The Complete Nocturnes, Tom Hicks brings historic insights and artistic intuition to a cherished part of the piano repertoire ...

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 ...

When Frédéric Chopin composed the Nocturnes, Op. 9 between 1830 and 1832, when he was around 20 years old, the only way for listeners to hear them was through a live pianist. Nearly two centuries ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Be clear about one thing: this is not just another recording of Chopin’s Nocturnes. The roll-call of pianists ...

In the finals of the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, the pianists will perform the Polonaise-Fantaisie, ...

Let’s begin with Op 49 Fantasy’s march-like episode in E flat major: 25-year-old Shushi Kyomasu’ s steady discourse evoked muted brass in the left hand and singing strings in the right on the Yamaha ...

Japanese pianist and composer Leiki Ueda has discovered a resemblance between a soaring melody in a Chopin nocturne, and the Disney theme to Winnie the Pooh. At one of the melodic climaxes of the ...

Jacky Zhang, a British pianist participating in this year's International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, said after ...

Chopin’s Nocturne No. 7, in C-sharp minor, begins with a low, ashen sound: a prowling arpeggio in the left hand, consisting only of C-sharps and G-sharps. It’s a hollowed-out harmony, in limbo between ...

The 2025 Warsaw jury chairman Garrick Ohlsson turned me on to Kate Liu’s heavenly performance of the Nocturne in B major, Op 62 No 1. What long lines, what concentration, what focus, and all seemingly ...

John Field is a relatively unknown name in today’s classical music world, but he was a hugely influential figure in his day and created the nocturne, a form later perfected by Frédéric Chopin. He was ...