His father Nicolas was a Frenchman who had moved to Poland in 1787. Frédéric ’s mother, Justyna Krzyzanowska was a distant cousin of a countess.
Chopin, who had already played the piano with his mother, received his first official piano lessons in 1816; a year later he composed his first piece, a polonaise.
www.musicaneo.comSein Vater Nicolas war Franzose, der 1787 nach Polen gezogen war, seine Mutter Justyna Krzyzanowska die entfernte Cousine einer Herzogin.
Chopin, der bereits mit seiner Mutter begonnen hatte Klavier zu spielen, erhielt seine ersten Stunden im Jahre 1816, bereits im darauf folgenden Jahr komponierte er sein erstes Stück, eine Polonaise.
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