Among the Institute’s major achievements over the past two decades is the Chopin and His Europe International Festival. Its 16 annual editions have attracted some of the world’s leading pianists and orchestras.
The Fryderyk Chopin Institute has released 165 CDs featuring music by Polish composers performed by world-calibre musicians and ensembles.
The Institute also played a key role in organizing world-wide events marking the bicentenary of Chopin’s birth in 2010. The occasion was marked by the opening of a thoroughly-revamped Chopin Museum.
As some pandemic restrictions are being lifted, the Chopin Museum has mounted a new temporary exhibition entitled Chopin and His Friends.
It gives insights into the composer’s relationships with his publisher Julian Fontana, with French musicians – the cellist August Franchomme, pianist Camille Pleyel, and singer Pauline Viardot, as well as with his lover, the writer George Sand.
The Institute is the main organizer of the International Chopin Competition, whose 18th edition, postponed by a year due to the pandemic, is scheduled for October.
The Institute also carries out research and publishing projects. It has published over 200 books, albums, e-books, audiobooks and periodicals relating to Chopin studies and various aspects of Polish music.
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