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Koszyki plays Chopin | Fan Zone

Can you cheer for pianists at the Chopin Competition the same way you cheer for football players?⚽ Of course you can!🎹
Koszyki Plays Chopin | Fan Zone
📅 October 1-22, 2025*
📍 Hala Koszyki, ul. Koszykowa 63, Warsaw (ground floor)
🫴🏻 available for everyone, free of charge
This October, the eyes of the world will once again turn to Warsaw for the 19th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition – one of the oldest and most prestigious music events in the world. 🎶
For three weeks, Hala Koszyki will transform into a unique Fan Zone of the Chopin Competition – an open, vibrant space where we will experience musical emotions comparable to those of great sporting events 🏆 A place for everyone – both devoted classical music lovers and those discovering it for the very first time.
✨ Program highlights include:
• Live screenings of the Chopin Competition auditions and finals on the big screen (October 3-20)
• Classical and jazz concerts
• A community gathering to watch the final results at Hala Koszyki
• An improvised theatre performance inspired by Chopin’s life by Kolektyw Śmiesznie
• A lecture: “Chopin’s Women”
• DJ sets inspired by the music of Fryderyk Chopin
An event accompanying the “Koszyki Plays Chopin” project will be an exhibition of photographs by Wojciech Grzędziński from previous editions of the Competition.
We warmly invite you to join us in cheering on the competitors and discovering Chopin’s music in a fresh new way! 🎉
📌 A detailed program of Fan Zone events can be found in the Discussion section.
*The Fan Zone will be open from October 1 to 22, daily from 10 AM to 9 PM. On the day of the final round (October 20), the Fan Zone will remain open until the announcement of the Chopin Competition results.
The project “Koszyki Plays Chopin” is organized in collaboration with the Fryderyk Chopin Institute, Hala Koszyki, the Julian Cochran Foundation, and Sony.
The Strategic Partner of the project is PKO BP.

SCHEDULE

01/10 | Opening of the Chopin Fan Zone “Koszyki Plays Chopin”, exhibition opening by Wojciech Grzędziński | Fan Zone, Level 0 – 19:00

02/10 | Film screening “Chopin. I Am Not Afraid of Darkness” dir. Joanna Kaczmarek | Fan Zone, Level 0 – 18:30
02/10 | Live broadcast of the Chopin Competition inauguration | Fan Zone, Level 0 – 20:00
02/10 | DJ set HUGO | Main Stage – 21:30

03/10–07/10 | Live broadcast: Chopin Competition – Stage I | Fan Zone, Level 0 – 10:00 & 17:00
03/10 | DJ set Anton | Main Stage – 21:30

04/10 | DJ set TOHA | Main Stage – 21:30

08/10 | Film screening “Chopin. I Am Not Afraid of Darkness” dir. Joanna Kaczmarek | Fan Zone, Level 0 – 17:30
08/10 | Lecture “The Four Loves of Chopin” – Blecanto (Aleksandra Koczurko-Porzycka) | Fan Zone, Level 0 – 19:00

09/10–12/10 | Live broadcast: Chopin Competition – Stage II | Fan Zone, Level 0 – 10:00 & 17:00
09/10 | DJ set ZIPPPPPPER | Main Stage – 21:30
10/10 | DJ set Anton | Main Stage – 21:30
11/10 | DJ set TOHA | Main Stage – 21:30

13/10 | Film screening “Chopin. I Am Not Afraid of Darkness” dir. Joanna Kaczmarek | Fan Zone, Level 0 – 17:30
13/10 | Meeting with Canadian Chopin Competition participants with the Embassy of Canada in Poland | Fan Zone, Level 0 – 19:00

14/10–16/10 | Live broadcast: Chopin Competition – Stage III | Fan Zone, Level 0 – 10:00 & 17:00
15/10 | Book event “Correspondence of Fryderyk Chopin. Vol. 3, parts 1–4. 1839–1849” | Fan Zone, Level 0 – 14:30
16/10 | DJ set MUSHIN & TOHA | Main Stage – 21:30

17/10 | Film screening “Chopin. I Am Not Afraid of Darkness” dir. Joanna Kaczmarek | Fan Zone, Level 0 – 17:30
17/10 | Improvised show by Kolektyw Śmiesznie “Nocturnes of Passion: The Erotic Life of Fryderyk Chopin” | Fan Zone, Level 0 – 20:00
17/10 | DJ set Anton | Main Stage – 21:30

18/10–20/10 | Live broadcast: Chopin Competition Finals | Fan Zone, Level 0 – 18:00
18/10 | DJ set KVPX6 | Main Stage – 21:30
19/10 | NIEDZIELNI x Hala Koszyki | Main Stage – 10:00–14:00
20/10 | Live broadcast of the results announcement | Fan Zone, Level 0 – 23:59

21/10 | Live broadcast of the First Winners’ Concert | Fan Zone, Level 0 – 19:00

22/10 | Hoshii Concert | Mezzanine +1 – 20:00