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The Pocket Paderewski The Beguiling Life of the Australian Concert Pianist Edward Cahil l Michael Moran [Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne, November 2016 ] You might like to begin reading this already published biography of my great-uncle, the glamorous Australian concert pianist Edward Cahill (1885-1975), issued some time ago (Melbourne, 2016). It took me six years to write. I feel it is an important biographical contribution to Australian cultural history of an outstanding but now forgotten musical figure who performed internationally at a time when Australian concert artists were relatively unknown in Europe. I was prompted to this serialization by my detailed coverage of the magnificent, inspired yet in some ways controversial 2020 International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. Cahill lived a colorful and exciting life during the golden age of classical pianism in the London, Paris and the Riviera of the 1920s and 1930s. The brilliant young pianists who took part in t...

  This National Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition before the International Chopin Competition in October 2025 is always of great interest. Unfortunately I will only be able to attend and review the Finals and Laureates Concert on February 9th and possibly the Finals. Here is some information about the Competition and the current timetable. The Polish Chopin Piano Competition was held for the first time in 1968 and is now one of the most important national piano competitions. Organised by the Fryderyk Chopin Institute, it is addressed to Polish music youth - students of the Academies of Music and pupils of second-cycle music schools. It is held annually, except for the years preceding the International Chopin Competition, and can be a kind of ticket to it.  1st and 2nd prize entitles one to participate in the international competition without preliminary selection.  Laureates of both Competitions included in the past: Janusz Olejniczak, Krystian Zimerman, Ewa Pobłocka, Krz...