WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Pianist Eric Guo did everything but travel through time to commune with Chopin. On March 1, the day celebrated as Frederic Chopin’s birthday, the 21-year-old Canadian played one ...
Before he died on October 17, 1849, Frédéric Chopin made an unusual request: He wanted his heart to be removed from his corpse and transported from Paris, where the famed composer had lived and worked ...
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Polish composer Frédéric Chopin has had a strange afterlife. He died and was buried in Paris in ...
Each year, millions of visitors to Poland are introduced to the country’s favorite son before they even set foot on its soil. Warsaw’s Chopin Airport, the nation’s largest transport hub, greets more ...