Frederic Chopin fled his native Poland almost 200 years ago at the age of 20 when the Russian army invaded. He made his musical career in Paris, but remained a staunch Polish nationalist. Two centuries later, his music is now the pride of Poland, but, until recently, it was hard to hear it performed regularly, or in the smaller venues his compositions were intended for. Rebecca Rosman has the story of American pianist Pamela Howland, who is often credited with bringing Chopin back to the salons of Warsaw.
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