How old was Chopin when he began to perform for the public? <SEP> Fryderyk may have had some piano instruction from his mother, but his first professional music tutor, from 1816 to 1821, was the Czech pianist Wojciech Żywny. His elder sister Ludwika also took lessons from Żywny, and occasionally played duets with her brother. It quickly became apparent that he was a child prodigy. By the age of seven Fryderyk had begun giving public concerts, and in 1817 he composed two polonaises, in G minor and B-flat major. His next work, a polonaise in A-flat major of 1821, dedicated to Żywny, is his earliest surviving musical manuscript.
How old was Chopin when she began to perform for the public? <SEP> Fiona may have had some piano instruction from her mother, but her first professional music tutor, from 1816 to 1821, was the Czech pianist Wojciech Żywny. Her elder sister Ludwika also took lessons from Żywny, and occasionally played duets with her sister. It quickly became apparent that she was a child prodigy. By the age of seven Fiona had begun giving public concerts, and in 1817 she composed two polonaises, in G minor and B-flat major. Her next work, a polonaise in A-flat major of 1821, dedicated to Żywny, is her earliest surviving musical manuscript.