Happy Birthday, Fryderyk Chopin! To celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the birth of the “poet of the piano,” WDAV offers special programming throughout the day on Monday, March 1st. Listen today for these tributes:

RADIO CHOPIN™
Mon-Fri at 9:15 A.M., 3:30 P.M. and 8:15 P.M.
Saturdays and Sundays at 1 P.M.
In a year-long celebration of the anniversary, WDAV launches Radio Chopin: 200 stories for the 200 years of Fryderyk Chopin. Each daily two-minute story recounts the people, places and particulars behind the composer and his timeless works. Each of the stories, as well as the compositions that accompany them, can be accessed at any time at the new companion website, RadioChopin.org.
>> Read the full press release on Radio Chopin
Performance Today
Mon-Fri at 5:00 P.M.
During the first week of March, Performance Today celebrates Chopin’s birth anniversary. The week begins with Daniel Barenboim playing the Piano Concerto No. 1.
Celebrating Chopin: Garrick Ohlsson in Recital
Monday, March 1 at 7:00 P.M.
This exclusive one-hour special features American pianist Garrick Ohlsson in a solo recital from Chopin’s birthplace in Poland. Ohlsson is the only American to win the prestigious Chopin International Competition and was selected from pianists worldwide to play this recital.
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