“I don’t like to play in public. The crowds frighten me, their breath stifles me, their stares petrify me, their strange faces throw me into confusion.” Frederick Chopin (1810-1849), revealing his very sensitive nature Just inside the main entrance to Royal Lazienki Park stands Poland’s memorial monument to the nation’s beloved composer, Frederick Chopin. Waclaw Szymanowski sculpted the monument in... more