Frédéric Chopin

Frédéric François Chopin (UK: /ˈʃɒp.æ̃, –æn/; US: /ˈʃoʊ.pæn, ʃoʊˈpæn/;^[1][2][3] French: [ʃɔpɛ̃]; Polish: [ˈʂɔpɛn]), born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic era who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leading musician of his era, one whose “poetic genius was based on a professional technique that was without equal in his generation.”^[4]