Chopin in Warsaw

• Explore the cultural heritage of Poland’s capital city and its intersection with Chopin's life – including the Church of the Nuns of the Visitation, which he attended, and Holy Cross Church, where his heart is interred

• Enjoy private recitals shining a spotlight on Chopin's music, courtesy of our Tour Director alongside talented local artists

• Make an excursion to Chopin’s delightful but unpretentious birthplace museum at Zelazowa Wola

Tour Director

Tour Director Emilie Capulet, MA, MMus, PhD has recorded Beethoven and Chopin for BNP, solo and chamber music works by Richard Lambert on Quartz, and made the first recording of the complete piano music of the French Corsican composer Henri Tomasi, in a critically acclaimed double album on Calliope. Emilie has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, Radio Canada, France Musique, Radio Télévision Suisse and Bayern Klassik. She is currently the recipient of a prestigious Leverhulme Research Fellowship to write the first critical study and biography of Henri Tomasi. Emilie studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and is the BMus (Hons) Programme Leader at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. While touring Latin America, she received the ExpressArte award for her exceptional contribution to Nicaraguan culture, art and education.

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