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Frédéric Chopin

Polish composer and pianist (1810–1849)

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Frédéric Chopin

Daguerreotype, c. 1849

Born

Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin


(1810-03-01)1 March 1810

Żelazowa Wola, Duchy of Warsaw

Died17 October 1849(1849-10-17) (aged 39)

Paris, France

Occupations
WorksList of compositions

Frédéric François Chopin[n 1] (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin;[n 2] 1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period, who wrote primarily for solo piano.

He has maintained worldwide renown as a leading musician of his era, one whose "poetic genius was based on a professional technique that was without equal in his generation".

Chopin was born in Żelazowa Wola and grew up in Warsaw, which in 1815 became part of Congress Poland. A child prodigy, he completed his musical education and composed his ear Frederic Chopin biography - ZEK