The musician, brilliant pianist and composer was born on February 22 or March 1 (this is still unknown) in 1810, in Żelazowa Wola in the Kingdom of Poland. He began taking piano lessons from his mother at the age of 5, and two years later played his first concert, playing his compositions! At the age of 20, he moved out of Poland and spent the rest of his life in exile, mainly in Paris where he lived and worked. For a time, he was associated with the French writer George Sand. He created many very famous works for piano, the most famous ones being: "Revolutionary Etude," "Funeral March," "Polonaise-Fantaisie," and "Rain Prelude." He never got to have children, and died at the age of just 39 in Paris from tuberculosis, a fatal disease at the time. Chopin was buried in the Père-Lachaise cemetery, to the sounds of Mozart's Requiem and a Funeral March of his own making, while in accordance with the deceased's last will, his heart was transported to Poland. It rested in the Church of the Holy Cross in Warsaw, where it was delivered by the artist's sister, Ludwika. The contemporary Chopin Competition in Żelazowa Wola is one of the most prestigious music competitions in the world. The airport at Warsaw's Okęcie Airport is named after him, but Frederick's fame also extends beyond the globe, as one of the craters on Mercury is named after him, and one of the asteroids was also named in his honour.