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The Chopin Podcast

by Garrick Ohlsson and Ben Laude

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Season 7

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VARIETY SHOW

October 6, 2025 · 2 hr 34 min

We've reached the finish line here in Season 2 Episode 7, dedicated to some of the outlier pieces that fall outside Chopin's more well-known genres In this series finale, Garrick Ohlsson breaks down Chopin's youthful and experimental…
Season 2 Episode : CONCERTOS

September 23, 2025 · 1 hr 52 min

In Season 2 Episode 6, Ben Laude and Garrick Ohlsson explore Chopin's two large-scale works for piano and orchestra, the Concertos; 2021 International Chopin Competition bronze medalist and Concerto Prize-winner Martín García García…
SONATAS

August 25, 2025 · 2 hr 53 min

In this fifth episode of Season 2, Ben Laude and Garrick Ohlsson turn their attention to Chopin's multi-movement masterpieces, the Sonatas. Then, 2010 International Chopin Competition gold medalist Yulianna Avdeeva returns to the podcast…
POLONAISES

July 5, 2025 · 2 hr 48 min

In this fourth episode of Season 2, Ben Laude meets Garrick Ohlsson in his home to explore Chopin's Polonaises at the piano. Then we're joined by a pair of recent medalists from the International Chopin Competition who will react to their…
MAZURKAS - Part II

May 15, 2025 · 1 hr 52 min

In this second of two episodes on Chopin Mazurkas, pianist Garrick Ohlsson confronts Chopin's most genius and epic Mazurkas; Polish musician Janusz Prusinowski reveals the living tradition of Mazurking through its diverse folk styles and…

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MAZURKAS - Part I

May 5, 2025 · 1 hr 16 min

In this first of two episodes on Chopin's Mazurkas, Garrick Ohlsson deciphers select Mazurkas from across Chopin's compositional periods; music critic Jed Distler recommends some of the finest recordings of the past century; and finally…
WALTZES

March 12, 2025 · 2 hr 2 min

In this first episode of Season 2, pianist Garrick Ohlsson surveys the many brilliant Waltzes Chopin composed for the piano throughout his career; world-renowned concert pianist Stephen Hough joins us to explore his own Chopin Waltzes…
Etudes - Part I

November 16, 2024 · 1 hr 42 min

Episode 5 is the first of two episodes dedicated to Chopin's Etudes. This episode itself is divided into two big parts featuring Garrick Ohlsson, who will zigzag through the 24 Etudes based on the repertoire requirements set by the…
Season 1 Episode 4: SCHERZOS

October 26, 2024 · 2 hr 2 min

In Episode 4, pianist Garrick Ohlsson explores Beethovenian brilliance of Chopin's Four Scherzos; silver medalist and top prize-winner of the 1990 International Chopin Competition Kevin Kenner reacts to his own performance of the Third…
Ballades

October 18, 2024 · 1 hr 53 min

In Episode 3, pianist Garrick Ohlsson explores the most tender, heroic, and even sadistic passages of Chopin's Four Ballades at the keyboard; gold medalist of the 2020 National Chopin Competition, Avery Gagliano, reacts to her performances…
Season 1 Episode 2: NOCTURNES

October 10, 2024 · 1 hr 33 min

In Episode 2, pianist Garrick Ohlsson explores what makes Chopin's Nocturnes so seductive to our ears; silver medalist of the 1975 Chopin Comeptition in Warsaw, Dina Yoffe, revisits a performance of a Nocturne she gave at the…
Preludes

October 2, 2024 · 1 hr 30 min

In Episode 1, host Ben Laude invites pianist Garrick Ohlsson to lead a tour of Chopin's miniature miracles, the 24 Preludes, Op. 28; biographer Alan Walker tells the story of Chopin's death-defying efforts to compose the Preludes; and…