Minuet in D Minor / Stephen Shortridge / Oil on Canvas * Chopin Nocturne C sharp minor * /Jan Lisiecki / Wladyslaw Szpilman ("The Pianist" - Original Recording) 18 year old Polish-Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki performs Nocturne in C Sharp Minor by Frédéric Chopin as encore during his debut proms performance. Jan Miłosz Lisiecki (born March 23, 1995) is a Canadian classical pianist of Polish descent. In addition to performing in live concerts, he has been a recording artist with Deutsche Grammophon since 2010. Lisiecki was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada to Polish parents. He began studying piano at the age of five. Lisiecki had his orchestral debut at the age of 9, and has since performed with orchestras in Canada and internationally, including the New York Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, to name a few. In June 2008, Lisiecki was appointed a National Youth Representative by UNICEF Canada. Since 2012, Lisiecki is a UNICEF Canada Ambassador. Arjen Seinen studied piano in Amsterdam and Budapest. On his channel there are more nocturnes to listen.
Chopin Nocturne No. 20 perf. by Wladyslaw Szpilman - "The Pianist" - Original Recording. Wladyslaw Szpilman plays F. Chopin: Nocturne C sharp-minor. Recorded in Warsaw at home in 1997. Cameraman Jaroslaw Mazur.
for the Polish Radio on 23.9.1939 . An hour later German bombs destroyed its power supply and the Warsaw Radio closed for long 6 years. * * * Wladyslaw Szpilman was born on 5th of December, 1911. He studied at the Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw. In 1935 he joined Polish Radio, as a pianist. to the Polish ghetto with his family, but he was still working as a pianist. He survived the Second World War, while his family was killed. Szpilman is widely known as the protagonist of the 2002 Roman Polanski film The Pianist, which is based on the book "The Pianist" recounting his survival of the German occupation of Warsaw and the Holocaust. 11/10/2017 Water-lily |
