© Protected - Selected Classical Music in Poland and the Europe of Chopin - Reviewer's Notebook

Chopin in the Drawing Room of Prince Antoni Radziwill,  Henryk Siemieradzki 1887 The music of Chopin enters chambers of the heart and soul no other composer touches  In the horrifying  conflagration  that  approaches,   faith, spiritual nourishment and emotional consolation is of utmost  importance   The music of  Chopin  has become once again  profoundly   meaningful  for  humanity   (Michael Moran) The XVI International Fryderyk Chopin Competition Warsaw, October 2010 http://www.michael-moran.com/2010/10/the-xvi-international-fryderyk-chopin.html XVII International Fryderyk Chopin Competition Warsaw, October 2015 http://www.michael-moran.com/2015/10/17th-international-fryderyk-chopin.html XVIII International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition Preliminary Round Warsaw, 12-23 July 2021 http://www.michael-moran.com/2021/07/xviii-international-fryderyk-chopin.html XVIII International Fryderyk Chopin Competiti...

'There are the notes, there is what is behind the notes and there is what is between the notes'  Ignaz Friedman The music of Chopin enters chambers of the heart and soul no other composer touches  In the horrifying conflagration - financial and military -  that approaches,   faith, spiritual nourishment and emotional consolation is of utmost importance   The music of Chopin  has become once again profoundly   meaningful  for  humanity   Michael Moran We know the names of 171 participants in the Preliminaries for the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition! The list is available here: https://chopincompetition.pl/en/competitors Just to say I will not be attending the elimination rounds of the competition. I will follow some of the process online. I have a personal issue of becoming increasingly less sensitive to both the subtlety of brilliant young pianists and the profound emotional impetus to be moved as once I...