Thank you for the music
THE walls of Rose Cholmondeley’s Kensington apartment are decorated with curious musical memorabilia. Portraits of a young man gaze down upon a grand piano, observing the musician’s practice. There can be no doubt about the topic of conversation: Frédéric Chopin is a lifelong passion of pianist Lady Rose, president and co-chair of the Chopin Society.
It was almost an inevitable love affair. Lady Rose is a descendent of Charlotte de Rothschild, a favourite pupil of Chopin’s and the dedicatee of the and the Waltz in C-sharp Minor. The young Lady Rose didn’t play much of
