The International Music Festival Chopin and his Europe took place between 2nd and 10th September 2005. The festival was organised by NIFC in cooperation with the National Philharmonic.

The performance of Orchestra of the 18th Century, conducted by Frans Brüggen, was the culminating point of the festival.  The orchestra presented Chopin's pieces performed in an original sound with the use of the instruments of that time for the first time in Poland. The musicians also performed symphonies of Beethoven. Outstanding pianists participated in the festival: Nikolai Lugansky, Dang Thai Son, Fou Ts'ong, Krzysztof Jabłoński, Nelson Goerner. We witnessed a combination of the historical vein of interpreting Chopin's music and the tradition of Chopin's performances associated with the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition, a mixture exceptional from the point of view both of artistry and marketing. The confrontation took place the day before the next edition of the competition.

Honorary Patrons of the festival were Minister of Culture – Waldemar Dąbrowski and the President of Warsaw – Lech Kaczyński. 

Programme:

Friday, September 2, 7.30 PM - Inaugural concert
Concert Hall

Nikolai Lugansky – piano
Warsaw Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Antoni Wit – conductor

Program:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano concerto E - flat major KV 271
Fryderyk Chopin: Piano concerto F - minor op. 21

Saturday, September 3, 7.30 PM - Symphonic Concert
Concert Hall

Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Brüggen – conductor

Program:

Ludwig van Beethoven:
    I Symphony C - major op. 21
    II Symphony D - major op. 36
    III Symphony E flat - major op. 55  "Eroica"

Sunday, September 4, 7.30 PM - Symphonic concert
Concert Hall

Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Brüggen – conductor

Program:

Ludwig van Beethoven:
    IV Symphony B flat - major op. 60
    V Symphony C - minor op. 67

Tuesday, September 6,  7.30 PM - Symphonic concert
Concert Hall

Krzysztof Jabłoński – piano (historical piano)
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Brüggen – conductor

Program:

Fryderyk Chopin: Variations  B flat - major op. 2 on the theme „La ci darem la mano” from "Don Giovanni"
Ludwig van Beethoven:
    VI Symphony F major op. 68 "Pastoral"
   VII Symphony A major op. 92

Wednesday, September 7, 7.30 PM – Piano recital (on the historical piano)
Chamber Hall

Nelson Goerner – piano

Program:

Fryderyk Chopin:
    Ballads:
        G minor op. 23
        F major op. 38
        A-flat major op. 47
        F minor op. 52
Robert Schumann: "Humoresque" op. 20

Thursday, September 8, 7.30 PM- Symphonic concert
Concert Hall

Dang Thai Son – piano (historical piano)
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Frans Brüggen – conductor

Program:

Fryderyk Chopin: Piano concerto E minor op. 11
Ludwig van Beethoven: VIII Symphony F major op. 93

Friday, September 9, 7.30 PM – Piano recital (on the historical piano)
Chamber Hall

Fou Ts'ong – piano

Program:

Joseph Haydn: Sonatas:
    A flat  – major Hob. XVI/46
    E flat  – major Hob. XVI/49
    C – major Hob. XVI/50

Fryderyk Chopin:
    Impromptu F-sharp major op. 36
    Mazurkas op. 30: C minor, B minor, D-flat major, C-sharp minor
    Berceuse D-flat major op. 57
    Mazurka op. 56: B major, C major, C minor
    Ballade F minor op. 52

Saturday, September 10,  7.30 PM – Final Concert
Concert Hall

Marta Boberska - soprano
Ewa Marciniec - alto
Adam Zdunikowski - tenor
Rafał Siwek - bass
Henryk Wojnarowski – Choir Conductor
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir
Orchestra of the 18th Century
Warsaw Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Frans Brüggen – conductor

Program:

Ludwig van Beethoven: IX Symphony D minor op.125

Historical Pianos: Erard (1849), Pleyel (1848)

Organisators:

•  Fryderyk Chopin National Institute
•  National Philharmonic
  

 Media patrons:

• Telewizja Polska PR II
• Polskie Radio PR II
• TVP Kultura
• Tygodnik Powszechny
• Zwierciadło
• The Warsaw Voice
• onet.pl
• Scena Polska            

Partners:

• Stowarzyszenie im. Ludwika van Beethovena
• Warsaw Destination Alliance

• Biuro Promocji i Rozwoju Miasta Stołecznego Warszawy