© AI Training forbidden - Selected Classical Music in the Poland of Chopin - Reviewer's Notebook

Just to say how overjoyed I am that Eric Lu has won the 2018 Leeds Piano Competition.  Here is my account of the most recent Eric Lu recital  at The International Chopin Festival at Duszniki  Zdrój   in August 2018 - the oldest Chopin piano festival in the world. SATURDAY, AUGUST 11   2018 CHOPIN’S MANOR 4:00 PM Piano recital ERIC LU For such a young man Eric Lu has achieved great things which speaks volumes for his natural gifts, uncompromising attitude to work and the inherent poetry embedded within his musical appreciation. Lu was first brought to the world’s attention when he was a prizewinner at the 2015 International Chopin Competition in Warsaw at the age of 17, becoming one of the youngest laureates in the history of the prestigious competition. Subsequently he performed with famous orchestras in prestigious venues around the globe. Eric currently studies at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia with Profs. J. B...

I was recently privileged to be invited to attend the final concert in the final week of the first course of the Paderewski Piano Academy in Bydgoszcz in Poland. Readers of my reviews will know in the past I have covered two Paderewski Piano Competitions in detail in this city.  In short these academy courses train young pianists to play concertos with orchestra. In this case the indefatigable  Toruńska Orkiestra Symfoniczna (Toru ń  Symphony Orchestra). Their dedication to this extraordinary task of work is second to none.  It is a vital training for young pianists. Professional concert careers can now only be constructed with impressive concertos included in the repertoire of any young pianist. Competition is that strong. Solo recitals are no longer sufficient for building a concert career.  These courses are the only ones in the world offering such a specific disciplined training with eminent professors of m...