HOW MUCH do you know about George Sand? If you are an Anglophone reader, the answer is probably “not a lot”. You might recall ...

“Put all your soul into it, play the way you feel.” Nearly 175 years have passed since tuberculosis claimed Frederic Chopin at 39. Yet, his famous words continue to echo, and his melancholic music ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. John Kell is a writer who's covered spirits for over a decade. Chopin is a premium-priced Polish vodka brand that was named after ...

Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; 1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has ...

“Put all your soul into it, play the way you feel.” It has been almost 175 years since Frederic Chopin’s soul was snatched away into the ether by tuberculosis at the age of 39. However, the complexity ...

As a native of Jerusalem who grew up in the Katamon neighborhood, I recall as a child how my parents used to pick up special delivery mail at the Chopin post office, not far from our home. This branch ...

A true centre of Romantic life in 19th-century Paris, its spirit has been revived at the Frederic Chopin Museum in Warsaw in a new exhibition. In the early 19th century, Frédéric Chopin, George Sand, ...

Poland says it acquired a rare manuscript of a ballad by Frédéric Chopin from private owners after confidential and lengthy negotiations. The manuscript for Ballade No. 4 in F minor is now being ...

Penned by Bartosz Janiszewski (“Wataha”), the 19th century-set movie charts Chopin’s journey as a bold, young pianist who left his native Poland at the age of 21 and traveled to Paris where he wielded ...

NEW YORK - The brooding waltz was carefully composed on a sheet of music roughly the size of an index card. The brief, moody number also bore an intriguing name, written at the top in cursive: "Chopin ...