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The Fryderyk Chopin Institute

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The Fryderyk Chopin Institute

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The Fryderyk Chopin Institute is the biggest Chopin centre in the world.
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It comprehensively promotes, protects, researches, and popularizes Fryderyk Chopin’s legacy. The Fryderyk Chopin Institute is an organizer of The Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition and Chopin and his Europe Music Festival.

04/10/2026

On the anniversary of Fryderyk Chopin’s death: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Requiem

As is now tradition, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Requiem will be performed at the Basilica of the Holy Cross in Warsaw on 17 October. This is where Chopin’s heart rests. In accordance with the his last will, this piece was performed at his funeral 🕯️🎻.

The anniversary of Fryderyk Chopin’s death is an opportunity for us all to come together and reflect amidst the beauty of music, in a place of worship so important to us and to the history of Warsaw. It is a moment to appreciate the essence of the legacy the composer left us.

This year, we will hear a chamber version of the Requiem, prepared and performed by the Apollon Musagete Quartett. The ensemble, known for its outstanding performances at the Chopin and His Europe festivals, as well as for its superb recordings, is renowned for its original ideas and extraordinary interpretations of scores, imbued with remarkable energy and wise imagination.

📅 17 October 2026, 8:30 pm, Basilica of the Holy Cross in Warsaw (3 Krakowskie Przedmieście)
🟢 Free entry

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📷: The interior of the Basilica of the Holy Cross in Warsaw, with a view of the pillar where the composer’s heart is enshrined and a plaque bearing the inscription: ‘To Fryderyk Chopin – his compatriots’, along with a quotation from the Gospel according to St Matthew: ‘Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also’. Photo by Darek Golik / NIFC.

03/10/2026

💿 Alena Baeva & Vadym Kholodenko

To mark the anniversary of Karol Szymanowski’s birth, we revisit this superb album by Alena Baeva and Vadym Kholodenko, featuring Szymanowski’s Sonata in D minor for violin and piano, Op. 9, and ‘Myths’, Op. 30, as well as Ignacy Jan Paderewski’s Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 13.

✒️ Composed in 1885, Ignacy Jan Paderewski’s Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 13, for violin and piano is – much like Szymanowski’s Sonata – the work of a young composer and held equal significance for the artist’s career, elevating the composer to the rank of the most outstanding composer of his generation. The ‘Myths’, Op. 30, drew inspiration from the composer’s travels to Italy and Africa in the spring of 1914.

💿 Purchase:
https://sklep.nifc.pl/pl/produkt/76600-szymanowski-sonata-d-moll-op-9-paderewski-sonata-skrzypcowa-a-moll-op-13

03/10/2026

✨ 144 years ago, on 3 October 1882, Karol Szymanowski was born in Tymoszówka (Ukraine, Chehryn District).

✨ An outstanding composer and pianist, he left behind works that have become an enduring part of the history of 20th-century Polish music, blending European and Oriental influences with Polish folklore.

Szymanowski received his early piano training at his family home in Tymoszówka, where music and literature were an integral part of everyday life. He then began his studies at the Music School in Elizavetgrad, run by the Neuhaus family. From 1901, he continued his musical education in Warsaw, taking private lessons with Marek Zawirski and Zygmunt Noskowski, which he, however, soon gave up. From that time onwards, he honed his creative skills independently.

Between 1906 and 1912, his compositions were published for the first time in Warsaw, Berlin and Vienna, including: Preludes Op. 1, two piano sonatas, the Sonata in D minor for violin and piano, a Concert Overture, two symphonies, the opera Hagith, and songs.

A turning point came with his journey to Italy and Africa (Algiers, Biskra, and Tunis) in 1914. Inspired by the culture and art of the places he visited, he composed, amongst other works, Symphony No. 3 ‘Song of the Night’, ‘Songs of the Infatuated Muezzin’, ‘Myths’, and the opera ‘King Roger’.

Having lost his manor house in Tymoszówka as a result of the revolutionary events, the composer moved with his family to Warsaw. In 1921 and 1922, he visited America twice, taking part in the world premieres of the ballet ‘Mandragora’, the cycle ‘Słopiewnie’, his opera, and his Second Symphony.

Zakopane became the composer’s second home, where he rented the Atma villa. The influence of Podhale folklore marked the beginning of the next phase of his creative output (the ballet ‘Harnasie’, ‘Słopiewnie’, the Mazurkas Opp. 50 and 62, the Second Violin Concerto, and ‘Stabat Mater’).

Between 1927 and 1932, Szymanowski was director of the Warsaw Conservatoire. Despite international acclaim and numerous honours, he struggled with financial difficulties and deteriorating health. Suffering from tuberculosis, he died on 29 March 1937 in Lausanne. Following funeral ceremonies lasting over a week, he was laid to rest in the Crypt of Distinguished Figures at the Church ‘on the Rock’ in Kraków.

✨👤 You can find out more about Karol Szymanowski on the Polish Music Portal – a multimedia platform providing information on Polish composers of the 19th and 20th centuries 👇
https://portalmuzykipolskiej.pl/pl/osoba/493-karol-szymanowski

02/10/2026

Today, Janusz Olejniczak would have celebrated his 74th birthday 🧣🎹

His international career began with the success at the 8th Chopin Competition, where he won 6th prize. One of the most outstanding contemporary Chopin interpreters and a highly regarded piano teacher, he has been affiliated with the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music since 2015 and has served twice – in 2015 and 2021 – on the jury of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw.

He has given recitals across Europe, Americas, Asia, and Australia, performing in prestigious venues including the Berlin Philharmonic, the Teatro Colón, Suntory Hall, Lincoln Centre and the Concertgebouw. He has collaborated with leading conductors and ensembles from Poland and abroad.

His discography comprises over 40 albums, as well as the soundtracks for Roman Polanski’s ‘The Pianist’ and Andrzej Żuławski’s ‘The Blue Note’. In addition to the classical repertoire, he has also performed Polish contemporary music, including works by Lutosławski, Górecki and Kilar.

Janusz Olejniczak was one of the first performers of Chopin’s music on period instruments. He has frequently played on period pianos at the Chopin and His Europe Festival in Warsaw. He also served on the jury for two editions of the Chopin Competition on Period Instruments (2018, 2023). NIFC has released five albums with his performances on pianos from Chopin’s era:

💿 NIFCCD 008 Chopin. Sonata in B flat Minor, Op. 35, Scherzo in B flat Minor, Op. 31, Nocturnes, Mazurkas, Waltzes
💿 NIFCCD 011 Chopin. Polonaises, Opp. 44, 40 Nos. 1, 53, Nocturnes, Mazurkas
💿 NIFCCD 035-036 Chopin. 57 Mazurkas
💿 NIFCCD 030 Chopin. Ballada in G Minor, Mazurkas, Nocturnes, Waltzes
💿 NIFCCD 042 Chopin. Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
In 2025, a collector’s edition double-LP and CD album was released, featuring recordings by an 18-year-old artist from the Chopin Competition:
💿 NIFCCD 670-671 Janusz Olejniczak. Chopin Piano Competition 1970

You can buy Janusz Olejniczak’s albums released by NIFC:
🛒Sklep NIFC: https://sklep.nifc.pl/pl/osoba/184-janusz-olejniczak
And listen to them online:
🎧 https://publikacje.nifc.pl/en/plyty?search=janusz+olejniczak

30/09/2026

What shapes an orchestra’s sound? | Chopin and His Europe 2026

Does an orchestra have a distinctive voice of its own? What shapes its sound – the musicians, a shared tradition, the conductor, the repertoire, or perhaps the acoustics of the concert hall? Musicians and conductors from orchestras appearing at the 22nd International Chopin and His Europe Music Festival reflect on listening to one another, playing together and creating a shared orchestral sound.

Watch the full film 👉 https://youtu.be/iB54ghiEwhg
🎶 Orchestre symphonique de Montréal - OSM & Maestro Raphael Payare
🎶 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra & Maestro Manfred Honeck
🎶 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Maestro Santtu-Matias Rouvali
🎶 NOSPR & Maestro Christian Arming
🎶 Filharmonia Narodowa w Warszawie & Maestro Riccardo Minasi
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Co-financed by Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego
Patron: ORLEN, ORLEN Art & Science
Strategic Partner: PKO Bank Polski
Main Partner: Totalizator Sportowy
Co-organiser: Dwójka - Program 2 Polskiego Radia
Partners: Lexus, Lotnisko Chopina, Fundacja PZU, Yamaha Pianos, Regent Warsaw Hotel, Filharmonia Narodowa w Warszawie
Official carrier of NIFC: LOT Polish Airlines
Media Patrons: Polskie Radio, Polskie Radio Chopin, Rzeczpospolita, Smart OOH - AMS SA

28/09/2026

🗨️ In the 1920s, the political and social situation in the newly reborn Poland was so complex and unstable that organising any major cultural event must have been a considerable challenge. And what more can be said about bringing to life a completely new and, in essence, unprecedented idea: to organise a major international competition which, in an almost sporting format, would select the finest pianists from all over the world – pianists who, moreover, would play exclusively works by Chopin – a composer who, in the opinion of many at the time, was a frail little dandy who entertained French aristocratic ladies in their salons with mawkish waltzes.

And yet, neither the socio-political chaos nor the lack of funds deterred Jerzy Żurawlew. The Chopin Competition, an idea that initially inspired few, will celebrate its centenary next year. To mark this occasion, the Sejm of the Republic of Poland has designated 2027 as the Year of Jerzy Żurawlew.

Kamila Stępień-Kutera tells the story of the chief architect of this great Competition, which changed the course of Polish cultural history, in her blog post ‘Jerzy Żurawlew – revolutionary’. We invite you to read it! 👇
https://blog.nifc.pl/en/artykul/141-jerzy-zurawlew-revolutionary

27/09/2026

🎹🌿 Martín García García is definitely a fan of the F minor Concerto 😎. He received a special prize for his interpretation of the Concerto in F minor at the 18th Chopin Competition. Last Saturday, visitors to the Birthplace of Fryderyk Chopin and the Park in Żelazowa Wola also had the chance to hear him perform at the open-air concert ‘Farewell to Summer’. The soloist was accompanied by the Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw, conducted by Anna Sułkowska-Migoń.

What makes Chopin’s Second Concerto so unique fr him? How can one discover something new in a frequently performed work after so many years? ✨ We invite you to watch the video coverage of the concert in Żelazowa Wola.

And what about you? Are you on the F minor or E minor team? 🤭

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Events in the ‘Summer Stage in Żelazowa Wola’ series are organised as part of the project: Activities carried out by the NIFC in 2026 in preparation for the centenary celebrations of the Chopin Competition in 2027.
Co-funded by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage

Patron: ORLEN, ORLEN Art & Science
Strategic partner: PKO Bank Polski
Main Partner: Totalizator Sportowy
Partners: Lexus, Chopin Airport, Yamaha Pianos
Official Carrier of the NIFC: LOT Polish Airlines

27/09/2026

Zapraszamy do wysłuchania niedzielnego recitalu chopinowskiego z Dom Urodzenia Fryderyka Chopina i Park w Żelazowej Woli. Dziś wystąpi François Dumont.

26/09/2026

🎹🎥 Live stream of 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰̧𝗼𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝘂𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁’s recital to mark the end of the concert season in Żelazowa Wola

This will be our final Chopin recital broadcast of the year. The next such occasion will be in May 2027 🌸!

On 27 September, the series of Sunday Chopin Recitals at the Birthplace of Fryderyk Chopin in Żelazowa Wola will conclude with performances by 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰̧𝗼𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝘂𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁, a French pianist and prize-winner of, amongst others, the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw and the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition in Brussels.

As usual, on Sunday at noon CEST we’ll be meeting for a live stream and chat on the Institute’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com//streams and on Facebook.

This year’s season of Saturday and Sunday Chopin recitals and special concerts at the Birthplace of Fryderyk Chopin comprised 97 performances by pianists from 15 countries.

25/09/2026

🎻🌿 At the heart of this year’s Festival of Regional Culture in Żelazowa Wola was the dance tent – it hosted traditional dance workshops, concerts, and a night-time dancing party. We also tried making handicrafts under the guidance of masters of folk crafts. An additional highlight of the first day was the National Reading of the famous book ‘Dziady’ by the Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz, during which we listened to it as performed by actors.

🪗 The Regional Culture Festival in Żelazowa Wola offers a chance to experience first-hand the traditions that Fryderyk Chopin explored and creatively transformed in his works. It is also an opportunity to discover the arts and crafts still practised today by a handful of masters. Thank you for joining us! See you next year!

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Events in the ‘Summer Stage in Żelazowa Wola’ series are organised as part of the project: Activities carried out by the NIFC in 2026 in preparation for the centenary celebrations of the Chopin Competition, which will take place in 2027.
Co-funded by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage | Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego

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Wtorek	11:00 - 20:00
Środa	09:00 - 18:00
Czwartek	11:00 - 20:00
Piątek	11:00 - 20:00
Sobota	11:00 - 20:00
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