He had left Warsaw upon one of these short excursions, when the revolution of the 29th of November broke out in 1830.
Forced to remain in Vienna, he was heard there in some concerts, but the Viennese public, generally so cultivated, so prompt to seize the most delicate shades of execution, the finest subtleties of thought, during this winter were disturbed and abstracted.

The young artist did not produce there the effect he had the right to anticipate.

He left Vienna with the design of going to London, but he came first to Paris, where he intended to remain but a short time.

Upon his passport drawn up for England, he had caused to be inserted: "passing through Paris." These words sealed his fate.

Long years afterwards, when he seemed not only acclimated, but naturalized in France, he would smilingly say: I am "passing through Paris." He gave several concerts after his arrival in Paris, where he was immediately received and admired in the circles of the elite, as well as welcomed by the young artists.