Classical Music in Poland and the Europe of Chopin - From the Reviewer's Notebook

18th Chopin Competition Warsaw The Press briefing was  streamed  online with simultaneous English  translation  on Monday 18 May at 13.00 CET Youtube link  National Fryderyk Chopin  Institute: https://youtu.be/LvRnExJPvr0 Facebook Link to  National Fryderyk Chopin  Institute: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2607496209570882&id=1570915943228919 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the eighteenth edition of the Chopin Competition has been postponed for a year. The competition will now take place from October 2-23, 2021 at the National Philharmonic in Warsaw. The decision to transfer the Competition was made by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Prof. Piotr Gliński, in agreement with the director of the Fryderyk Chopin Institute, Dr Artur Szklener. The decision was preceded by consultations with the health ministry and the main sanitary inspector. "We would like to assure all interested parties that we are making every effort