Today begins the 76th edition of the oldest piano festival in the world - The International Chopin Festival in Duszniki-Zdrój (Poland). The Artistic Director of the festival is the outstanding Polish pianist Piotr Paleczny. The festival will be inaugurated on August 6, 2021 by the Master Recital of Seong-Jin Cho - the winner of the 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (2015). The recital will be broadcast on Polish Radio The 2nd Channel. During the recital Seong-Jin Cho will perform the following program:
Leoš Janáček (1854 – 1928) - Piano Sonata in E flat minor "October 1, 1905"
Karol Szymanowski (1882 – 1937) - Masks Op. 34
Fryderyk Chopin (1810 – 1849) 4 Scherzos: No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20, No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31, No. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 39, No. 4 in E major, Op. 54
Broadcast starts at 20.00 CET - Polish Radio