The great Franco-Lebanese pianist Abdel Rahman el-Bacha. (Photo Chloé Kritharas)
For the past 40 years, the Chopin Society has hosted an annual summer festival celebrating virtuoso interpretations of Chopin’s works, celebrating the virtuosic interpretations of Chopin's works by artists such as Kotaro Fukuma, Anne Queffélec, Jean-Marc Luisada, and Abdel Rahman el-Bacha."I must have been 11 years old the first time I discovered Chopin's music in Beirut, during my piano lessons. I was working on pieces like a Mazurka from 'Les Classiques Favoris.' I realized that his writing was unlike any classical musicians I knew, and I was captivated.""At 13, I discovered his Piano Concerto in E Minor, and asked my teacher, Zvart Sarkissian, if I could study and perform it with an orchestra. Despite its difficulty, she agreed to give it a try, and I ended up playing it at the Assembly Hall with the...
For the past 40 years, the Chopin Society has hosted an annual summer festival celebrating virtuoso interpretations of Chopin’s works, celebrating the virtuosic interpretations of Chopin's works by artists such as Kotaro Fukuma, Anne Queffélec, Jean-Marc Luisada, and Abdel Rahman el-Bacha."I must have been 11 years old the first time I discovered Chopin's music in Beirut, during my piano lessons. I was working on pieces like a Mazurka from 'Les Classiques Favoris.' I realized that his writing was unlike any classical musicians I knew, and I was captivated.""At 13, I discovered his Piano Concerto in E Minor, and asked my teacher, Zvart Sarkissian, if I could study and perform it with an orchestra. Despite its difficulty, she agreed to give it a try, and I ended up playing it at the Assembly Hall with...