Poles Apart - the Royal College of Music in South Kensington presents an exciting day of piano music by Chopin and other Polish composers on Sunday March 7, from 11.00am until 6.30pm, performed by pianists and professors at the College.

http://www.rcm.ac.uk/Events/Poles+Apart

The fun includes a competition to see who can play Chopin's 'Minute Waltz' the fastest. Entrance is free - come and go as you can! The entire day will be streamed live on the website -

www.rcm.ac.uk/live

The day is a part of 'Piano Fever' week. Chopin's music will be celebrated with the help of two very special pianos on loan from Steinway: the 'Ferrari Red Piano', a uniquely coloured modern Model D Steinway; and a replica of 'Steinway no 1', the first piano Henry Steinway ever built, which he put together in his kitchen in 1825. (His kitchen must have been bigger than mine.)