Portrait of Frédéric Chopin and George Sand Was an 1838 Unfinished Oil-On-Canvas Painting by French Artist Eugène Delacroix
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POLAND a native country of Fryderyk Chopin By Halina Brodska . Welcome to Fryderyk Chopin Airport, Warsaw, intones the flight attendant. You can see giant letters proclaim the name of the composer who wrote some of the best-loved piano music in the world. Here at Poland’s very gateway, Chopin is the national symbol chosen to introduce the country to its visitors. But wait…… . Chopin is not a Polish surname, and his first one is often spelled Frédéric. Wasn’t he French? No. Chopin was Polish. F.Chopin was born in 1810 in Warsaw. The Father Mikołaj was Frenchman by birth, but Pole through his choice of homeland, where He remained to the end of his life. His mother named Tekla Justyna Krzyżanowska was a relative of Polish Countess Ludwika Skarbkowa, owner of the Zelazowa Wola. His first professor was Wojciech Żywny next was Józef Elsner. Chopin published his first composition at the age 7. In 19830 Chopin emigrated to Paris. In 1936 he met George Sand ( Aurore Dedevant) a French writer and he has with her a turbulent relationship few years. George Sand was a pipe smoker and flamboyant party goer. Chopin spent his summer time during 8 years at the Sand,s estate in Nohant. In 19830 Chopin emigrated to Paris. In 1936 he met George Sand ( Aurore Dedevant) a French writer and he has with her a turbulent relationship few years. George Sand was a pipe smoker and flamboyant party goer. Chopin spent his summer time during 8 years at the Sand,s estate in Nohant. The Portrait of Frédéric Chopin and George Sand was an 1838 unfinished oil-on-canvas painting by French artist Eugène Delacroix. Originally a double portrait, it was later cut in two and sold off as separate pieces. It showed composer Frédéric Chopin (1810–49) playing piano while writer George Sand (1804–76) sits to his right, listening and sewing (a favorite activity of hers) Today Chopin's portrait is housed at the Louvre in Paris, while Sand's hangs at Copenhagen's Ordrupgaard Museum. The composer suffered from bronchial asthma and tuberculosis. Because of that he spent the winter 1938-39 together with George Sand on Majorca, living in an abandoned Carthusian monastery in Valldemossa The composer died in 1849 in Paris. photo by Louis-August Bisson, 1849 (few months before the death of the composer) The famous signature of Frederic Chopin and the autograph of one Prelude. Piano from his Parisian house. The F.Chopin’s Museum in Warsaw. In truth, there has never been any doubt about Chopin’s nationality. One only has to hear his music . with traditional dances . underpinning all those mazurkas . and dark, dramatic polonaises to appreciate that he had an innate feel for the spirit of Poland. His letters show that he and his family conversed in Polish at a high intellectual level. All of Chopin's compositions include the piano; most are for solo piano. He also wrote two piano concertos, a few chamber pieces, and some songs to Polish lyrics. His keyboard style, which is highly individual, is often technically demanding. His own performances were noted for their nuance and sensitivity. Chopin invented the concept of instrumental ballade His major piano works also include . sonatas . mazurkas . waltzes . nocturnes . polonaises . études . impromptus . scherzos . preludes some published only after his death Many contain elements of both Polish folk music and of the classical tradition of J.S. Bach, Mozart and Schubert , whom he particularly admired. His innovations in style, musical form, and harmony, and his association of music with nationalism, were influential throughout and after the late Romantic period. Chopin is one of music's earliest SUPERSTARS His early death have made him a leading symbol of the Romantic era. His works remain popular, and he has been the subject of numerous films and biographies of varying degrees of historical accuracy. Every year arrive to Poland many tourists from allover the world to visit place regarding to Chopin’s live and to listen to his music. First place to visit is Zelazowa Wola a place to which everyone wishing to get to know Poland and her culture head It is there that F. Chopin was born in 1810 the brilliant composer whose music has aroused delight and admiration among listeners across the world for decades It still tells the world so much about Poland and Poles. Every Sundays, from May to September. since 1954 there are the piano concert played by outstanding pianists All the windows are opened wide and the manor and park are filed with the sounds of Fryderyk Chopin music This beautiful tradition always attracts large audiences. And it is singularly esteemed among pianist from all over the world. Even the greatest among them regard it as an honour to give a Chopin recital here. Over the years, the Music Room at Chopin’s birthplace has hosted probably all the most celebrated master of the piano. After the concert, it is customary to take a walk around the park . INTERNATIONAL FRYDERYK CHOPIN PIANO COMPETITON The international F. Chopin Piano Competition is one of the earliest music competitions in the world, one which has achieved great prestige and international fame. Competition has place every 5 years. It is a kind of the Olympic Games for young pianists. The first Contest was held in January 1927 in the Philharmonic Hall made available for that occasion, next in 1932 and then in 1937. The second world war made impossible to organize the Competition in 1942. The first postwar Competition was held in 1949 in the former cinema hall ”Roma” that had escaped destruction, then the temporary seat of the Philharmonic and Warsaw Opera House Till 1965 competitions were held winter months, being placed near anniversary of Chopin’s birth of February,22. But for quite prosaic reason namely the sickness with flu which affected that time many competitors the date was change for October. To be a winner of Competition that means the beginning of the international career. Thanks to Chopin Competition became famous many artits like: Lew Oborin, Witold Małcuźyński, Bella Dawidowicz, Halina Czerny -Stefańska, Wladimir Aszkenzi, Fu Ts’ong, Martha Argerich, Garrick Ohlsson, Krystian Zimerman …. The jury member are the greatest pianist from all over the world. F. Chopin Competition has been devoted all time to the perform of music by a single composer. The winner receives 30.000,- Euro provided by the President of the Polish Republic, gold medal and a lot of engagements in many countries Among the regular events accompanying the Competition, here have been since 1975 celebrations marking the anniversary of the composer’s death, October 17. On that occasion, in the Saint Cross Church, where the composer’s heart is kept in the wall, Mozart requiem is performed. It is just with the performance of this work that farewell to Chopin was given in St. Magdalene’s Church in Paris on October 1849. It was in fulfillment to the composer’s will. The next Competitions will take place in October, 2015. Thank you for your attention .