Fryderyk Chopin Institute manuscripts, edited by Zofia Chechlińska. The Institute is the organizer of the five-yearly International Chopin Piano Competition. It also runs the "Young Talents" programme to encourage young Polish pianists. The Institute is also organizing a festival "Chopin and his Europe" since 2005. It presents European music in the context of its links with the life and work of Chopin. One of the objectives of the festival programme is historical performance - presenting works as they were originally heard, on period instruments. The festival is organised in collaboration with the Warsaw Philharmonic, Teatr Wielki - Polish National Opera and Polish Radio
Rosa 'Chopin' Rosa 'Chopin' 'Chopin' (synonym: 'Frederic Chopin', 'Frederyk Chopin') is a rose cultivar which was introduced by Stanisław Żyła in Poland in 1980. The hybrid tea rose was bred by crossing the 'Crêpe de Chine' with the 'Peer Gynt' and is named after Polish-French composer Frédéric Chopin. 'Chopin' is a strong growing rose (150–200 cm) with showy, large flowers of light cream to pale yellow colour. Flowers have an average diameter of 5 inches (11 cm) and 17-25 petals. They grow in small clusters (3-5), have moderate fragrance and appear in flushes throughout the season. Big, leathery foliage. The cultivar is