The reviews on this site have not been generated by AI or ChatGPT but are fully conceived by an organic human being who appreciates classical music Profile of the Reviewer Michael Moran https://en.gravatar.c atom/mjcmoran#pic-0 'There are the notes, there is what is behind the notes and there is what is between the notes' Ignaz Friedman Profile of the Reviewer Michael Moran https://en.gravatar.c atom/mjcmoran#pic-0 My contribution is a modest one (and even anachronistically written down in pen when there was time to do this). I was much constrained by the mechanics of life - eating, sleeping, writing, my birthday (!) note-taking during the long performance day and travelling from my home to the Warsaw Filharmonia. The sessions lasted from 09.00 am to 11 pm. There were two hours for lunch and aural rest from detailed and tiring analytical listening to these masterpieces, performed by some of the most brilliant young pianists in the world...
Duszniki Zdrój formerly Bad Reinerz in Silesia Please read and remember as we continue the intense enjoyment of this creative side of the coin of human nature How fortunate we are to be here in the beautiful, natural rural surroundings of Duszniki Zdrój in Poland http://www.michael-moran.com/2025/08/hiroshima-marks-80-years-since-atomic.html World-renowned musicians and pianists have been assembled to play at the 80th Anniversary Duszniki-Zdrój International Chopin Festival 1-9 August 2025 The longest-running international piano festival in the world with great traditions Detailed Program The book of the festival in both English and Polish with detailed artists' biographies and detailed programmes plus interesting essays on Chopin and quotations from his letters are available to download here. Simply too detailed to post on site https://app.box.com/s/8kqacwwufq3zr70ekldbxja8o3jp4s1z Official Website: http://festival.pl/en/front-english/ The bi...
Duszniki Zdrój formerly Bad Reinerz in Silesia The Authors Guild A Rampart of Civilzation Read and remember h ow fortunate we are to be here in the beautiful, natural rural surroundings of Duszniki Zdrój in Poland. The temperature will be mainly in the low to mid twenties and sunny every day ! In this pastoral Elysium, we will continue the intense enjoyment of the creative side of the coin of human nature, too often forgotten in the present world of political miasma and war World-renowned prize-winning musicians and pianists have been assembled to play, especially the music of Fryderyk Chopin 81st Duszniki-Zdrój International Chopin Festival 7-15 August 2026 200th Anniversary of Fryderyk Chopin's sojourn in Duszniki Zdrój In the summer of 1826 Chopin travelled for a 'cure' to the spa village of Duszniki Zdrój , then Bad Reinertz in Silesia. Part of the way throug...