Reviews of Eric Lu's First prize Laureate Recordings of the 19th International Chopin Piano Competition, Warsaw 2025. National Chopin Institute 'Blue Series'. International Chopin Competition and DG
Reviews of the First Prize Laureate Recordings 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition Warsaw 2025 Eric Lu Eric Lu NIFCCD 800-801 Eric Lu Chopin Piano Competition 2025 https://sklep.nifc.pl/pl/produkt/77662-eric-lu-chopin-piano-competition-2025 Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) Eric Lu achieved a richly-deserved win despite some public, even surprisingly private, professional musical objections (a usual outcome of this competition). Overall, I agreed with the jury decisions (except perhaps the ex-aequo positions) which were clearly difficult to achieve given the complex scoring. The result took some 6 hours to be released at 2.30 am I have written enthusiastically about this winner, the remarkably sensitive musician and outstanding pianist Eric Lu. There are many posts on his art in my internet Notebook over the last 10 years if you care to search ... I first heard him at the Duszniki Zdrój Internati...