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

  The salon of Princess Teresa and Prince Maksymilian Jabłonowski where musical evenings were held  (National Museum, Warsaw) The Preliminary Round of the 18th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw starts on Monday 12 to 23 July. Nearly 160 pianists from all over the world will compete in the Chamber Hall of the Polish National Philharmonic to win their place among the 80 participants of the Chopin Competition. Postponed from 2020 to  2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 18th Chopin Competition will be held from 2 to 23 October. The jury of the Competition Preliminaries are Lyudmil Angelov, Philippe Giusiano, Alberto Nosé, Piotr Paleczny, Ewa Pobłocka, Katarzyna Popowa-Zydroń, John Rink, Marta Sosińska-Janczewska, Wojciech Świtała, Stefan Wojtas, and Dina Yoffe. Audition Schedule for the Preliminary Round . All the auditions will be streamed online in the Chopin Competition mobile app available from AppStore ( iOS  and Google Play  ...

  Bach, Chopin and Poland Bach's personal seal designed by him when appointed  Royal Polish and Electoral Saxon Court Composer Why is the Bach Leipzig Festival important for Poland and the music of Fryderyk Chopin?  Bach was the composer Chopin admired above all others save Mozart. He practised  Das wohltemperierte Klavier  for two weeks before concerts of his own music rather than the pieces of his own composition he would actually play. The important polyphonic strands and counterpoint within his own music were all derived from his adoration of J.S.Bach. Bach was always chosen during his teaching as indispensable to deeper musical understanding and meaning. It is also instructive  to remember  other aspects of Bach's life and professional career were closely associated with Poland at the time. He always wished to be associated with court circles despite the small extent of some of these princely states.  Bach was appointed  Royal Polis...

 I am happy to bring to your attention that this set of recordings has been awarded this most prestigious of recording awards. It comes as no surprise to me given my almost universal detailed praise (below) when I reviewed the set four years ago. The excellent French review can be read in 'automatic' English   https://nifc.pl/en/home/aktualnosci/muzyka/72/ This journey I am taking through Chopin with the Russian pianist Tatiana Shebanova and her intimate relationship with the 1849  Erard is a truly memorable musical experience. I sincerely suggest you 'push the boat out', purchase this set and accompany me on this remarkable musical expedition, a voyage written in the mind and engraved on the soul.  A chronological portrait of Chopin is laid out before us, a landscape to relive the flowering of his genius from innocent boyhood to fraught maturity. I am a literary travel author and assure you this is one of the greatest journeys I have un...