The final stage of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw has always roused strong emotions, often ...

Since the pandemic began, playwright-pianist-performer Hershey Felder has been using his time off the road turning many of his well-traveled solo plays about famous composers into increasingly ...

Critics love to complain that older superstars are just a shadow of their former selves. Sometimes, the point is well taken. Their technique and golden tone have declined. Their repertoire is trite ...

From wistful Waltzes and sensual Nocturnes to fiery Sonatas, what's not to love about Chopin? Perhaps even more than the works of Bach and Mozart, Chopin's music is almost universally admired — by ...

A happy accident of scheduling has brought us, just eight days apart, piano recitals in downtown Chicago by two venerable virtuosos of the older generation who may be said to represent opposite poles ...

At his Merrill Auditorium recital on Saturday afternoon, pianist Emanuel Ax played the kind of thoughtfully conceived program that has become his hallmark over a 40-plus-year career. True, if you give ...