What was Chopin like as a teacher?

Chopin taught a large number of piano students, many of them wealthy amateurs. Most of his pupils were Parisians, since that is where he made his home, but some came from as far away as England or Poland to study with him. read more

Karl Mikuli (1821–1897), a fellow Pole, was one of Chopin’s most successful proteges. Chopin eventually hired Mikuli to be his teaching assistant, and later he became an influential editor of his teacher’s music and the director of the conservatory at Lviv. read more

CHOPIN the TEACHER by Joao Paulo Casarotti Assistant Professor of Piano and Piano Pedagogy Coordinator of Keyboard Studies Southern University A&M College. CHOPIN THE TEACHER. In 1832, Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (1810-1849) successfully debuted as a pianist in Paris and began a lifetime occupation of teaching piano and composing. read more

This unique collection of documents, edited and annotated by Jean-Jacques Eigeldinger, reveals Chopin as teacher and interpreter of his own music. Included in this study is extensive appendix material that presents annotated scores, and personal accounts of Chopin's playing by pupils, writers, and critics. read more