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Chopin – Sensitivity and Revolutions

Posted on the February 24th, 2010 under Chopin

“Chopin’s music came out of nowhere,” says pianist Byron Janis. “There is nothing that preceded it. He was truly unique. With Beethoven, you can hear it came out of Mozart. Not with Chopin.” Pauline Rovkah, head of the piano program at Chatham University, said ::More

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Kissine – Silence is a part of music

Posted on the February 23rd, 2010 under Kissine

Kissine — who makes his home in Belgium, where he is a professor of music at two important conservatories — writes that he was a student at the Leningrad Conservatory when he first discovered Ives’ piece, “The Unanswered Question”. Considering it a “revelation,” ::More