Chopin 210th Birth Anniversary

“I am sure that I have left Warsaw, my home, forever.
I go out into the wide world with a strange mixture of hope and regret… I feel like I am heading for death… and it must be so painful to die among strangers…” ( Frédéric Chopin )

” It is in vain to return over what has been and is not anymore…” ( Frédéric Chopin )

“Art must be the mirror of the national Soul.A country which prioritizes foreign art …will never see his own Soul.” ( Frédéric Chopin )

Chopin music embraces the deepest expression of beauty and poetry. At the same time, it is the Voice of Poland, the spirit of its people and – as described by Schumann – “His music are cannons hidden among flowers…”