Frédéric François Chopin
Born: 1st March 1810, Zelazowa Wola
Died: 17th October 1849, Paris
Nationality: Polish
Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leading musician of his era, one whose "poetic genius was based on a professional technique that was without equal in his generation."
Chopin was born in Żelazowa Wola in the Duchy of Warsaw and grew up in Warsaw, which in 1815 became part of Congress Poland. A child prodigy, he completed his musical education and composed his earlier works in Warsaw before leaving Poland at the age of 20, less than a month before the outbreak of the November 1830 Uprising. At 21, he settled in Paris. Thereafter – in the last 18 years of his life – he gave only 30 public performances, preferring the more intimate atmosphere of the salon.
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Recording of the Week,
Chopin Études from Yunchan Lim
The South Korean pianist makes an impressive début with Chopin's Études, combining breathtaking agility with a real sense of musical narrative.
Interview,
Jan Lisiecki on Chopin
The Canadian pianist, who made his first Chopin recordings in his early teens, talks to Katherine about his long-standing affinity with the composer's music and his new recording of the Nocturnes (released this Friday on Deutsche Grammophon).
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Popular Works: Chopin
- Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 (511)
- Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47 (410)
- Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 (435)
- Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 (450)
- Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57 (455)
- Étude Op. 10 No. 12 in C minor ‘Revolutionary' (339)
- Étude Op. 10 No. 3 in E major 'Tristesse' (396)
- Étude Op. 10 No. 5 in G flat major 'Black Key' (323)
- Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu' (459)
- Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 (530)
- Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor, Op. post. (379)
- Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2 (338)
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 (353)
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 (333)
- Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre' (373)
- Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 (370)
- Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 'Héroïque' (412)
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 1 in C major (323)
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 2 in A minor (322)
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 3 in G major (323)
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 8 in F sharp minor (332)
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 9 in E major (324)
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 10 in C sharp minor (325)
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 11 in B major (321)
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 13 in F sharp major (331)
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 15 in D flat major ‘Raindrop' (487)
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 16 in B flat minor (325)
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 17 in A flat major (344)
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 20 in C minor (354)
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 21 in B flat major (325)
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 22 in G minor (321)
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 23 in F major (335)
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 24 in D minor (340)
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 4 in E minor (435)
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 6 in B minor (364)
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 7 in A major (382)
- Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31 (347)
- Waltz No. 1 in E flat major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 18 (326)
- Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz' (372)
- Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2 (425)
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