Frédéric Chopin

Born

March 1, 1810

Died

October 17, 1849 (aged 39)

Known as

composer, pianist, piano teacher, virtuoso, musician, pedagogue

Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the early Romantic period who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leading composer of his era whose "poetic genius was based on a professional technique that was without equal in his generation".

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