Frédéric-François Chopin, portrayed by Eugène Delacroix
Several piano competitions are named after Frédéric Chopin, one of the most famous piano composers and pianists ever. The oldest and the most famous of them is the International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. There are more Chopin Competitions: most notably the American Chopin Competition, a feeder for the Warsaw competition, and the Kosciuszko Chopin Competition, a competition in its own right (with laureates and prize winners Van Cliburn, Ian Hobson, Sean Bennett, Kirill Gerstein and others). Frédéric Chopin Portrait (unfinished) by Eugène Delacroix Medium: Oil on Canvas Original Size: 38 x 46 cm Location: Louvre, Paris, France The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright... Frédéric Chopin Portrait (unfinished) by Eugène Delacroix Medium: Oil on Canvas Original Size: 38 x 46 cm Location: Louvre, Paris, France The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright... Frédéric-François Chopin (March 1, 1810 – October 17, 1849) is widely seen as the greatest of Polish composers and among the very greatest of composers for the piano, the instrument for which he wrote almost exclusively. ... The International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition is one of the oldest and the most prestigious piano competition in the world, organized in Warsaw since 1927 and held every 5 years since 1955. ... Warsaw (Polish: Warszawa, see also other names, in full The Capital City of Warsaw, Polish: Miasto Stołeczne Warszawa) is the capital of Poland and its largest city. ... Cliburn playing in the final round of the First International Tchaikovskys Piano Competition Van Cliburn (born July 12, 1934) is an American pianist who achieved worldwide recognition in 1958 when, at the age of 23, he won the first quadrennial International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow, at the height...
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