Poland launched a year of celebrations Friday to mark the 200th anniversary of the celebrated composer Frederic Chopin, which will include events both at home and abroad. Culture Minister Bogdan Zdrojewski officially launched Chopin Year at the house where Chopin was born, in Zelazowa Wola, 80 kilometres (50 miles) west of the capital Warsaw.
Later Friday, the Warsaw Philharmonic was set to give its first concert as part of the year's events, and on Thursday the Chinese pianist Lang Lan will play some of the composer's most celebrated pieces at a concert in Warsaw.
Chopin Year will include around 2,000 separate events, from concerts and exhibitions to films and theatrical performances -- with only 1,200 of them taking place in Poland itself.
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