Pianos at the 19th Chopin Competition

Chopin for the participants of the Warsaw Uprising

There is much evidence in Fryderyk Chopin's biography of his deep attachment to his homeland. Writing to his family from Vienna at the age of 21, he makes this clear declaration: ‘Malfatti [i.e. the imperial court physician Johann Malfatti, who introduced the young composer to the circles of the artistic elite of Vienna] attempts in vain to convince me that every artist is a cosmopolitan. Even if that were the case, as an artist I am still in the cradle, but as a Pole I have begun my third decade.’ 

Polish participants of the Chopin Competition in the ‘Chopin Effect’

The ‘Chopin Effect’ program is one of the largest undertakings accompanying the 19th Chopin Competition – over three hundred educational concerts are organized in small towns across Poland, as well as recitals and concerts by Polish participants of the Competition.