Chopin & Champagne

Fifty minutes of the music Chopin is loved for, told with the stories behind it, and a glass of Moët & Chandon in hand. A recital, a reception, a salon. Perfect date in the Upper East Side. The reception · 7:30 PM Moët & Chandon, since 1743. Chopin spent his life in Paris among the same elite who made champagne fashionable. Two legacies of European artistry, poured and played in one room. The reception is included with every ticket. At the piano Vladimir Rumyantsev, Steinway Artist He debuted at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory at seven years old. Since then: Carnegie Hall, Covent Garden, the Mariinsky under Gergiev, the Bolshoi. The New York Times called his Diabelli Variations excellent; The Wall Street Journal called them potent. Most recently he toured the world with Twyla Tharp Dance for her Diamond Jubilee. Your host Daniel Zinn interrupts the recital with the amusing and revealing bits: who Chopin wrote these pieces for, and why. Questions welcome at the end. Good to know • Thursday, November 5. Champagne at 7:30 PM, music at 8 PM • About 50 minutes • Dress code: cocktail attire • Moët & Chandon reception included with every ticket • Vibe: sentimental, nocturnal • The Kosciuszko Foundation, 15 East 65th Street, Upper East Side For more info and tickets visit www.fortgreene.live