, he otherwise kept the sharks at bay for close to a decade. Daniele was a talented piano student, Pollini said, adding that his son didn’t need …

Sun and his fiancee Guo Xu pose with their teacher Chang Hua at the primary and middle schools affiliated to the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, and Li Hang, executive editor-in-chief of the magazine Piano Artistry. Previously, Sun took second prize at the 2018 Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition, and in 2012, he became the champion of the …

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Alex is getting his body worked over by his coach. “You’ll be playing for him.” At several points during Pianoforte, Jakub Piątek’s mesmerizing account of the 2021 edition of the Chopin Competition in Warsaw, I felt I could be watching a sports documentary. When Russian pianist Eva receives seven specific and different instructions in seven seconds from her coach, it …

Chinese Canadian pianist Bruce Xiaoyu Liu performs at the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, which was held in Warsaw in October. Already busy on a marathon, sold-out tour, Bruce Xiaoyu Liu has yet to process the enormity of his latest piano competition victory, Chen Nan reports. The 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, which was held in Warsaw from …

Bruce Xiaoyu Liu at the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition. Asked about his study with Dang, Liu says in a way they are "like very good friends or family members". Liu enjoys listening to music played by older generation pianists "because piano-playing tastes have changed so much between now and 50 years ago", he says. Liu's father, a lover …