The disease is accompanied by the dreams. The great composer suffered from epilepsy. At night, he broke and ran to the piano to play. Workers who lived in the house of Chopin, was sure that the boy was crazy. Despite this, the young pianist wore it constantly, without taking off even at night. Then the boy decided to stretch their fingers and even came up with for this device. Learning to play, the future virtuoso was very fond of some chords, but his children's fingers still could not take them. Even playing at a party, Chopin asked to extinguish the light in the room. This was the only way the boy could tune in the desired inspiration. Sitting down at the piano, he would put out the candles. As a child, Fryderyk used to play in the dark. The few facts from his life we provide below. He has toured, he was invited to the Paris salons of the nobility.įrederic Chopin lived not too long, but very bright life. In Paris, the composer quickly gained notoriety. This forced separation from the homeland was the tragedy of Chopin, and of course, had an impact on his work. In the French capital he had to live the rest of his immigrant life, because the Polish uprising in 1831 forever undermined his hopes to return to Warsaw. In the autumn of 1830 the composer went first to Vienna, and soon - in Paris. Chopin's successes in composition were so expressive that his teacher, the great Polish musician Elsner wrote about the ability of the student: "He is undoubtedly a musical genius." By the time he was already a virtuoso pianist. In 1826 Frederick was enrolled int the Conservatory composition class. At this time, there were published his first works. When he was only eight years old, he had already toured and had a lot of popularity in Warsaw. This fascination made a great influence on his work.Ĭhopin began studying music rather early. In the village where he lived as a child and where subsequently often spent his summers, Frederic became interested in folk songs and dances. The great Polish composer Frederic Chopin was born on March 1 (Feb.