Chopin and His Europe 2026. Outstanding interpretations, a concentrated format

 Chopin and His Europe 2026 

Outstanding interpretations

 A concentrated format

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The 22nd International “Chopin and His Europe” Festival will feature fewer concerts than in previous years, but will welcome magnificent major symphony orchestras from Canada, the United States and Europe. Each evening will be an artistic event in its own right, and together the programmes will form an attractive offering for every music lover – a hallmark of our musical celebration for nearly a quarter of a century. In brief:

• Polish music will, of course, remain at the heart of the Festival, as it has since its very first editions. Alongside Chopin, audiences will hear works by Feliks Janiewicz, Karol Mikuli, Mieczysław Karłowicz, Karol Szymanowski, Grażyna Bacewicz and Krzysztof Penderecki.
• Giants of the international stage – the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal – will perform Polish music with prize-winners of the Chopin Competition.


• Great pianism: among others, we will hear the most recent Chopin Competition winner, Eric Lu; the previous winner, Bruce Liu; and the winner of the Chopin Competition on Period Instruments, Tomasz Ritter. The masters Mikhail Pletnev and Sir András Schiff will also appear.

• We will also hear Bomsori on the violin, and on period instruments: Tomasz Ritter and Xavier de Maistre with {oh!} Orkiestra under Martyna Pastuszka, Chouchane Siranossian with Martin García García, and Roel Dieltiens with Frank Braley.


A festival of perfect sound and distinguished interpretations awaits us.

The full Festival programme will be announced on the 16th of March 2026.
PLEASE NOTE: Ticket sales will begin the following day, the 17th of March 2026, at 10.00 am. Tickets will be available online at bilety.nifc.pl and at the box office of the Fryderyk Chopin Institute, 43 Tamka Street (open from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm, Tuesday to Sunday).

Explore the programme of the 22nd Chopin and His Europe Festival.

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