Chopin Archive

Much has been written and discussed regarding Frederick Chopin’s Preludes for piano. Composer Franz Liszt’s opinion was that “Chopin’s Preludes are compositions of an order entirely apart… they are poetic preludes, analogous to those of …

Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) wrote his piano Nocturne Op. 27, No. 2 in D flat Major in 1835, while living in Paris, away from his native Poland. This Nocturne is a second of the pair of …

Seong-Jin Cho was brought to the world’s attention in 2015 when he won the First Prize at the Chopin International Competition in Warsaw. In January 2016, he signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon. The …

Frédéric Chopin composed his fourth Ballade, Op. 52, in 1842 in Paris. He dedicated it to Baroness Rothschild, who had invited him to play in her residence and introduced him to the Paris aristocracy. Chopin …

Frederick Chopin composed his Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor op. posth. in 1830 for Chopin’s older sister, Ludwika, and it was first published 26 years after the composer’s death. It is sometimes referred …