About the Festival

8th International Music Festival CHOPIN AND HIS MUSIC
THE REAL CHOPIN AND HIS TIMES
FROM BACH TO DEBUSSY
17th-31st of August 2012

Organisation: FRYDERYK CHOPIN INSTITUTE

Co-organisers:

THE WARSAW CAPITAL CITY
POLISH RADIO, CHANNEL 2

Programme: Bach, Chopin, Dobrzyński, Lessel, Schubert, Schumann, Liszt, Wieniawscy, Debussy, Massenet, Kilar, for the first time in the original sound version: i.a. Concerto by Dobrzyński, Chopin's concertos in the chamber version, Violin Concerto in D major by Beethoven (violin and piano version)

Great artists:
Alexander Melnikov, Cyprien Katsaris, Kevin Kenner, Howard Shelley, Evgeni Koroliov, Wojciech Świtała, Mihaela Ursuleasa, Jan Lisiecki, Hana Blažiková, Philippe Entremont, Edna Stern, Alexander Romanovsky, Aleksandra Kuls, Michał Szymanowski, Andreas Staier, Isabelle Faust, Grzegorz Frankowski, Daniil Trifonov, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Yulianna Avdeeva

Sinfonia Varsovia
Christian Zacharias
Jerzy Maksymiuk

Concerto Köln
Michael Güttler
Howard Shelley

18th Century Orchestra
Frans Brüggen

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