The Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition is one of the oldest and most prestigious music competitions in the world. It is also among the group of few monographic piano competitions ...

What ailed Fryderyk Chopin? Poland’s most famous composer ... He suffered terribly, but his suffering did not prevent him from composing music. In a letter to his family dated December 1845, Chopin ...

This duel nationality is reflected in Chopin’s music – the epic struggle of the Poles and the refined elegance of the French. Shortly after Fryderyk’s birth, the family moved to Warsaw where his ...