
My then guitar teacher Robert Horna recognized the significance of Chopin and made a nice guitar duo arrangement of Valse No 3 from Op. 34, in which he was quite successful catching the atmosphere of Chopin’s music.
Well, he has quite some experience with that, just listen to his programme Mazurtango which he plays together with the Russian Bajan player Piotr Rangno (a Bajan is an instrument in between a Melodion and a Bandoneon). Part of this program consists of arrangements of Chopin’s Mazurkas. The combination Bajan – guitar perfectly suits Chopin’s both passionate and tranquil melancholy. Besides, this perfect match also applies to the Argentinian Tangos by Piazzola, the other half of their programme.