#5. Frédéric Chopin

He is my most favourite composer. Ever. Mainly a pianist, Chopin is the composer closest to my heart. His compositions are absurdly, ridiculously, breathtaking. Whether it is a Waltz, a Mazurka, a Polonaise, a Nocturne, or a Ballade (which he himself invented as a style of composition, or even a Prelude, or an Etude or a Sonata, each and every one of Chopin's pieces tell a story. One of pain, melancholia, sadness, yearning, anger, jealousy, occasionally happiness or joviality  and so much more. All through 10 fingers striking a maximum of 10 keys at a time of an instrument. He died at the age of 39, and I shudder to think if only he lived longer. How many more masterpieces would he have left behind. My favourite Chopin pieces are ( I hate to choose, there are so many), Ballade No. 1 in G Minor Op. 23, Nocturne in C-sharp Minor, Op. Posth., Nocturne in E Minor, Op. 72 No. 1, Waltz in C-sharp Minor, Op. 64 No. 2 and Waltz in E-flat Major, Op. 18 "Grande Valse Brilliante".