Polish Composers

30 Mar 2010

The Pianist
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Reviewed: Mar 25

Wladyslaw Szpilman, Polish pianist and part of the fabric of his country's national radio station for much of his life, died 10...

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Chopin's 200th birthday

1 Mar 2010

Polish-French composer Frederic Chopin - long regarded as the epitome of the suffering Romantic artist - will be celebrated and honoured by music lovers worldwide on the bicentennial of his birth...

5:43AM

Famous Warsaw Boys Choir alto their schedule to give a free Christmas concert

17 Dec 2009

It didn't take long for the newly registered Polish Chamber of Commerce to get active.

2:31PM

Determined to do Chopin proud, virtuoso brings own Steinway

15 Apr 2009

Italian piano virtuoso Maurizio Pollini arrived in town last Friday with one exceptionally large piece of luggage. For his first concert in Hong Kong, Pollini, 67, came packing his own Steinway...

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Marc-Andre Hamelin

1 Dec 2008

The French-Canadian pianist (above) plays works by Haydn, Chopin and Debussy. Today, 8pm, HK City Hall, 5 Edinburgh Place, Central, HK$150 Urbtix. Inquiries: 9027 1429

4:27AM

Great Performers Series: Peter Jablonski

25 Sep 2008

City Hall Theatre

Sept 29, 8pm

5:37AM

Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

1:26AM

Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

4:40AM

Local collection of classics

Some of Hong Kong's most talented and international award-winning young musicians appear on RTHK Radio 4's Gifted.

3:03PM

Leading cellist to perform in HK

Updated at 5.38pm:
Award-winning cellist Trey Lee Chui-yee would give a recital on Thursday, a spokesman for the Leisure and Cultural Services Department said on Wednesday.

4:21PM

Piano great delivers unpredictability and flashes of exhilaration

Fou Ts'ong Piano Recital

HK Cultural Centre Concert Hall

Plays with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta tonight and Thursday in City Hall Concert Hall

5:33PM

Chaiman of the keyboard

FRENCH-CANADIAN PIANIST Marc-Andre Hamelin is essentially the cool indie musician of the classical world. He's best known for digging out quirky, forgotten works, and then producing unique...

4:54AM

Dvd reviews

The Pianist

Starring: Adrien Brody, Emilia Fox, Thomas Kretschmann

Director: Roman Polanksi

8:48PM

Pianist's tale evokes horrors of war

HISTORY HAS all of a sudden become more than a school subject. After the opening of Martin Scorsese's Gangs Of New York - which brings the buried history of New York to life through drama - The...

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