For some his rubato in the Nocturnes has an effect on the music like a life­force being thwarted and blocked‚ while others will claim that Chopin was hardly an easy or ‘comfortable’ composer and that ...
The Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition is one of the oldest and most prestigious ... During the first three stages the pianists perform Nocturnes, Etudes, Ballads, Scherzos, Polonaises, ...