Chopin

Michael Houstoun and Tim Dodd talk about Preludes, Mazurkas, Polonaises and Ballades. Audio

Houstoun outlines the difficulties involved in performing one of Chopin's easiest pieces, the Prelude in E minor Op 28 No 4, and takes a look at an early Nocturne and the Etudes. Audio

Polish pianist Raphael Alexandre Lustchevsky made his international debut at 16 and has spent the past 20 years traveling the world, earning a name for himself as an expert in Fryderyk Chopin’s works… Audio

Pianist Sergio Tiempo performs an encore at the Auckland Philharmonia's Premier Series concert, 'Symphonic Dances', Auckland Town Hall, 29 September 2016 Audio

Competition winner Lixin Zhang plays the first movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.3 in C Op.2, Chopin's Ballade No.1 in G Minor Op.23 and Bartok's Allegro Barbaro at the 2016 Wallace National… Audio

Emilly Fan plays movement one of Beethoven's Sonata No.7 in D, Op.10 No.3 and Chopin's Nocturne in C Sharp Minor Op.27 No.1 at the 2016 Wallace National Junior Piano Competition at the University of… Audio

Delvan Lin plays Chopin's Polonaise-Fantaisie in A flat, Op.61 at the Wallace International Piano Festival 2016 at the University of Auckland Music Theatre. Audio

Kim Hill talks to Dunedin musician Shayne P Carter, who has been writing, singing, and playing guitar since 1978 with Bored Games, DoubleHappys, Straitjacket Fits and Dimmer. He now performs under his… Audio

Kim Hill talks to composer, poet, painter and columnist Stephen Hough who was named one of 20 Living Polymaths by The Economist, and one of the 25 greatest pianists of all time by Classic FM. He… Audio

Margaret Ogilvie shares her insight into Chopin's music. Audio