A monument to Fryderyk Chopin has been unveiled on the grounds of the Fine Arts Academy in the centre of Tokyo.
It is a bronze sculpture designed by Adam Roman, a professor at the Fine Arts Academy in Warsaw. It was funded by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The unveiling ceremony was graced by a recital by the Polish-born Canadian pianist Daniel Wnukowski. Its programme included Chopin’s Four Ballades and Karol Szymanowski’s cycle of piano miniatures ‘Masks’. (mk)
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