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Fryderyk Chopin

Face to face: artist creates stunning 3D portraits of Chopin

Back from the dead. The 3D image of Chopin. Hadi Karimi

The images reveal just how the composer may have looked like in real life.

Chopin in the park goes online to avoid Covid lockdown

The famed Łazienki concerts will be broadcast over the internet to keep the culture flowing.

Chopin in love: How a brief encounter in Paris led to one the greatest romances of the 19th century

After being dumped by his fiancé Maria Wodzińska, Fryderyk Chopin fell for the cigar-puffing, trouser-wearing feminist who called herself George Sand. It took her over a year to win him over, but once she did the couple became inseparable. On the anniversary of Chopin’s birthday, TFN’s Stuart Dowell takes a look back at one of the 19th century’s greatest love stories.

Chopin’s wandering heart

We all like a bit of Chopin, and to coincide with his 210th birthday we take a look at his heart.

Home is where the heart lies: the amazing story of Chopin’s heart

Cut from the famed composer, the heart is a focal point of Polish history and culture.

The music of love: the life and times of the operatic beauty who stole Chopin’s heart

Konstancja Gładkowska may have been the love of a young Chopin but she herself and the extent of their relationship remain shrouded in the mists of history.

Meet the young Chopin in Warsaw

‘It’s impossible to understand Chopin and his music without walking in the footsteps of Chopin’s youth in Poland.’ Australian Author and Adventurer Michael Moran reveals how tragedy and romanced shaped Poland’s greatest musician in this special 2-part episode of #HeartofPoland.

Home is where the heart lies: how Warsaw shaped Chopin and won his heart forever

TFN looks at the life of Chopin in Warsaw and how the city influenced the budding composer’s life and work.

BBC Symphony Orchestra to perform one concert in Poland

The BBC Symphony Orchestra will give its only concert in Poland on Jan. 6. Those in attendance at the Mieczysław Karłowicz Philharmonic in the north-western city of Szczecin will have the opportunity to listen to Polish music played by British musicians.

Władysław ‘The Pianist’ Szpilman remembered on 108th birthday anniversary

With both a glittering pre and post-war musical career, after surviving the war through a combination of luck, the bravery of pre-war friends and the unlikely intervention of a music-loving German officer, Szpilman was later accused of being a Gestapo agent.

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Now YOU can live like a king: Dubbed the ‘unknown pearl of Mazury’, the 15th century Teutonic Knights castle is yours for 12 million Zł

Described by as “a perfect example of the military architecture of the Teutonic Order” and “one of the best preserved”, potential buyers will find a castle perched on a 1.7 hectare plot and surrounded by 10 hectares of its own adjacent land.

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Rzeszów scientists develop phone battery that charges in eight minutes and lasts 68 YEARS!

Produced by The Batteries, the new technology has already been dubbed “a game changer” by the industry press, with the firm hoping to begin large-scale production once work on their “pilot factory” is finished.

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