Emanuel Ax Performs Chopin
Emanual Ax performs Chopin
Frederic Chopin was born in Poland of a Polish mother. Frederic Chopin was born in Poland but spent most of his creative life in France (Jonson, A). Chopin's social life played a large part of his life in Paris. His longest relationship with a woman lasted for about ten years with a woman named George Sand. It is said that George acted as a mother figure in Frederic's life. Frederic Chopin died at the age of 39 due to tuberculosis.
Prior to seeing this concert I had never heard any of Frederic Chopin's pieces. I saw Emanual Ax perform Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Opus 13, Opus 22, and Opus 2. The music I heard was beautiful. I found that Emanual Ax was a very skilled pianist. He played the pieces on an Erard piano which one would have used in Chopin's time in the mid 19th century. I couldn't tell the difference between this piano and a regular one, they all sound the same to me. The music was full of......
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