John Field, an Irish pianist, wrote eighteen piano pieces titled Nocturne between 1814 and 1835, introducing a new form of piano music.
Performer Biography
Idil Biret studied piano with Alfred Cortot and Wilhelm Kempff, and composition with Nadia Boulanger.
Composer Biography
Chopin had a ten-year relationship with Aurore Dudevant, better known as the writer George Sand, who even used him as a source for her fiction.
Composition History
The Nocturne, a lyrical piano piece offering a poetic vision of the night, was a form that Chopin made his own, following the Irish pianist John Field.
Composer Biography
Chopin lived and worked in Paris, where he was accepted in elegant salons as a pianist, teacher, and gentleman.
Composer Biography
Fryderyk Chopin, the composer, was the son of a French emigre who had established himself as a schoolmaster in Warsaw and espoused the cause of Poland.
Performer Biography
Idil Biret, the pianist on this recording, began piano lessons at age three and graduated from the Paris Conservatoire with three first prizes at fifteen.
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