"Praying for Overcoming COVID-19, Along with Beautiful Melodies"

Concert to Support Overcoming COVID-19 Featuring Cho Seong-jin, Yiruma, and Yongjae O'Neill

Cho Seong-jin (left) and Richard Yongjae O'Neill

[Asia Economy Reporter Byunghee Park] Star classical pianist Cho Seong-jin and violist Richard Yongjae O'Neill are joining forces with a series of concerts to support overcoming the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

Cho Seong-jin will perform a piano recital on his official Facebook page at 10 p.m. on the 7th. He is participating in an online concert hosted by Facebook to support the World Health Organization (WHO)'s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund.

On the 4th, Cho Seong-jin encouraged participation on his Facebook, saying, "As part of the campaign supporting WHO's 'COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund,' I will be doing a Facebook Live," and added, "While joining the live, you can also contribute to the fund for overcoming COVID-19 through the 'donate button.'"

Cho Seong-jin will play the piano for about 30 minutes and also take time to answer fans' questions. The performance will be broadcast via Facebook Live using pre-recorded footage without an audience. He will perform the second movement of Franz Schubert's 'Wanderer Fantasy' and parts of Franz Liszt's piano sonata from his new album 'The Wanderer,' which will be released on the 8th.

Due to concert hall closures caused by COVID-19, Cho Seong-jin is taking his longest break since winning the Chopin Competition in 2015. He also participated in a no-audience online concert organized by Deutsche Grammophon for overcoming COVID-19 on the 26th of last month.

Pianist Yiruma will also join the Facebook online concert for the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund at noon on the 9th. Yiruma is expected to perform a live recital.

Richard Yongjae O'Neill will hold a concert titled "Pray for You" at 8 p.m. on the 22nd at the Seoul Arts Center Concert Hall to support overcoming COVID-19. He plans to perform comforting pieces from his albums, including Schubert's 'Winterreise.'

Violinist Yang In-mo and pianist Ilya Rashkovsky will also join the stage. Yang In-mo is the first Korean to win the Paganini Competition in 2015. He is also Richard Yongjae O'Neill's most cherished junior.

Yang In-mo performed Handel and Halvorsen's 'Passacaglia' with Yongjae O'Neill on the Stars on Stage last year. Rashkovsky is a skilled musician who won the Hamamatsu International Competition in 2012. This will be his first time performing on the same stage with Yongjae O'Neill.

Yongjae O'Neill is also scheduled to hold the COVID-19 support concert "Pray for You" at Mapo Art Center on the 26th and at Chungnam Provincial Government Cultural Center on the 27th.

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