#17 - 🎹 Chopin Gets a Spanish Makeover (By a Spanish Learner!)

#17 - 🎹 Chopin Gets a Spanish Makeover (By a Spanish Learner!)

Author: Latin ELE April 23, 2025 Duration: 8:10
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🎹 In this special episode of Basic Spanish Conversations, we welcome a guest host: Jeeyoon Kim, a professional pianist from South Korea living in the U.S. 

Jeeyoon is also a Spanish student at Latin ELE, and as part of her learning journey, she created this episode entirely in Spanish to tell the life story of Frédéric Chopin

You'll learn about the legendary composer and discover Spanish vocabulary related to classical music, emotions, and biography. ¡Vamos!

🎼 Want to connect with Jeeyoon? She performs concerts mainly in the USA — check out her work below! ⬇️
Website: https://www.jeeyoonkim.com/

▶️ Watch our chat about her experience creating this episode!
https://youtu.be/0HBTj38s0jQ?t=249

📚 Study the episode along with the transcript on Latin ELE's blog ⬇️
https://latinele.com/learning-spanish-through-chopin/

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