Seonwook Kim's Beethoven Late Piano Sonata Recital... Simultaneous YouTube Live Broadcast

On the 11th of next month at Lotte Concert Hall

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Byung-hee] Pianist Kim Sun-wook will hold a recital of Beethoven's late piano sonatas at Lotte Concert Hall on the 11th of next month.

This performance was originally scheduled for March 6th this year but was postponed to September 13th and then December 8th due to the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19). After the December 8th performance was also canceled, the schedule was set again for January after three postponements.

The performance planning company Vincero announced that to prevent COVID-19, they will apply two-seat distancing and open only about 30% of the seats. Instead, for audiences who cannot attend the concert hall, an online live broadcast will be simultaneously conducted through Vincero's YouTube channel (http://youtube.com/vincero_ent).

Kim Sun-wook will start the performance with Beethoven's "Andante Favori" and then play Beethoven's Piano Sonatas Nos. 30, 31, and 32 in order.

The three major late piano sonatas by Beethoven that he will perform are masterpieces created solely relying on Beethoven's emotions and imagination. At the time of composing these pieces, Beethoven was almost deaf due to worsening hearing loss.

Kim Sun-wook said Beethoven was a person who devoted all his passion and effort to himself and his music in a desperate way. "Even in the fatal situation of hearing loss for a musician, he constantly tried to overcome it and poured all his passion into music. The music filled with heartfelt sincerity is more deeply expressed in the late sonatas. It makes the listener immerse themselves and feel something transcending reality. When playing and listening to such music, one sometimes feels a sense of self-reflection and introspection before a transcendent existence. Especially, Sonata No. 32 strongly gives the impression that it was composed thinking about the beginning and end of life."

Kim Sun-wook has been steadily studying Beethoven through performances such as the complete Beethoven piano concertos in 2009, the complete Beethoven piano sonatas from 2012 to 2013, and the recital of Beethoven's three major piano sonatas in 2017. He was selected as the first beneficiary of the mentoring program at Beethoven House in Bonn, Germany, gaining exclusive rights to use the Beethoven House collection.

Tickets for this performance will be available for pre-opening to Interpark TOPING members from 11 a.m. on the 4th of next month. General tickets can be reserved from 2 p.m. at Interpark and Lotte Concert Hall.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.