Its gleaming black frame perches with dignity on three fluted columns. The ivories are white, all bloodstains now carefully removed. Only the inscription under the lid of Steinway concert grand No.

On May 1, 1893, the World's Columbian Exposition opened in Jackson Park. One forgotten story of the fair is the tale of Paderewski's piano. Ignacy Jan Paderewski was a Polish-born pianist. In 1893, at ...

315,000 PLN (over 73,800 EUR) – this is the amount that Polish officials under the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) allegedly paid for a piano that was supposedly owned by Ignacy Jan Paderewski.

The Chopin Competition is coming to a close, but the 8th International Paderewski Piano Competition kicks off in two weeks in Bydgoszcz, on 6 November, 2010 – the 150th anniversary of the birth of ...

As the only piano virtuoso to become prime minister of Poland, Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941) may be more trivia answer than major figure for even the most ardent fan of the Romantic era. Those who ...

For the uninitiated, this piano competition is a big deal, according to Patricia K. Rose, Sponsorship Director for the Fourth American International Paderewski Piano Competition. It is sort of like a ...

Piano students Shreena Patel and Mia Raineri of Shavertown were recently awarded the prestigious 10 Year Paderewski Medal for performing in the National Piano Playing Auditions for the past decade.

Two Polish pianists, Mateusz Krzyżowski and Piotr Pawlak, have qualified for the semifinals of the International Ignacy Jan Paderewski Piano Competition in the north-central Polish city of Bydgoszcz.

Its gleaming black frame perches with dignity on three fluted columns. The ivories are white, all bloodstains now carefully removed. Only the inscription under the lid of Steinway concert grand No.