It was created in 2001 as the result of legislation in the Polish Parliament and is under direct control of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.

One of the objectives of the festival programme is historical performance, presenting works as they were originally heard, on period instruments.

The festival is organised in collaboration with the Warsaw Philharmonic, the Grand Theatre and the Polskie Radio Program II.

[citation needed] The International Chopin Piano Competition (Polish: Międzynarodowy Konkurs Pianistyczny im.

The Fryderyk Chopin Museum (Polish: Muzeum Fryderyka Chopina) in Warsaw was established in 1954.