From the start he felt at home there, not least because there were Polish émigrés everywhere but also because he was overwhelmed by the city’s cultural life. The Russians were victorious, which made a return to Poland impossible Chopin continued to Paris. One week after arriving in Vienna, he had news of the Warsaw uprising against the Russian rulers.Ĭhopin would have liked to return immediately, but was dissuaded by friends pointing out that his contribution to the Polish cause could best be made in other ways. He embarked on a European tour, still doubting the path of public pianist-composer and resenting the extreme publicity surrounding his concerts. Around his twenties, he grew increasingly troubled about his future – he loved his native country, but at the same time deplored the provinciality of it. Later, Chopin received thorough training in composition at the High School of Music in Warsaw. Brought up in Warsaw by a Polish mother and a French father, Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) was more or less self-taught as a performer.Įven his first teacher Wojciech Zywny didn’t have much to offer him in terms of technique, but still did his pupil a great service by introducing him to Bach and Viennese Classicism.
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