When you consider that any professional pianist today would hope to have a minimum of 30 engagements a year - and a busy one perhaps more than 100 - it comes as something of a surprise to learn that ...

Publications about Chopin continue to spread rumors of his acquaintance with Robert Schumann. Some write about a close friendship, citing no supporting facts; others reference a lively correspondence, ...

He spat out bowls of blood, overused opium, and was constantly sleep-deprived. What ailed Fryderyk Chopin? Poland’s most famous composer had been prone to sickness since childhood. He was ...