21. Chopin, Frederic (1810 - 1849) Translate this page chopin, frederic. 1828 gab er eine Reihe von Konzerten als pianist in Polen, 1829in Wien, 1830 Übersiedlung nach Paris wo er bald zu den gefeiertsten http://www.komponisten.at/chopin.htm

Chopin, Frederic wurde am 22. Februar 1810 in Warschau geboren und starb am 17. Oktober 1849 in Paris. 1817 (!) gab er seine erste Polonaise in Druck und bereits 1821 beendete er sein Klavierstudium und studierte Komposition am Warschauer Konservatorium. 1828 gab er eine Reihe von Konzerten als Pianist in Polen, 1829 in Wien, 1830 Übersiedlung nach Paris wo er bald zu den gefeiertsten Pianisten und Klavier-Komponisten zählt. 1838 schon erste Anzeichen einer Lungentuberkulose. 1848 Konzertreise durch England und Schottland. Hauptwerke: Fast ausschließlich einsätzige Klavierwerke, Impromptus, Balladen, Scherzi, Präludien, Polonaisen, 3 Klaviersonaten, 2 Klavierkonzerte, Walzer, Etüden... Art Print - AllPosters.com Hier finden Sie ausgewählte CD's und Bücher von Frederic Chopin Hier finden Sie die CD-ROM Frederic Chopin "Klavierwerke": Musik CD-ROM's Hier finden Sie MIDI-Files von Frederic Chopin: http://piano-midi.de Classical Music Archives Weiterführende Links / MP3-Dateien / Notensuche : Deutsche Chopin - Gesellschaft e.V.

22. Chinese Pianist Wins Gold In Poland's Chopin Competition Chinese pianist Li Yundi won the gold medal Friday at the 14th frederic chopin InternationalPiano Competition, the first time the event's top prize has been http://fpeng.peopledaily.com.cn/english/200010/20/eng20001020_53163.html

Help Sitemap Archive Advanced Search ... PHOTO GALLERY INTERACTIVE Message Board Feedback Voice of Readers China Quiz ... Employment MIRROR U.S. Mirror Japan Mirror Tech-Net Mirror Edu-Net Mirror Friday, October 20, 2000, updated at 15:36(GMT+8) Life Chinese Pianist Wins Gold in Poland's Chopin Competition Chinese pianist Li Yundi won the gold medal Friday at the 14th Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition, the first time the event's top prize has been awarded since 1985. The Chopin competition, held every five years since 1927, is devoted entirely to music by the 19th-century Polish composer. The judging is so tough that in 1990 and 1995 no performances were deemed good enough for a gold medal. Li, still a student at Shenzhen Art School, has won several prizes at the international level. His past honors include a first place at the Gina Bachauer Young Artists International Piano Competition in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1999, and a third place at the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition in the Netherlands Second place in the Chopin competition was awarded to Ingrid Fliter, 27, of Argentina , and third went to Alexander Kobrin of Russia The 14th Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition, which opened on October 4, 2000, attracted 98 players from 25 countries.

23. Gold Medalist Pianist Gives Chopin Concert Chinese pianist Li Yundi won the gold medal October 20 at the 14th frederic ChopinInternational Piano Competition, the first time the event's top prize has http://fpeng.peopledaily.com.cn/english/200011/26/eng20001126_56152.html

Help Sitemap Archive Advanced Search ... PHOTO GALLERY INTERACTIVE Message Board Feedback Voice of Readers China Quiz ... Employment MIRROR U.S. Mirror Japan Mirror Tech-Net Mirror Edu-Net Mirror Sunday, November 26, 2000, updated at 10:40(GMT+8) Life Gold Medalist Pianist Gives Chopin Concert Li Yundi, the gold medal winner at the 14th Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition, gave a Chopin concert in Beijing November 25 evening together with the China National Orchestra. Chinese Vice Premier Li Lanqing and Minister of Culture Sun Jiazheng were among the audience at the concert. Li Yundi, 18, won the gold medal in October, the first time the event's top prize has been awarded since 1985. He is the youngest in the world and the first Chinese to get the top prize. The Chopin competition, held every five years since 1927, is devoted entirely to music by the 19th-century Polish composer. The judging is so tough that in 1990 and 1995 no performances were deemed good enough for a gold medal. Li, still a student at Shenzhen Piano Art School, has won several prizes at the international level. His past honors include first place at the Gina Bachauer Young Artists International Piano Competition in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1999, and third place at the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition in the Netherlands Chinese Pianist Wins Gold in Poland's Chopin Competition Chinese pianist Li Yundi won the gold medal October 20 at the 14th Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition, the first time the event's top prize has been awarded since 1985.

24. Frederic Chopin Biography frederic chopin (18101849). Polish composer and pianist of the romantic school,regarded by some as the greatest of all composers of music for the piano. http://www.8notes.com/school/history/chopin.asp

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25. International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition candidates know it very well since many a famous pianist was the international recordcompetitions called Grand Prix du Disque frederic chopin, the successive http://www.ddg.art.pl/chopin/tifc.html

The Frederic Chopin Society in Warsaw. THE FREDERIC CHOPIN SOCIETY Ostrogski Castle Okolnik Str.1, 00-368 Warsaw Phone +48 +22 27-95-89 Fax +48 +22 27-95-99 Frederic Chopin Society WWW created by Marzenna Furmaniuk-Donajski and Juliusz Donajski Committees Jury Pianists Calendar ... Today

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Honorary Committee of the 13th International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition: Chairman JOSEF OLEKSY Prime Minister of the Polish Republic WLADYSLAW BARTOSZEWSKI Foregin Affairs Minister TADEUSZ CHMIELEWSKI President of the Chopin Society ANDRZEJ CHOROSINSKI Rector of the Chopin Music Academy RYSZARD MICHAL CZARNY Minister of National Education KAZIMIERZ DEJMEK Minister of Culture and Art HENRYK MIKOLAJ GORECKI Composer BOHDAN JASTRZEBSKI Warsaw Voivode KAZIMIERZ KORD Director of the National Philharmonic KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI Composer MARCIN SWIECICKI Mayor of Warsaw JERZY WALDORFF Publicist KRYSTIAN ZIMERMAN Pianist ANNA ZURAWLEW Pedagogue, activist of the Chopin Society Organisation: Ministry of Culture and Art - Minister Kazimierz Dejmek Frederic Chopin Society - President Tadeusz Chmielewski Patronage: President of the Polish Republic Lech Walesa Attorney of the Minister of Culture and Art for the 13th International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition: Izabela Bojkowska Director of the 13th International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition: Albert Grudzinski The Competition is the founder-member of the World Federation of International Music Competitions based in Geneva Frederic Chopin Society WWW created by Marzenna Furmaniuk-Donajski and Juliusz Donajski Committees Jury Pianists Calendar ... Today

27. Frederic Chopin frederic chopin the Greatest Polish Composer. Polish composer and pianist of theromantic period, regarded by many as the greatest composer of the piano music http://members.fortunecity.com/john_deere/chopin.html

web hosting domain names email addresses related sites Frederic Chopin - the Greatest Polish Composer Polish composer and pianist of the romantic period, regarded by many as the greatest composer of the piano music. Born in Zelazowa Wola near Warsaw, Poland in 1810. His father was French, his mother Polish. Chopin studied the piano at the Warsaw Conservatory. He played his first public concert at the age of 7, and published first compositions at 15. By the late 1820s, Chopin had won a great reputation as a piano virtuoso and composer of piano pieces. He toured Europe, giving concert performances acclaimed by audiences and critics. In 1831 he arrived in Paris where he became well known as a pianist, teacher and composer. In 1838 Chopin began to suffer from tuberculosis. He died in Paris in 1849 at the age of just 39. Chopin's music has many references to his Polish origin. His mazurkas reflect the rhythms and melodies of Polish folk music, and his polonaises convey the heroic spirit of Poland occupied by other countries during his life. He composed ballades, scherzos, waltzes and etudes. His music is lyrical and romantic, very original with harmony, subtlety and poetic beauty. Go Back YOU CAN ADJUST THE VOLUME OF THE SOUND HERE.

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29. Chopin - Frederic Francois Chopin - Classical Music Master chopin, frederic, Correspondence, ed. by B. E. Sydow (1962); Cortot, Alfred, InSearch of chopin (1952; repr. 1975); Eigeldinger, J. J., chopin pianist and http://www.mp3-records.com/classicalmasters/chopin.html

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Chopin The Piano Music of Frederic Chopin - Books and Scores Related Subjects Classical Music Beethoven J.S. Bach Brahms ... UK Bookshop Departments Music Magazines Music Posters Music Calendars Musician's Store ... Classical Videos Sheet Music: Chopin Orchestral Piano Choral Search: Microphones Tuners Metronomes Software Best Sellers Posters Music Posters Browse Powell's Music Books Chopin : Pianist and Teacher : As Seen by His Pupils by Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger, et al Paperback: Cambridge Univ Pr (Pap Txt) ISBN: 0521367093; (December 1989) Complete Preludes and Etudes for Solo Piano by Carl Mikuli (Editor), Frederic Chopin Paperback: 192 pages Dover Pubns; ISBN: 0486240525; (December 1980) Chopin (Famous Children) by Ann Rachlin, et al (Paperback - May 1993) Chopin: The Piano Concertos (Cambridge Music Handbooks) by John Rink Paperback: 128 pages Cambridge Univ Pr (Pap Txt); ISBN: 0521446600; (March 1998) Fantasy in F Minor, Barcarolle, Berceuse and Other Works for Solo Piano by Frederic Chopin, Carl Mikuli (Paperback - January 1995) Mazurkas by Frederic Chopin (Paperback - January 1988) Frederic Chopin (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers) by Mike Venezia (Paperback - March 2000) Chopin : The Four Ballades (Cambridge Music Handbooks) by Jim Samson (Editor) (Paperback - December 1992) Abby Whiteside on Piano Playing : Indispensables of Piano Playing - Mastering the Chopin Etudes and Other Essays by Abby Whiteside (Paperback - May 1997) Chopin at the Boundaries : Sex, History, and Musical Genre (Convergences : Inventories of the Present)

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33. Chopin, Frederic Francois. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 A prodigy as a pianist and composer, he began performing at aristocratic salons in 1.In 1836, Liszt introduced chopin to Mme Dudevant, better known by her pen http://www.bartleby.com/65/ch/Chopin-F.html

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34. Chopin, Frederic Francois. The American Heritage® Dictionary Of The English Lan chopin, Frédéric François. SYLLABICATION Cho·pin. PRONUNCIATION sh p n , shp. DATES 1810–1849. Polish-born French composer and pianist of the romantic http://www.bartleby.com/61/42/C0324200.html

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35. The Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition The initiator of the Frederick chopin Piano Competition was Prof. Jerzy Zurawlew(18871980), an outstanding Polish pianist, teacher and composer. Prof. http://www.chopin.pl/imprezy/konkursy/konkurs_en.html

The Frederick Chopin International Piano Competition Competition I Competition II Competition III ... Competition XIV The Frederick Chopin International Piano Competition is one of the oldest events of its type in the world, and enjoys great prestige and universal renown. In the seventy years of its existence, the competition has evolved and transformed itself, altered and improved its form, and created its own extensive tradition. The initiator of the Frederick Chopin Piano Competition was Prof. Jerzy Zurawlew (1887-1980), an outstanding Polish pianist, teacher and composer. Prof. Jerzy ¯urawlew The first Chopin Competition took place on 23-30 January 1927 in the concert hall of the Warsaw Philharmonic. The next Competitions in 1932 and 1937 were also held there, at a five year interval, in accordance with the rules of the organisers. The 1942 Competition was not held owing to the Second World War, and the Competition could not be continued until several years after the war. The first postwar and the fourth International Frederick Chopin Competition took place in 1949, in the "Roma" concert hall, which is still standing in Nowogrodzka Str., the temporary home of the Warsaw Philharmonic and the Opera. The Competition became the culmination of the Chopin Year, celebrating the hundredth anniversary of the death of this great composer. The next Competition was organised six years later, in 1955. This change to the traditional five year-cycle was caused by the reconstruction of the Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, which was promoted soon afterwards to the rank of a national institution. From 1955 onwards, the Frederick Chopin International Piano Competition has been held in the National Philharmonic Hall every five years without a break.

36. The Frederic Chopin Museum At The Frederic Chopin Society In Warsaw Second World War from Wladyslaw Bichniewicz, grandson of Ludwika Jedrzejowiczowa,chopin's oldest sister (eg a gold watch which the young pianist and composer http://www.chopin.pl/zabytki/muzeum/muzeum-en.html

The Frederick Chopin Museum at the Frederick Chopin Society in Warsaw Part I ... The Chopins' Drawing Room The Frederick Chopin Museum at the Frederick Chopin Society in Warsaw was established in the 1930s. Already in 1935, the Frederick Chopin Institute, established a year earlier by 32 outstanding representatives of the world of culture and politics, headed by Karol Szymanowski, Emil Mlynarski, Stanislaw Niewiadomski, Jozef Beck and August Zaleski, had begun amassing a collection. At that time, thirteen extremely valuable manuscripts were purchased from Ludwika Ciechomska , granddaughter of Ludwika Jedrzejewiczowa, Chopin`s sister, and Boguslaw Kraszewski from Stary Kuplin. The manuscripts included: a complete autograph of the G minor Trio op. 8 for piano, violin and cello by Chopin, seven letters written at Szafarnia by the young composer to his family in 1824 (including four examples of the famous "Szafarnia Courier") and at Kowalewo [6 July 1827] as well as to his school friend Julian Fontana in Paris [1835], three special greetings addressed by Chopin to his father (6 December 1816 and 1818) and mother (16 June 1817) upon their name days as well as two dedications of 6 and 9 June 1833 for Jozef Nowakowski , a friend from the Warsaw Conservatory. These autographs of the Polish artist were the start of the collection for the future Chopin Museum which after the Second World War became much more active. The creation of a Collection of Photographs, Recordings and a Library was started prior to 1939. It must be stressed that thanks to the self-sacrifice and industriousness of Mieczyslaw Idzikowski, a founding member of the Frederick Chopin Institute, the autoographs were not damaged during the War Two.

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WRITER S WORD.COM: Open Source CMS][ Free Open Source Blog Hosting ... The World's Largest Literary Cafe Posted by Alan on June 24, 19100 at 03:59:33: In Reply to: Re: chopin 3 rd ballade,scherzos 1 +4,fantasie impromptu posted by boris marini on September 15, 1999 at 19:56:51: Chopin's music is great and foundational in world music and piano literature. Yet i can understand why one would grow weary of it, especially of to its persistent melancholy and overemotional intensity. the problem is really that his music is being overplayed in a fake and sappy manner by every pianist who lays claim to the title. Anyone getting fed up of chopin needs to take a break and get reacquainted to his music with more novel interpretations. I recommend Maria joao Pires, and Argerich among others who have some more unique and masculine or even erratic interpretations which i find refreshing. If you're a good pianist i reccommend you reinterpret him yourself and rediscover the beauty of his music. Follow Ups: Post a Followup Name: E-Mail: Subject: Comments: : Chopin's music is great and foundational in world music and piano literature. Yet i can understand why one would grow weary of it, especially of to its persistent melancholy and overemotional intensity. the problem is really that his music is being overplayed in a fake and sappy manner by every pianist who lays claim to the title. Anyone getting fed up of chopin needs to take a break and get reacquainted to his music with more novel interpretations. I recommend Maria joao Pires, and Argerich among others who have some more unique and masculine or even erratic interpretations which i find refreshing. If you're a good pianist i reccommend you reinterpret him yourself and rediscover the beauty of his music.

39. Polish Music Center - Competitions chopin's National pianist Competition (Warsaw); National Scholarship Competitionfor Candidates of the 14th International frederic chopin pianist Contest; http://www.usc.edu/dept/polish_music/compete/compete.html

Polish Music Center COMPETITIONS AND COURSES Composition Conducting Courses Instruments ... Piano Competitions Chopin Piano Competitions: Frederic Chopin's International Piano Competition (Warsaw) Frederic Chopin's National Pianist Competition (Warsaw) National Scholarship Competition for Candidates of the 14th International Frederic Chopin Pianist Contest Americal National Chopin Piano Competition (Miami) Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition (New York) Kosciuszko Foundation Chicago Chapter Chopin Competition San Francisco Chopin Competition for Young Pianists Chopin International Competition of the Pacific Chopin Piano Competition of the Chopin Society of Texas Frederic Chopin's International Pianist Contest for Children and Youth Other Piano Competitions: Milosz Magin Concours de Piano (Paris) Arthur Rubinstein in Memoriam (Bydgoszcz) International Pianist Competition in Honour of Johann Sebastian Bach Antoni Radziwill Award; Foreign Pianist Scholars Tournament Instrumental Competitions Karol Lipinski and Henryk Wieniawski's International Young Violonist Contest Alexander Tansman International Competition of Musical Personalities International Guitar Competition Czeslaw Drozdziewicz's International Guitar Competition Krzysztof Paderecki's International Chamber Music Competition "Grass Instruments" International Competition "Jazz Juniors" Competition of Young and Debuting Jazz Bands Vocal Competitions Stanislaw Moniuszko International Vocal Competition Sembrich Competition at the Kosciuszko Foundation

40. Frederic Chopin. frederic chopin. was featured in the Warsaw newspapers, and little chopin becamethe Wilhelm Würfel (b.1791 in Bohemia), the renowned pianist and professor http://www.angelfire.com/music2/pianopals/chopin.html

Frederic Chopin. The musical talent of Fryderyk became apparent extremely early on, and it was compared with the childhood genius of Mozart. Already at the age of 7, Fryderyk was the author of two polonaises (in G minor and B flat major), the first being published in the engraving workshop of Father Cybulski. The prodigy was featured in the Warsaw newspapers, and "little Chopin" became the attraction and ornament of receptions given in the aristocratic salons of the capital. He also began giving public charity concerts. His first professional piano lessons, given to him by Wojciech Zywny (b. 1756 in Bohemia), lasted from 1816 to 1822, when the teacher was no longer able to give any more help to the pupil whose skills surpassed his own. The further development of Fryderyk's talent was supervised by Wilhelm Würfel (b.1791 in Bohemia), the renowned pianist and professor at the Warsaw Conservatory who was to offer valuable, although irregular, advice as regards playing the piano and organ. By the late 1820s, Chopin had won a great reputation as a piano virtuoso and composer of piano pieces. He toured Europe, giving concert performances acclaimed by audiences and critics. In 1831 he arrived in Paris where he became well known as a pianist, teacher and composer. In 1838 Chopin began to suffer from tuberculosis. He died in Paris in 1849 at the age of just 39. Chopin's music has many references to his Polish origin. His mazurkas reflect the rhythms and melodies of Polish folk music, and his polonaises convey the heroic spirit of Poland occupied by other countries during his life. He composed ballades, scherzos, waltzes and etudes. His music is lyrical and romantic, very original with harmony, subtlety and poetic beauty.

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