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"Was the name of the actor William Shakespeare used as a pseudonym?" asks Icons of Europe.

Authorship / 450 years in 2014
William Shakespeare
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"Shakespeare was a prolific theatrical entrepreneur ..."

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"Liszt Ferenc", 1847, oil on canvas by Miklos Barabas, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest.Franz Liszt
"The 2011 bicentenary of the birth of Franz Liszt provides a new opportunity to celebrate the seamlessness of great European culture".
 Cecilia & Jens Jorgensen
>> Portal / Music / More		 BBC says: "... the Swedish opera star Jenny Lind, who so affected Chopin in the final years of his life."BBC documentary (2010)
New Chopin film
 at YouTube since June 2011		 Etching of Fryderyk Chopin by Teofil Kwiatkowski; from Frederick Niecks' biography of Chopin.Book project for 2012
Rêve de Chopin
 by Cecilia Jorgensen
Icons of Europe contributed with concept, interviews and Jenny Lind material to this 90-min. TV film.

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James Rhodes, Natalya Romaniw

 One of the greatest secrets in the history of music unveiled by in-depth historical research in 2002-2011.

Synopsis | Frederick Niecks | Liszt
Kwiatkowski, "Rêve de Chopin", 1859
 
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Monument pour Chopin par Jacques Froment-Meurice, Parc Monceau, Paris (1906). La femme représente Jenny Lind, selon les recherches de Icons of Europe.Chopin and The
Swedish Nightingale

Chopin's life seen through his letters:  Buy the book | Recitals in 2010:  Brussels  Lasne  Paris  Nice		 Europe's identity

 Europe | Belgium | Bulgaria | Czech Republic | Denmark | Hungary | Ireland | Poland | Spain | UK |  >>.Music:  EU | Chopin | Dvorák | China | Warsaw | Toronto | Liszt		 The Royal Ontario Museum at Toronto, the venue of the Canadian premiere of "The Composer and The Nigtingale" in 2005.Musical drama

 The Composer and The Nightingale by Icons of Europe:  Brussels, Warsaw, Toronto, New York, 2003-2008.

Next?		 Cultural heritage of Poland and Europe

Important subject for Icons of Europe since 2001:  >>.Overview | PL Icons | Misuse | Recital | Treasures | Paris 2010 | Lodz2016 | ...		 74, Rue de Chaillot

Chopin's appartment is today located over the court yard of Hôtel Prince de Galles, Paris.  >>.Le Figaro

World TB Day

A message related to Chopin and other Icons who died of TB.
>> Report 2010 to WHO

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Results of XVI Chopin Competition 2010 in Warsaw.
"Fryderyk Chopin is a Polish icon", says Andrzej Sulek, director of the Fryderyk Chopin Institute.
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