Cho Seong-jin LG Art Center Seoul Opening Concert, 'Sold Out' in 40 Seconds

Collaboration with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Simon Rattle

Pianist Cho Seong-jin. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heeyoon] Pianist Cho Seongjin's collaboration performance at the LG Arts Center Seoul opening concert sold out all seats within 40 seconds of ticket release.

On the 2nd, LG Arts Center announced that tickets for the performance ‘Simon Rattle & London Symphony Orchestra (Piano Collaboration Cho Seongjin)’ held to commemorate the opening of the Magok district in Seoul on October 13th were all sold out within 40 seconds after sales began at 2 PM the previous day on the website.

The LG Signature Hall, a multipurpose performance hall at LG Arts Center Seoul where the concert will be held, has a capacity of 1,335 seats.

Previously, on the 31st, Cho Seongjin also proved his popularity by selling out all 7,000 seats within 40 seconds of ticket opening for the ‘Cho Seongjin and Chopin’ concert hosted by the event planning company Credia.

This performance attracted early attention as a meeting between Simon Rattle, a world-renowned British conductor, leading the London Symphony Orchestra, and Cho Seongjin, the first Korean pianist to win the Chopin Competition.

Conventionally, concert hall openings were held as private performances inviting related personnel along with events. However, LG Arts Center Seoul changed the performance to a public concert due to its operational policy that the foundation of concert hall management is ‘audience-centered’ and the overwhelming ticket inquiries for this performance. It was added that all ticket proceeds will be donated to the Korea Mecenat Association and reinvested in performing arts and discovering emerging artists.

The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Simon Rattle will perform Wagner’s opera 'Tristan und Isolde' excerpts including 'Prelude' and 'Liebestod', Sibelius’s 'Symphony No. 7', and Ravel’s ballet 'La Valse' at this concert. Cho Seongjin will collaborate on Rachmaninoff’s 'Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini'.

Cho Seongjin and the London Symphony Orchestra will perform not only at LG Arts Center but also at Daegu Concert House on October 11th, Daejeon Arts Center on October 12th, Lotte Concert Hall on October 14th, and Seoul Arts Center on October 15th.

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