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 composer of his era whose "poetic genius was based on a professional technique that was without equal in his generation".
Chopin was born in Żelazowa Wola and grew up in Warsaw, which in 1815 became part of Congress Poland. A child prodigy, he completed his musical education and composed his early works in Warsaw before leaving Poland at age 20, less than a month before the outbreak of the November 1830 Uprising; at 21, he settled in Paris. Thereafter he gave only 30 public performances, preferring the more intimate atmosphere of the salon.
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Eric Lu wins the 19th Chopin International Piano Competition
21st Oct 2025
On 20th October, Eric Lu was crowned winner of the 19th Chopin Competition, out of eighty-four performers from nineteen countries, and Deutsche Grammophon has announced a digital single for 24th October, when pre-orders for a celebratory album will also begin.
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Seong-Jin Cho on the LSO, Ravel and the Chopin Competition
16th Sep 2025
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Popular Works: Chopin
- Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 (585)
- Ballade No. 3 in A flat major, Op. 47 (397)
- Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 (434)
- Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 (445)
- Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57 (439)
- Étude Op. 10 No. 12 in C minor ‘Revolutionary' (331)
- Étude Op. 10 No. 3 in E major 'Tristesse' (379)
- Étude Op. 10 No. 5 in G flat major 'Black Key' (363)
- Impromptu No. 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 66 'Fantaisie-Impromptu' (453)
- Nocturne No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 9 No. 2 (508)
- Nocturne No. 20 in C sharp minor, Op. post. (367)
- Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2 (386)
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 (354)
- Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 (318)
- Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre' (372)
- Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 (360)
- Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 'Héroïque' (416)
- Polonaise No. 7 in A flat major, Op. 61 'Polonaise-fantaisie' (293)
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 3 in G major (297)
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 8 in F sharp minor (305)
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 9 in E major (297)
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 10 in C sharp minor (292)
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 11 in B major (292)
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 13 in F sharp major (304)
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 15 in D flat major ‘Raindrop' (444)
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 16 in B flat minor (296)
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 17 in A flat major (313)
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 20 in C minor (319)
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 21 in B flat major (298)
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 23 in F major (307)
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 24 in D minor (308)
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 4 in E minor (406)
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 6 in B minor (327)
- Prelude Op. 28 No. 7 in A major (345)
- Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31 (348)
- Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 39 (293)
- Waltz No. 1 in E flat major 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 18 (313)
- Waltz No. 3 in A minor 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 2 (300)
- Waltz No. 6 in D flat major, Op. 64 No. 1 'Minute Waltz' (385)
- Waltz No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2 (414)
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