Fryderyk Chopin - Documentary about the life of Frédéric Chopin (2015)

With Bobby McFerrin, Daniel Barenboim, Martha Argerich, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Charles Rosen, Alexander Lonquich,
Adam Harasiewicz, Janusz Prusinowski Trio and others...

The documentary offers a careful use of the epistolary of the “protagonist”, entrusting to letters written and received by Chopin. The writings are interpreted by the two renowned actors Fabrizio Bentivoglio and Margherita Buy

Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849) was born in Żelazowa Wola, near Warsaw, in a setting far from the limelight of the great musical tradition, but at the same time he absorbs the winds that blow in from that same tradition. His education is the fruit of Polish culture and cannot be separated from that, but he also feels the influence of the three main cultures of the time: Italian, Austro-German and French.This documentary describes the places that provided the basis for the young composer’s imagination, from the capital Warsaw to rural Poland, where Chopin spends part of his childhood and is formed as a man and a musician, on to Paris, theatre of the second half of the musician’s life.
The film evokes the atmosphere of the Polish countryside: Żelazowa Wola, Szafarnia, Torun are described through documentary footage that restores the suggestiveness, which is still alive today, of the folklore Chopin was so attached to. Without forgetting, naturally, Warsaw, with the world’s most important piano competition, preserves the memory of one of the most important characters of European culture.

[maksqwe]

1:35 I find this guys singing really beautiful! Especially with the reverb of the room. I’m into ambient music, and I’d love to hear that kind of singing on a track.

[enoquesant]

My favorite composer ever! Love from Brazil <3

[hwe]

Absolutely beautiful. Thanks EuroArts for sharing this gem with us.

[jdhekh]

I love this very much, but geez that computer graphic talking chopin photo thing is creepy

[alexandrugheorghe]

Just wonderful! Thank you so much for sharing this for free!

[JonesJr]

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 thank you all for this ❤ - Jamaica

[dreamkeys]

I enjoyed this documentary. A number of Chopin documentaries have been produced in the past. This one added new insights on the composers psychological make up ... almost a reinterpretation of the meaning of the composer's music, without invalidating any analysis of the past. I suppose this helps perpetuate classical music in this age of social media and technological advancement. Thank you for this release and looking forward to other releases (with or without the differences and contradictions). 😊✌🏽️

[GabrielEGiron-wxlr]

Thank you EuroArts for sharing this! Thoroughly enjoyed it!

[aylathegachawolfroleplayer]

Chopin Is Such A Humble Boy But Very Sad He Died At The Age Of 39 years old😭 But Mozart Died At 35 years old even SAD😭😭😭

[wolfpsx]

Wow, McFerrin knows ONE (1) Chopin melody. What an inspiring musician!

[dianacooper]

Well done! what an amazing documentary, I must admit though, I am more partial to Franz Liszt but this was lovely. Thankyou for sharing :)

[theonak]

very interesting and informative documentary! thanks a lot

[VEA-unhx]

I wish Chopin was still here so he can compose more good music

[MurciellagoSV]

8:54, heartbreaking.
April 19, 2019 — five days after the blaze that burnt it down.

[vorufusan]

Watching this rn, update later
Edit: WHY AM I CRYING

[najinelson]

Chopin's influences are way more than just Bach, also Moscheles and especially Johann Nepomuk Hummel and his Czech teacher might be a little underrated. The miracle about Chopin imo is the fact that Chopin exercised way less than a Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt etc
most of them were exercise-workaholics, whereas letters of or for Chopin show that he did not exersise or work that much and Liszt was envious here and then. Liszt even excersised on journeys on a silent keyboard. Great documentary!

[metteholm]

Concerto 1 written by a 17 year I´m i awe!

[hannastaszak]

Chopin to najpiękniejsza spuścizna dla ludzkości ❤️

[magdaty]

creepy when they animate the old photo like that

[danielbarth]

Thank you Euro-Arts for this very well made documentary. However, the captions were not so good, in fact they are shockingly sloppy. Please tell the person who writes the captions to be more careful. I finally just gave up trying to keep up.