Chopin left his Polish homeland forever in 1830, the year his two Piano Concertos premiered, due to the military suppression of the Polish liberation movement by Russia in 1831.
Compositional Technique
Chopin mastered 'small forms' like Mazurkas, Etudes, Préludes, Nocturnes, Waltzes, and Polonaises, taking pianistic and tone-painting liberties within their typically ternary structures.
Composer Biography
Chopin gave up his virtuoso career by 1838 due to a severe chest ailment and formed an intense relationship with writer George Sand, living together from 1840 to 1846.
Composer Biography
Chopin settled in Paris, which was home to many important artists like Hector Berlioz and Niccolò Paganini, and also met Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy and Robert Schumann in Germany.
Composer Biography
Chopin died in Paris in 1849 at the age of 39, after a journey to England and Scotland overtaxed his already failing health.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Frédéric Chopin is considered the first great virtuoso pianist, and his deep involvement with the instrument led him to introduce many technical innovations.
Composer Biography
Frédéric Chopin, born in Zelazowa Wola near Warsaw, began private piano lessons at age seven in 1817 and studied composition at the Warsaw Conservatory from 1822 to 1829.
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