On September 20 and 21, 2023, at the Isarphilharmonie (Munich), Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho performed the German premiere of “Études symphoniques” – the new Piano Concerto by Thierry Escaich. The …
Music Festival Bremen 2023: Seong-Jin Cho / © Photo: Patric Leo
As part of the 34th Music Festival Bremen, on September 5, 2023, Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho – winner of the 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (2015) performed. For the recital program, the artist selected works by Joseph Haydn (1732 – 1809), Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937) and Robert Schumann (1810 – 1856), which perfectly matched the festival’s program goals and the venue itself. The concert’s repertoire also gave the artist a wonderful opportunity to present the history of the instrument’s development, piano literature from the end of the 18th to the beginning of the 20th century, and, above all, his versatile pianistic abilities.
Marta Polanska’s interview with Seong-Jin Cho – the first ever Korean pianist to win the 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland, 2015. The interview was originally published …
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Seong-Jin Cho (조성진) is the winner of the 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland, 2015. Marta Polanska’s interview with Seong-Jin Cho after Chopin Competition (December 2015). Seong-Jin …
