He kept his head down, and focused on what he loves: music by Chopin.
Mr. Janis is a world-renowned concert pianist particularly known for his interpretations of Chopin.
The same could be said about the melodic imagination of Chopin, which is incredibly rich.
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Oh, and then there were his performances of Chopin's music, live in the studio.
It's interesting to hear Ohlsson talking about the image and the reality of Chopin today.
Artur Rubinstein, by contrast, was famous for playing Chopin as naturally as a bird sings.
His autobiography, "Chopin and Beyond: My Extraordinary Life in Music and the Paranormal, " was published last year.
Yundi Li was just 18 when he won first prize at the prestigious International Chopin Competition in Warsaw.
"Perhaps more than any other composer, Chopin had a sense of the sound of this instrument, " Mr. Pollini said.
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For many pianists and listeners, Chopin is a central figure in the repertoire.
Twice in recent memory, the Chopin Competition has declined to award a first prize, saying no one played well enough.
The parents of Beethoven and Mozart were musicians, while Chopin, Schubert, and Tchaikovsky had music-lovers, though not musicians, as their parents.
He was last seen here in 2010, when he gave three concerts at Carnegie Hall celebrating the bicentenary of Chopin's birth.
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"Chopin is a great mystery, despite his immense popularity, " Mr. Pollini said.
WSJ: Maurizio Pollini: Not as Others See Him | Cultural Conversation by David Mermelstein
"Think of the last movement of Chopin's 'Funeral March' Sonata, " he said.
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He says that winning the Chopin competition made him a Chinese hero.
Edward Clug's "Guilty" (to a Chopin Nocturne) amounted to an innocuous, improvisationlike foray for Mr. Matvienko, clad in a black shirt and pants.
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Chopin said he hated music where there is no hidden thinking, but he didn't like to show the inner element or declare it.
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Poles have been conspicuously reticent about trumpeting the Polishness of their famous countrymen, among them Copernicus, Marie Curie, Frederic Chopin and Joseph Conrad.
They were joined eventually by Chopin, Oscar Wilde, Modigliani and Jim Morrison, a rock star whose grave still attracts hundreds of grieving fans.
The procession band played the funeral marches of Chopin, Beethoven and Mendelssohn as it made its way along the deserted streets for the rehearsal.
In this studio session, Murray Perahia displays his extraordinary and instantly recognizable piano sound, in music by Bach and Chopin.
Agnes DeWitt, a young Swabian nun living on a barren reach of North Dakota, discovers, on the convent piano, a sensuous love for Chopin.
When he entered the 2005 International Chopin Competition in Warsaw, at age 20, he knew a good result could lead to a professional career.
Since winning first prize at the 2000 Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw at 18, he has become a much in-demand performer around the world.
At 20, pianist Benjamin Grosvenor became the Classic Brits' youngest ever male winner, taking the critics' choice prize for his album Chopin, Liszt and Ravel.
And when I asked if he might play some Mozart to finish our session, he jumped at the chance, saying "Yes, because Chopin loved Mozart!"
But this past Sunday he was back, performing works by Chopin and Debussy at Carnegie Hall in advance of an all-Beethoven recital there on May 5.
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The pianist joined Liane Hansen in the studio to discuss Liszt's Concerto No. 1, which is on his latest album, Chopin Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1.
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