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Garrick Ohlsson looks back over a 60-year career in style with a fine recital in Prague's Rudolfinum. 

A packed house and an anticipatory buzz greet Boris Giltburg in a programme ranging from poetic Chopin to grisly Ravel.

With only the latest composition by Tristan Murail acting as a palate-cleanser, this was a recital by a leading French pianist that was full of Romantic power and passion in works by Chopin and Beethoven.

Mystified by the headline? Then read on for a partial view of Maurizio Pollini's latest recital, celebrating his 80th birthday.

The French pianist's approach may be uncomplicated, but crisp articulation, interesting dynamics and a fine sense of shifting moods enliven a recital full of variety.

Pollini's love for Chopin and Debussy was evident throughout an intimate recital as part of the Southbank Centre's in the International Piano Series.

Ukrainian pianist Anna Fedorova gave compelling performances of Chopin’s profound Ballades and intricate Waltzes, full of intensity, dreaminess and frenzy.

The pianist performed a motley plethora of pieces that included his own recent work. Every interpretation was hand-dipped in a particular aesthetic; oftentimes to perfect taste, and oftentimes a little too much.

At Carnegie Hall, a lion in winter focuses on Chopin.

A risk-averse approach ruined the dramatic spontaneity of the Ballades but the 24 Preludes in the second half were much more convincing. 

An excellent second half performance of Chopin's Four Ballades is preceded by an interpretation of waltzes and études that often lacks nuance of phrasing and dynamics.

A packed Festival Hall heard Maurizio Pollini recapture his glory years in sublime Chopin. 

In his Chamber Proms debut, Benjamin Grosvenor explored the waltz from the contrasting perspectives of Ravel and Liszt, with atmospheric interjections from Mompou, and opening with Chopin, together with the world premiere of a new commission by Judith Weir.

Manchester audiences hand out standing ovations once in a blue moon, but that which followed Lang Lang’s Mozart and Chopin programme tonight was the loudest and longest I have seen, after the brilliant Chinese pianist thrilled and delighted a sold-out Bridgewater Hall.

The excellent International Piano Series at the Southbank Centre continued with a fine recital of music by Haydn, Bartók, Debussy and Chopin by acclaimed and very popular (judging by the full house) Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes.

The first lunchtime concert of the Wigmore Hall’s autumn season featured young French pianist Lise de la Salle. With her 'glamour model' looks, Lise de la Salle could easily be dismissed as a “piano babe”, but at only 23, she is already making a name for herself, particularly through her recording of first concertos of Liszt, Prokofiev and Shostakovich.

London’s Wigmore Hall, famous for its elegant concert hall and outstanding acoustics, has become synonymous with exceptional piano music. Having played host to a number of celebrated performers and composers, from Arthur Rubinstein to Saint-Saëns, Benjamin Britten to Joshua Bell, Wigmore Hall also ushers in today’s latest classical stars.One such star is Boris Giltburg.

Pour son premier récital Salle Cortot, Ryutaro Suzuki a proposé un enchaînement réussi de huit plats à base de Chopin, avec un soupçon de Ginastera et assaisonné de Liszt.

Judith Jáuregui ofreció un recital conformado por un personal programa que viajó de la emoción a la nostalgia.

Le pianiste Charles Richard-Hamelin a donné un récital gorgé de poésie au Palais Montcalm dans des œuvres de Rachmaninov, Prokofiev et Chopin. 

Ce dimanche, on découvrait deux valeurs parmi les plus sûres du piano français au Festival Solistes à Bagatelle : Sélim Mazari et Jean-Paul Gasparian.

Ilya Rashkovskiy excelle dans toutes les parties romantiques, lentes et lyriques. Son approche est cependant trop virtuose, musclée et fougueuse dans toutes les parties techniques et rapides.

Pietro de Maria ist ein Könner der Agogik und des Rubato, der anhaltenden Applaus wohl verdient hat.

Au vu de sa Campanella, de son Appassionata, il paraît évident qu’Abduraimov est de ces artistes qui pratiquent au plus haut degré une certaine forme de culturisme technique. Culturisme qu’il pare et sublime sous l’animalité de ses lectures : violence féline, spontanéiste, presque iconoclaste mais toujours fascinante.

Un programme évocateur interprété par le pianiste russe Miroslav Kultyshev jouant sur un piano révolutionnaire, l'Opus 102, créé par le français Stephen Paulello.

Il ne m’appartient pas de savoir exactement à quoi tient la supériorité des pianistes espagnols dans Granados, mais entre autres choses, ils en possèdent naturellement l’idiome… Attention cependant à ne pas en contaminer le reste du répertoire ! Ce soir, même Chopin avait goût d’huile d’olive, la moindre Nocturne se payant des airs d’Alborada.

Behzod Abduraimov präsentiert Chopins Balladen und Mussorgskys Bilder einer Ausstellung farbenreich im Münchner Prinzregententheater.