In Paris, Chopin presented himself in the salons of Pleyel, an elite of the musical world of the time, and achieved great success.

He quickly entered the circle of the most outstanding artists of the era. He made friends with Liszt, Berlioz, Hiller, Hein, Mickiewicz, Delacroix and others, established contacts with the Polish Great Emigration, befriended Prince Adam Czartoryski and Delfina Potocka.