Chopin’s Bicentennial Birthday Celebration

Intimate and poetic, the music of Frederic Chopin has almost universal appeal. Chopin was already known as a child-prodigy pianist when he began to compose at age seven.

To mark the 200th anniversary of his birth, we present a piano prodigy of today, Jeffrey Ly,
in performance at the Polish Embassy, followed by a buffet dinner.

When the first notes of Chopin sound through the concert hall, there is a happy sigh of recognition… When I play Chopin, I know I speak directly to the hearts of people.
— Arthur Rubinstein