International Chopin Piano Competition
The International Chopin Piano Competition, often referred to as the Chopin Competition, is a piano competition held in Warsaw, Poland. It was initiated in 1927 and has been held every five years since 1955. It is one of the few competitions devoted entirely to the works of a single composer, in this case, Frédéric Chopin. The competition is currently organized by the Fryderyk Chopin Institute.
The National Philharmonic during the 2005 competition
3rd Chopin Competition (1937). Among members of the jury (sitting on the left) Heinrich Neuhaus, Emil von Sauer, Guido Agosti, and Wilhelm Backhaus
Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period, who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leading musician of his era, one whose "poetic genius was based on a professional technique that was without equal in his generation".
Daguerreotype, c. 1849
Chopin's birthplace in Żelazowa Wola
Chopin's father, Nicolas Chopin, by Mieroszewski, 1829
Chopin plays for the Radziwiłłs, 1829 (painting by Henryk Siemiradzki, 1887)