At age 25 in 2010, pianist Yulianna Avdeeva became the first woman to win first prize at the International Fryderyk Chopin Competition in Warsaw since Martha Argerich did in 1965, competing in what some deemed the strongest field in the history of the illustrious competition. Avdeeva performs Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 today and Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5, also known as the Emperor Concerto, Monday at Davies Symphony Hall in a program with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Read More