Thursday, April 29, 2010

CHOPIN 2010 - JAN LISIECKI SOLO RECITAL, CALGARY



This year in classical music world is the year of Chopin and Calgary celebrating it by having special event on Sunday, May 16th at Polish Cultural Centre - evening about life of Chopin as well as concert, with special guest - Jan Lisiecki. To read more about this talented pianist - please check his website: www.janlisiecki.com/



Monday, March 1, 2010

CHOPIN YEAR CELEBRATIONS - 200TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY!!!


This year all music lovers celebrate Fryderyk Chopin 200th birthday!!!
Reporting from Warsaw - his music is reverberating across the world - from the chateau of his French lover to Egypt's pyramids and even into space...
But nowhere do celebrations carry the sense of national feeling as we do in Poland - the land of his birth, where his heroic piano compositions are credited with capturing the country's soul..
This anniversary is celebrated by many countries in different ways..There are concerts in Switzerland, Vienna; Portugal launches special postal stamps marking the 200th Birth Anniversary - both of Fryderyk Chopin and Robert Schumann- see below:


Many polish websites are celebrating the famous composer 200th birthday anniversary as well. To mark the occasion, Google Polska changed its logo today. Now not a single Internet user will miss the event!!!



For more information about Chopin Year 2010, you may check the website: www.chopin2010.pl