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  “Chopin was the sweet evening star, who shone only for a moment “       - Camille Saint-Saens According to Franz Liszt  “  Chopin’s bearing had so much distinction, and his manners such a cachet of good breeding that one naturally treated him as a prince. “ - Franz Liszt  We recently bought a new biography of Frederic Chopin called “ Chopin - Prince of the Romantics “ By Adam Zamoyski   !  There are several Chopin’s biography books.     We’ve read several and we think this is the best biography of Chopin, because a lot of new information has come to light in the last 30 or so years, and this book updates a lot and shines new insight into Chopin.  The above house is Frederic Chopin's birthplace.  And above it, the lady to the left is a portrait of his mother Justyna Chopin and to the right is a portrait of his father, Nicolas Chopin. While reading this book, we felt transported back in time for an in depth look at this myster

  Happiness.     There is a famous quote which said     “ Happiness is within “ by …Martin Yan “  Happiness is a choice “ by Barry Kaufmann   I agree with these quotes.   I can be happy without doing anything, and getting happiness from my imagination.    And there is also happiness we can naturally feel when doing something we love. Surrounded by all my favorites makes me extremely happy.     One of them is listening to the beautiful sounds of music.    For this month so far, I’m crazy about another Frederic Chopin’s music again !      There are several new music I discovered from compositions which Chopin created when he was a teenager. Especially, this CD, ( the image below)    “ Chopin Complete Piano Music * Volume 15 “ with pianist Idil Biret ,  and the “ Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Robert Schakowsky ".      These are Chopin compositions when he was 18.  It’s unbelievable he created these amazing compositions when he was only 18 !  My favo

Happy Birthday to Franz Liszt ! It was Liszt’s 200th birthday on October 22 , so we were enjoying listening to all his music from the morning. His piano concertos , Hungarian Rhapsody #2, Fantasia , Sonata B Minor, Totentanz , etc.. One of the top present pianists Lang Lang was performing with Philadelphia Orchestra for Liszt’s celebration . He also published his original Liszt’s music audio CD for this celebration year. Lang lang’s hero seems to be Liszt. http://articles.philly.com/2011-10-20/news/30301770_1_simulcast-philadelphia-orchestra-verizon-hall Lang lang and Yundi Li are two of the top present pianists right now. Other great articles about Liszt’s 200th celebration, How Franz Liszt became the World’s First Rock Star New Jersey Symphony Orchestra to celebrate Liszt's 200th birthday with concerts On the other hand, I found there is a bitter article on Liszt’s celebration day from an unknown pianist