Entitled The Poet of the Piano, the exhibition takes visitors on a journey from Chopin’s birthplace of Żelazowa Wola, through Warsaw, where the composer spent the first 20 years of his life and where his musical genius developed, to Paris, which witnessed the full flowering of his artistic career.
The artifacts, including a selection of Chopin’s letters and musical manuscripts, personal memorabilia, the composer’s portrait by his contemporary Teofil Kwiatkowski, as well as paintings, water colours and sculptures inspired by the composer's life and music come from the collection of the Fryderyk Chopin Museum in Warsaw.
With the upcoming centenary of the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, the exhibition also traces the history of the event, its jury members and its prizewinners, among them prominent Chinese laureates.
The exhibition at the Suzhou Museum runs until June 28.
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Source: National Chopin Institute in Warsaw, Suzhou Museum