No composer embodies the Romantic image of the “pale and interesting” aesthete better than Frederic Chopin. Which is why quite a few classical music lovers are wary of him. They feel someone who was ...

Donald Macleod explores “the poet of the piano”, Fryderyk Chopin. Donald starts this week’s episode with a look at how Chopin’s Polish heritage shaped his music. Although he left the country at the ...

"I wanted to be concentrated only on my repertoire, on my interpretations," he told me during this studio performance. Blechacz's self-contained approach led to an unprecedented result at what may be ...