Some facts about Frédéric Chopin

• Full name: Frédéric François Chopin (in Polish: Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin).
• Frédéric Chopin was born in Żelazowa Wola, a village in the Duchy of Warsaw (February 22, 1810).
• Already at the age of seven, Frédérik Chopin was the author of 2 polonaises (in G minor and B flat major).
• As a pianist, Frédéric Chopin was ranked among the greatest artists of his epoch.
• When Chopin was 10 years old, his piano teacher told him that he has nothing more to teach him, because he was just too good.
• Chopin was one of the great masters of Romantic music.
• All of Chopin's works involve the piano.
• Frédéric Chopin agonized for days, or even weeks, over a couple of bars of his compositions.
• For most of his life, Chopin suffered from poor health; he died in Paris in 1849 at age 39 (tuberculosis).
• Age at Death: 39 years, 7 months and 25 days old.