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Festival overview · 2017

1st Chopin IN the City Festival

February 22 – March 1, 2017 · Chicago. Where it all began.

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Frederic Chopin's 207th birthday celebration, Fryderyk Chopin Polish School in Palatine, February 25, 2017
Chopin IN the City · Festival overview · 2017 · Photo: Victor Studio

In February 2017, Sounds and Notes Foundation presented the first Chopin IN the City. For eight days, Chopin’s music traveled across Chicago — from the Polish Consulate and PianoForte to the Green Mill, the Poetry Foundation, the Polish Museum of America, and Loyola University — through classical recitals, jazz, poetry, film, and a children’s performance celebrating Chopin’s 207th birthday.

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