| Join us for a memorial concert honouring the spirit and sacrifice of the ANZACs during World War I. It honours the ultimate sacrifice of 18-year-old Lance Corporal Charles Frederic Giles Chopin SN7134 and remembers him on the 100th anniversary of his death. He represents some 60,000 ANZACs who died. It also honours those abroad and back home through the powerful music of Fryderyk Chopin and how it was used to heal, to rest, to grieve, and to provide solace and hope. Peter de Jager, winner of the 1st AICPC in 2011 will be performing. Admission is by gold coin donation, with all proceeds going to Legacy. Seats are limited so book now to reserve your place.
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A memorial concert from the Friends of Chopin Australia honouring the spirit and sacrifice of the ANZACs during World War I.It honours the ultimate sacrifice of 18-year-old Lance Corporal Charles Frederic Giles Chopin SN7134 and remembers him on the 100th anniversary of his death. He represents some 60,000 ANZACs who died.
It honours those abroad and back home through the powerful music of Fryderyk Chopin and how it was used to heal, to rest, to grieve, and to provide solace and hope.
And it is an opportunity to reflect on the personal sacrifices and contributions of our soldiers in the Great War and the impacts it has had on our communities and our families over the generations to today, and to observe the centenary of its ending.
Performed by Peter de Jager, winner, 1st Australian International Chopin Piano Competition, 2011, Canberra.
Time: 6:30pm (doors open 5:30pm)
Venue: All Saints Church, 9-15 Cowper St, Ainslie
Admission: Gold coin donation (proceeds to the Legacy Club of Canberra)
Preceding this concert at 4.55pm there will be a Last Post Ceremony for L/Cpl C.F.G. Chopin on the 100th anniversary of his death at the Australian War Memorial, in the Commemorative Courtyard. Wreaths can be laid in his honour. Contact lastpostceremony@awm.gov.au
All other enquiries contact Wanda Horky on 0438 195 183, or vice-president@friendsofchopin.org.au
Edwin Kim, winner 3rd Australian International Chopin Piano Competition 2017 (Canberra, Australia) giving a recital at Chopin's birthplace in Zelazowa Wola (Poland) at the invitation of the National Institute of Fryderyk Chopin as part of his first prize package.
Edwin Kim, our first prize winner from 3AICPC17, was invited to Poland by the National Institute of Fryderyk Chopin (NIFC) to perform at Zelazowa Wola, Chopin's birthplace, and to participate in Chopin masterclasses as part of his prize package as winner of our competition.
He gave two wonderful recitals at Zelazowa Wola in the same day and received a standing ovation, something of a rare occurrence for Zelazowa Wola concerts.
He also successfully took part in three Masterclasses held by the NIFC at Radziejowice, two with the distinguished Nikolai Demidenko (who is on the jury of the first International Chopin Competition on period instruments), and one with the esteemed Akiko Ebi, who was on the jury of the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 2015.
While in Warsaw, Edwin also impressed members of the Ludwig van Beethoven Association, and met with Elżbieta Penderecki, wife of Poland's most distinquished living composer, Krzysztof Penderecki. | 
