Chopin and his Europe Chopin and his Europe The International Music Festival ‘Chopin and his Europe’ – an international music festival organised in Warsaw since 2005 by the Fryderyk Chopin Institute, presenting European music within the context of its links with the life and work of the Polish pianist, composer and teacher Fryderyk Chopin (1810–1849). The project is realised as part of the government programme ‘Fryderyk Chopin Heritage 2010’. It is one of the annual cultural events of the summer in Poland, devised by artistic director Stanisław Leszczyński. One important strand to the festival programme is historical performance – presenting works as they were
Kate Chopin flirted outrageously with local men; (she even engaged in a relationship with a married farmer)." Although Chopin worked to make her late husband's plantation and general store succeed, two years later she sold her Louisiana business. Her mother had implored her to move back to St. Louis, and Chopin did, aided by her mother's assistance with finances. Her children gradually settled into life in the bustling city of St. Louis. The following year, Chopin's mother died. Chopin struggled with depression after the losses in a short time of both her husband and her mother. Her obstetrician and family friend, Dr.