The Fryderyk Chopin Institute

The activities of the Fryderyk Chopin Institute, which was established in 2001
on the basis of an act of the Polish Parliament, cover the following areas:

• research and popularization of knowledge about Chopin’s life and work,
• publications,
• organization of concerts, conferences, courses,
• cooperation with institutions and organizations dealing in the protection of the Chopin heritage,
• gathering of Chopin-related archive materials and museum objects,
• monitoring of whether Chopin’s image and name are not used for commercial purposes,
• running a Chopin Information Centre (Internet site)