Duchess of Brabant

Culture and politics way beyond #Lohengrin.

[Fryderyk Chopin @ChopinFryderyk]

The soul of Anna Fedorova (#Ukraine)!

[Fryderyk Chopin @ChopinFryderyk]

Alongside science, universities and innovation, Ukraine’s musical heritage supports national identity & visibility and global reach.
Among its great cultural assets are figures born in today’s Ukraine — such as Lysenko, Prokofiev, Horowitz, Oistrakh, Richter and Stern — and contemporary artists including Anna Fedorova and Dmytro Udovychenko.
Two giants: https://t.co/ZhaRBwUMYQ #Ukraine #URC2026
@EZaharievaEU #CulturalDiplomacy

[Icons of Europe @IconsEurope]

Artists sought to present Fryderyk Chopin as a member of a coherent family, even giving all its members similarly pointed noses. How much reflects physical likeness, and how much reflects artistic convention? #Chopin #ChopinArt

[Tchaikovsky in context @VladNovokov]

@JeanBernadotte @ChopinFryderyk @CVersailles @MuseeLouvre @InstytutAM @ChopinInstitute @culture_pl @NPGLondon “Is that how Chopin really looked?”
#Chopin #ChopinArt

[L’Homme de Napoléon @JeanBernadotte]

@ChopinFryderyk @CVersailles @MuseeLouvre @InstytutAM The Thomas Couture and Bisson portraits of Chopin raise an intriguing question:
Is that how Chopin really looked?
The relationship between artistic interpretation and physical likeness also fascinated Picasso.
#Chopin #ChopinArt #Picasso

[🌸🎵 Beautiful Melody 🎶💖 @Ducnghia16]

This is the desk of Franz Liszt. He used to compose his music beside his original piano. A place where genius turned silence into immortality.

[Dorothea Herbert @HerbertDorothea]

„The young Bavarian soprano Dorothea Herbert is gradually establishing herself among the most compelling Wagnerian singers, with a series of consistently positive performances—such as this Elsa of hers, at once fragile, austere, and rapt…“ @Teatroit @teatrolafenice

[Fryderyk Chopin @ChopinFryderyk]

Dear Steinway … Van Cliburn’s 1958 triumph in Moscow showed how music can transcend politics.
As the flagship Van Cliburn International Piano Competition evolves into new formats, who will carry forward that legacy of high-level cultural diplomacy?
#Tchaikovsky #Chopin #Steinway #QueenElisabethCompetition #WFIMC #Cliburn #CulturalDiplomacy #Дипломатия https://t.co/BIR4JSp3cK @Steinway_Japan @marinalsop

[Fryderyk Chopin @ChopinFryderyk]

Dear Steinway … It’s more than “watching Yuja Wang”. It’s about living the moments when the artist’s emotions connect with the piano — and with the audience.
“I’m having goosebumps all over my body”, reads one YouTube comment.
#Rachmaninov #YujaWang #Steinway

[Fryderyk Chopin @ChopinFryderyk]

Dear Steinway … Not just “sit down and play”, but let the piano become a mirror to your soul.
Everything else — competitions, patrons, sponsors and juries — ultimately exists to enable such moments of reflection.
#Chopin #KhatiaBuniatishvili #Steinway
https://t.co/q4DWSlilXP

[Duchess of Brabant @ElsaBrabant]

@IconsEurope @MonarchieBe @BelgiumMFA Fascinating perspective of yours:
How “cultural architecture, including #MusicCompetitions, connects culture, education, diplomacy and the economy — creating value for all”. #Cello2026

[Duchess of Brabant @ElsaBrabant]

@IconsEurope @MonarchieBe @BelgiumMFA Fascinating perspective of yours:
How “cultural architecture, including #MusicCompetitions, connects culture, education, diplomacy and the economy — creating value for all”. #Cello2026

[Tchaikovsky in context @VladNovokov]

@XiaoAsia @MonarchieBe @BelgiumMFA @BelgiuminEU @BelgiumUN @belgiumbe @IconsEurope @JAJorgensen Big asset: The #QueenElisabethCompetition welcomes Russian participants — while the #WFIMC bans Russian #MusicCompetitions. #Tchaikovsky

[Fryderyk Chopin @ChopinFryderyk]

The Atomium in Brussels symbolises how Belgium’s cultural architecture, including the #QueenElisabethCompetition, connects culture, education, diplomacy and the economy — creating value for all.
cc @MonarchieBe @BelgiumMFA

[Icons of Europe @IconsEurope]

Prime assets of the #QueenElisabethCompetition are musical excellence in four disciplines, royal patronage, global reach, and a no-politics policy.
Opportunities include cultural diplomacy with MFA, visibility for Belgian music institutions, and stronger laureate support. #WFIMC

[Wieniawski Society @HWieniawski]

50 violinists qualified for the 17th Henryk Wieniawski International Violin Competition! The auditions will take place in Poznań on 8–25 October 2026.

Full list of participants: https://t.co/B7TUk0PqHm

#wieniawski2026

[Duchess of Brabant @ElsaBrabant]

@ChopinFryderyk @MonarchieBe @ChopinInstitute @leedspiano @HWieniawski @moniuszkocompet @c_paderewskiego @concoursgeneve An important policy question for the future architecture of the #Chopin and #QueenElisabeth competitions.
#PrizeMoney #ClassicalMusic
#WFIMC #Violin2026 #Voice2027 #Chopin2030

[Duchess of Brabant @ElsaBrabant]

@ChopinFryderyk @MonarchieBe @ChopinInstitute @leedspiano @HWieniawski @moniuszkocompet @c_paderewskiego @concoursgeneve An important policy question for the future architecture of the #Chopin and #QueenElisabeth competitions.
#PrizeMoney #ClassicalMusic
#WFIMC #Violin2026 #Voice2027 #Chopin2030

[Duchess of Brabant @ElsaBrabant]

@JAJorgensen @Statsmin @DanishMFA @larsloekke “Yet lasting European cohesion also rests on a shared history, culture and identity” — and that goes far deeper than subjects such as Eurovision and films.
#CulturalHeritage #NationalIdentity

[Duchess of Brabant @ElsaBrabant]

@JAJorgensen @Statsmin @DanishMFA @larsloekke “Yet lasting European cohesion also rests on a shared history, culture and identity” — and that goes far deeper than subjects such as Eurovision and films.
#CulturalHeritage #NationalIdentity