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Chopin to Paris
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Classical music's biggest transfers
9. Chopin to Paris
The pianistic genius decided he'd had enough of Poland by the time he was 20 and went to try his luck in Paris instead. He adopted the French version of his name, gained French citizenship and never once returned to the country of his origin.
