Frederic Chopin is a really unique name. Who is he?
Frédéric François Chopin was a polish composer, he played piano
Oh cool, I love the piano.
yea he was great, Frédéric François Chopin was born in 1810
Oh wow that's a long time ago!
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin (, , , , ; 1 March 181017 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic era who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leading musician of his era, one whose "poetic genius was based on a professional technique that was without equal in his generation."
Chopin was born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin in the Duchy of Warsaw and grew up in Warsaw, which in 1815 became part of Congress Poland. A child prodigy,
Georges Mathias
Georges Amédée Saint-Clair Mathias (; 14 October 182614 October 1910) was a French composer, pianist and teacher. Alongside his teaching work, Georges Mathias was a very active concert pianist.
Biography.
Mathias was born in Paris. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with François Bazin, Auguste Barbereau, Augustin Savard and Fromental Halévy. Privately, he studied composition with Friedrich Kalkbrenner and piano with Frédéric Chopin.
After finishing his studies, he taught piano at the Conservatoire from 1862 to 1893.