Palma Strengthens Cultural Ties With Warsaw Through Chopin Collaboration

The Mayor of Palma, Jaime Martínez Llabrés, met successful Warsaw connected Tuesday pinch board of Poland’s Fryderyk Chopin National Institute, strengthening a business that will bring a awesome Fryderyk Chopin and George Sand accumulation to Palma’s Bellver Castle successful 2026.

A caller milestone successful Palma’s taste business pinch Poland

The meeting, attended by Deputy Mayor and Culture Councillor Javier Bonet and Heritage Director Pilar Ribal, builds connected a June 2025 collaboration statement betwixt nan Chopin Institute and Palma City Council. The statement intends to beforehand Chopin’s bequest and his historical relationship to nan Balearic capital.

Among nan proposals discussed was a large-scale Chopin and George Sand accumulation astatine Bellver Castle – nan city’s iconic 14th-century wall overlooking Palma Bay. The accumulation is scheduled to unfastened successful 2026, marking nan 150th day of George Sand’s death.

Celebrating Chopin and Sand’s bequest successful Mallorca

French novelist and journalist George Sand, calved Amantine Aurore Lucile Dupin, travelled to Mallorca successful October 1838 pinch Chopin, staying first successful Palma and later successful Valldemossa. Their enactment inspired Sand’s celebrated memoir A Winter successful Majorca (1842), which captured nan beauty and hardship of their clip connected nan island.

Chopin composed respective of his Preludes Op. 28 during that winter, leaving a lasting philharmonic imprint connected Mallorca’s taste history.

Future exhibitions and taste projects planned

Both institutions are now processing further creator and philharmonic collaborations, pinch announcements expected soon. Mayor Martínez stressed nan value of recognising humanities figures who lived and created successful Palma, confirming that Chopin and Sand will beryllium featured successful nan upcoming City Interpretation Centre astatine Plaça Major.

During nan meeting, Andrzej Kosowski, Deputy Director of nan Chopin Institute, besides signed a manifesto supporting Palma’s bid for European Capital of Culture 2031, providing a important boost to nan city’s world taste ambitions.

Successful collaborations already underway

Earlier this year, Palma hosted different Chopin-centric accumulation astatine nan Palma Municipal Archive (Can Bordils) from June 19 to October 19 2025. The arena was organised pinch nan Archive of nan Kingdom of Mallorca, Can Vivot Association, Lluís Alemany Library, and nan Museum of Mallorca, alongside backstage collectors.

The business besides brought Chopin’s euphony to nan island’s stages done 4 concerts, including performances astatine Bellver Castle, Can Balaguer, and nan Xesc Forteza Municipal Theatre, featuring Polish pianists Mateusz Krzyżowski and Piotr Alexewicz.

With a year-long programme of taste exchanges already showing success, Palma’s collaboration pinch nan Chopin Institute is group to deepen Mallorca’s humanities and creator relationship to 1 of Europe’s top composers.