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Launch of the Chopin Year
Warsaw, Holy Cross Church, February 21, 2010
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Marc Laforêt, fot. NIFC
The Holy Cross Church in Warsaw, the place of burial of Frederic Chopin’s heart, will be stage of the jubilee commemorations of the Chopin Year on February 21, 2010. The Holy Mass celebrated at 1 p.m. by His Excellency Archbishop Henryk Muszyński, Primate of Poland, will mark the official inauguration of the Chopin Year.

The celebrations’ honorary patron is Lech Kaczyński, President of Poland.

Directly after the service, Sinfonia Varsovia under Wojciech Rodek and with Marc Laforêt, laureate of the 1985 International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, is going to perform as part of the Gala Concert featuring Chopin’s Piano Concerto in F minor.

The celebrations will gather the Polish President accompanied by the First Lady, Polish Prime Minister, Speakers of both Houses of the Parliament, Mayor of Warsaw, representatives of the government, the Parliament, artistic communities and residents of Warsaw.

Źródło: www.chopin2010.pl.

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