If you hear something about Polish music, your first association should be “Frederic Chopin“. If it's not, it’s time to change it! If it is, it’s great because you’ll surely like this tour. We give you opportunity to meet more about Chopin’s life and creative activity. This tour is full of his unique, very emotional compositions, but also histories about love, passion and patriotism.

Chopin's Birth Place

Almost all of objects and places connected with Frederic Chopin are in the area of Warsaw. He has born in Zelazowa Wola, small town placed about 50 kilometers from our capital city. It’s worth to start Chopin Tour there, exactly in the house where he has born.

Chopin’s family lived in manor of family named Skarbek. Nicolas Chopin, Frederic’s father, was a teacher of Skarbek’s children. Manor in Zelazowa Wola is a place of famous composer birth in 1810 and where he started to learn playing piano. It’s worth to come here between May and September, because there are concerts in every Sunday’s afternoon. There’s also possibility to organize separated evening concert. Listening to Chopin compositions, played live in the place where he has born is really amazing experience.

Heritage left in Warsaw

From Zelazowa Wola we’re going to Warsaw. There are several places connected with Chopin in Polish capital city. In the area of Old Town, there are two important points - Kazanowskich Palace and Basilica of St. Cross, where is the epitaph with Chopin’s heart embedded.

Museum of Frederic Chopin

The most important place, which is the real treasury of knowledge about our piano genius is the newly opened Frederic Chopin Museum. This modern exhibition, which uses the newest audiovisual technology is a place where we can peer at his life from birth, trough the most important moments in his life, first concerts, moving to Paris, to his death in 1849. During whole sightseeing of museum, music of Chopin accompanying us. If we want to contemplate his masterpieces in our own, we can get into the one of Plexiglas capsules and listen to it separated from the other visitors.

Frederic Chopin Museum is the most modern and one of the greatest Polish museums. This is an amazing place which commemorates amazing genius.

Concert in Royal Baths Park

If you still want more Chopin music, especially live music, you can also visit Royal Baths Park. During the summer there are piano concerts in his memory, under famous monument.

We’re sure that if you are an enthusiast of Chopin’s music, you’ll be very satisfied after this trip. If you didn’t have a possibility to meet Polish composer before, we’re sure that you’ll become another piano music lover! If you want to listen music which reaches the soul, meet one of the most important characters of Polish culture and history, choose this tour and enjoy unique time filled with one of a kind sounds of Chopin’s piano!