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King Charles III arrives at  Kraków  Airport in Poland to attend Auschwitz commemorations 2025   (AP) Address by King Charles III on his first historic visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau January 27 2025 To be in Poland on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, as we commemorate eighty-one years since the liberation of Auschwitz, is both a sombre and indeed a sacred moment.  It is a moment when we recall the six million Jews, old and young, who were systematically murdered, together with Sinti, Roma, disabled people, members of the L.G.B.T. community, political prisoners, and so many others upon whom the Nazis inflicted their violence and hatred.  In a world that remains full of turmoil and strife, and has witnessed the dangerous re-emergence of antisemitism, there can be no more important message – especially as the United Kingdom holds the Presidency of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. As the number of Holocaust survivors regrettably diminishes with...

  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 first prize despite some public, even surprisingly private, professional musical objections (controversy is often an outcome in this competition). I noticed the overall level of pianism by participants became higher with each competition.  All the pianists and musicians from the outset are beyond rational belief gifted. Miracles. All are winners but not all win ....  A journey of rewarding even exciting discovery lies in store for the interpretatively adventurous and musically perceptive pianist searching for his own true voice and what he considers to be that of the composer. Intuition strengthened with knowledge.  Hear...