WARSAW — Nearly two centuries after his birth, Frederic Chopin remains a remarkably potent artistic force in Poland’s capital, his age-old music inspiring perpetually new waves of creativity and ...

WARSAW, Poland -- As Frederic Chopin gasped for air on his deathbed in Paris in 1849, he whispered a request that became the stuff of musical legend: Remove my heart after I die and entomb it in ...

Which composers would you connect with Chopin? Liszt, certainly; Scriabin, definitely. Thomas Adès, on the other hand, might not immediately spring ...

A saccharine show-off? Passionate revolutionary? Eternal schoolboy? Or perhaps a frustrated neurotic? In each of the four films based on Chopin's life, we get a completely different image of the ...

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The story is set in Chopin’s Parisian salon circa 1848. Audience members are invited to the piano lesson being presented by Monsieur Chopin where he reveals personal history and his uncanny ability to ...

The heart of Frederic Chopin, among the world's most cherished musical virtuosos, may finally have given up the cause of his untimely death. The prolific 19th-century Polish-French pianist and ...

Researchers say epilepsy may have triggered the composer's hallucinations. Jan. 25, 2011— -- The hallucinations of Polish composer and pianist Frédéric Chopin may have been the result of temporal ...

Even if you're not a fan of classical music, you have heard of Frédéric Chopin: His music has appeared in countless movies, TV shows and commercials, even video games. But it's almost certain you ...

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