KDFC, Hoyt Smith, Poland, Chopin and 200 Years
Update: Hoyt Smith Travels with KDFC listeners to celebrate Chopin’s 200th birthday!
By now many Bay area music lovers have heard that KDFC’S Hoyt Smith will be hosting a very special journey to Poland, Prague and Paris in celebration of Chopin’s 200th birthday.
According to records, Fryderyk François Chopin was born at Zelazowa Wola, near Warsaw, on 22 February 1810. Upon his birth, legend has it that fiddlers arrived on sledges to play outside his home. And, the wealthy Countess of Skarbek became his godmother. However, Chopin insisted later that his mother had recorded the birthday as 1.March, and that date has been adopted as his official birthday. Chopin died on 17 October 1849 in Paris.
In May of 2010, KDFC’S Hoyt Smith and a small group of KDFC classical music lovers will fly off to Warsaw in pursuit of Chopin. Hoyt Smith and guests will be treated to three Chopin concerts. One at Chopin’s birthplace and another at the museum where Chopin studied. An additional Sunday park concert is also included.
KDFC guests will then travel south to Poland’s perfectly preserved city of Krakow. Once there participants will enjoy private museum tours, a Klezmer concert in Krakow’s Jewish Quarter and three memorable nights in Poland’s most beautiful city.
After a glorious week in Poland, guests will travel west to the Czech Republic where they will overnight in the Moravian city of Olomouc. In May the Dvorak Music Festival is taking place in Olomouc and plans are being made to attend.
The trip culminates in Prague where guests will enjoy the 65th annual Prague Spring Music Festival.
Don’t miss out on this small group tour in celebration of Chopin’s 200th birthday. To reserve your space with KDFC and Hoyt Smith go to: www.EarthboundExpeditions.com
Hope to see you in Poland in 2010!
Matthew Brumley
Founder
Earthbound Expeditions
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