Fryderyk Chopin

Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (March 1, 1810 – October 17, 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist, widely regarded as one of the foremost masters of Romantic music. Often referred to as the "Poet of the Piano," his compositions are central to the piano repertoire.

Born in Żelazowa Wola, in the Duchy of Warsaw, to a French father and a Polish mother, Chopin displayed prodigious talent from a young age. He left Warsaw in 1830, intending to travel to Italy. However, the outbreak of the Polish November Uprising and its subsequent suppression by Russia led him to become part of the Polish Great Emigration, settling in Paris.