Fryderyk Chopin, the composer, was the son of a French emigre who became a schoolmaster in Warsaw and enthusiastically supported Poland.
Performer Biography
Idil Biret, the pianist on this recording, began piano lessons at age three and graduated from the Paris Conservatoire with three first-prizes at fifteen.
Performer Biography
Idil Biret, the pianist, studied with renowned musicians Alfred Cortot and Wilhelm Kempff for piano, and Nadia Boulanger for composition.
Compositional Technique
Chopin adopted and developed the Nocturne, a lyrical piano piece offering a poetic vision of the night, a form pioneered by Irish pianist John Field.
Composer Biography
Chopin, the composer, died at the early age of 39 from tuberculosis, a condition he had suffered from for a long time.
Composer Biography
Chopin, the composer, lived and worked in Paris, where his delicate piano nuances and refined manner made him acceptable in the city's elegant salons.
Composer Biography
Chopin, the composer, had a ten-year relationship with the writer Aurore Dudevant, better known as George Sand, who even used him as inspiration for her fiction.
