One of the greatest musicians of the 19th century, Chopin was a child prodigy. Born on the 1st of March 1810, in the village of Zelazowa Wola near Warsaw, Chopin was a music composer and a maestro at playing the piano. By the age of six little Chopin tried to make up new melodies. By the age of 7, he had started giving public performances. When he was eleven years old, Chopin performed in front of Alexander I, the Tsar of Russia.
At an early age he showed remarkable abilities in observation and sketching, a keen wit and sense of humor, and an uncommon talent for mimicry. An anecdote describes how Chopin helped quiet rowdy children by first improvising a story and then lulling them to sleep with a Berceuse (Lullaby) after which he woke everyone with an ear-piercing chord.
On 2 November 1830, at the age of 20, he left Warsaw for Austria, intending to go on to Italy. Chopin moved to Paris in 1831where he lived for the rest of his short life. In Paris, he made a comfortable living as a composer and a virtuoso pianist. Chopin died on 17th October 1849 in Paris at the age of 33.
He is considered to be one of the greatest masters of romantic music. He is remembered as one of the first nationalist composers of Poland , using the themes and dances of his native Poland as the sources for his pieces  specially the polonaises and mazurkas. His name and music have lived on for last 200 years and many more years to come.

The Embassy of Poland in India in collaboration with INTACH have designed the project ”Chopin for Children,”bringing the magic of Chopin’s music to children of India, spanning seven cities across the country. At each city, as a gesture of goodwill, musical scores of complete works of Chopin will be handed over to the local music institute /school / society (the local partner) by a senior representative of the Embassy of Poland. The seven cities are:

Kolkata: 27 July, 2010
Panaji, Goa: 18 August, 2010
Pune: 23 August, 2010
Pondicherry: 27 August, 2010
Delhi: 4 September, 2010
Gangtok: 1st week of September, 2010
Chennai: October, 2010

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