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 ...

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 ...

He spat out bowls of blood, overused opium, and was constantly sleep-deprived. What ailed Fryderyk Chopin? Poland’s most famous composer had been prone to sickness since childhood. He was ...