1st March 1810 – 17th October 1849 Polish composer and virtuoso pianist

of French-Polish parentage

He was one of the best known composers in the world.

He is considered to be one of the greatest masters of

Romantic music.

Chopin was born in Żelazowa Wola a village near

Warsaw.

Seven-year-old "little Chopin" composed two

Polonaises and began giving public concerts.

He received a good general education at one of the

first colleges of Warsaw.

Because of political reasons he was forced to

leave Poland in 1830 at age 20 and settled in

Paris for

the rest of his life.

Here he soon became the favorite and musical

hero of society.

He was connected with George Sand who was

the most important woman in his life.

He was buried in the cemetery of Père-Lachaise

in Paris. His heart was buried in Warsaw.

„Revolutionary Etude”

C Minor Op. 10 No.12 (1829-1832). It was created when

the November Uprising was suppressed by the Russian

detachments. The composer intended it to be a piano

exercise to practice the left hand.

Polonaise A flat Major Op. 53One of the best known

polonaises, a musical symbol of the Polish nation.

„Raindrop prelude” prelude D flat Major Op. 28 No. 15 A

set of 24 preludes, each in a different key. Chopin created

it during his stay on Majorca when it rained all the time.

Sonata B Minor Op. 35 No. 2 It’s next to last part is

the Funeral March which, to these days, is

performed during every important funeral

ceremony.

„Minute Waltz” D flat Major Op. 64 No. 1.

Piano Concerto F Minor Op. 21.

Piano Concerto E Minor Op. 11.

Scherzo H Minor Op. 20 Scherzo H Minor Op. 20

First competition was organized in 1927

and it’s organized every 5 years in Warsaw.

It’s one the oldest and most important

international competitions for pianists

which takes place all over the world.The pianist who wins this competition

becomes very famous.

5th May 1819 – 4 th JunePolish composer and pianist, creator of Polish national opera

He was a Polish composer, conductor and teacher. His output

includes many songs and operas, and his musical style is filled

with patriotic folk themes. He is generally referred to as the

father of Polish national opera.

The source of Moniuszko's melodies and rhythmic patterns often

lies in Polish musical folklore. One of the most visibly "Polish"

aspects of his music is in the forms he uses, including dances

popular among upper classes such as polonaise and mazurkas,

and folk tunes and dances such as kujawiak and krakowiak.

Operas:

Bettly – 1872,The Raftsman – 1858,Halka – 1846,The Countess – 1860,Paria - 1859-69,The King of Peasants,Idyll,The Haunted Manor - 1861-64,Verbum Nobile – 1860;

Operettas:Beata - 1870;

Idol – 1840; The Gypsies - 1850; Karmaniol or Frenchmen Like To Joke – 1840; Lottery – 1842; Overnight in Appenines - 1837-1840; The New Don Quixote or Hundred Follies - 1923. Masses and Other Sacral Works:

Litanies of Ostra Brama - mixed choir, organ and orchestra. 1843-1855. Funeral Mass in D-minor for 4-part mixed choir and organ. 1850. Mass in E-minor for 2 sopranos, alto and organ. 1855. Mass in E-flat major for solo voices, mixed choir, organ and string quintet.

1865. Mass in B-flat major Piotrowinska' for solo voices, mixed choir and organ.

1872. Ecce lignum crucis. Motet for baritone solo, mixed choir and organ. 1872. The Lord's Prayer "Our Father” for 4-part mixed choir and orchestra or

organ, 1859. Psalm Ne memineris' for solo voices, mixed choir, organ and string

quintet. Psalm Vide humilitatem meam' for mixed choir, sting quintet and organ. Requiem aeteranam for 11 solo voices, mixed choir and orchestra.

3rd October 1882 – 28th March 1937 Polish composer and pianist

He spent his childhood in the home village. 

In 1889 he began playing the piano.

In 1921 he traveled to the United States.

In May 1922 he made his concert composer in Paris, ended

with great success.

In 1930 Szymanowski suffering from tuberculosis,  he settled

in Zakopane.

Tuberculosis  attacked the throat of the composer, so

that Szymanowski was not able to eat anything. He died in

his sleep, 

in a clinic in Lausanne Du Signal.

• Four symphonies (No. 3, Song of the Night with choir and vocal soloists

and No. 4, Symphonie Concertante, with piano concertante)

and two dream-like violin concertos.

• His stage works include the ballets Harnasie and Mandragora and the

operas Hagith and „King Roger”.

• He wrote much piano music, including the four Etudes, Op. 4 (of which

No. 3 may be his single most popular piece), many mazurkas and the

exquisite

and highly individual Metopes.

• Other works include the Three Myths for violin and piano, two masterful

string quartets, a sonata for violin and piano, a number of orchestral

songs and his Stabat Mater, an acknowledged choral masterpiece.

was born on 23rd November 1933 in Dębica.Contemporary Polish composer and conductor

In 1959, he composed Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima.

For this, one of his best known and most often performed

compositions, he received the UNESCO prize.

In 1972 Penderecki started his conductor’s career. Since that time

he is conducting the largest orchestras of the world. Between

1972-78 he was a professor of Yale University School of Music.

In 1999 Krzysztof Penderecki received two Grammy Awards for

Best Classical Contemporary Composition.

Penderecki was reborn—the performance marked a turning point

in his career making him the most acclaimed artist since Igor

Stravinsky