  The electric (${\alpha}_{\pi}$) and the magnetic (${\beta}_{\pi}$)
polarisabilities are fundamental properties of the pion characterising the
rigidity of its internal structure. They have been precisely measured at the
COMPASS experiment at CERN with a ${\pi}^{-}$ beam of 190~GeV/c assuming
${\alpha}_{\pi}+{\beta}_{\pi}=0$. Muons of the same momentum were used for
controlling of systematic effects. The obtained result
${\alpha}_{\pi}=-{\beta}_{\pi}=(2.0\pm 0.6_{stat.}\pm 0.7_{syst.})\times
10^{-4} fm^3$ is in agreement with the prediction of the Chiral Perturbation
Theory.
