Seong-Jin Cho's First Solo Recital in Korea in a Year... Performing Handel and Schumann Variations

October 3rd Seongnam Art Center Concert Hall

Seongnam Cultural Foundation announced on the 22nd that it will hold a piano recital by Cho Seong-jin at the Seongnam Arts Center Concert Hall on October 3. Photo by Seongnam Cultural Foundation

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heeyoon] Pianist Cho Seongjin will take the stage for a solo recital in Korea after one year.

The Seongnam Cultural Foundation announced on the 22nd that Cho Seongjin's piano recital will be held at the Seongnam Arts Center Concert Hall on October 3rd.

This will be Cho Seongjin's first solo recital in Korea in one year since his tour commemorating the release of his Chopin album last September.

The theme of this Cho Seongjin piano recital is "Variations." Variations, an important genre in keyboard music, is a form that freely develops musical ideas in various ways inspired by a specific theme. Cho Seongjin is expected to showcase his unique outstanding sensitivity and technique, along with a balanced musicality of diverse tonal colors.

In the performance, Cho Seongjin will play Handel's "Keyboard Suite No. 5 in E Major," Brahms' "Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel Op.24," Schumann's "Three Fantasiest?cke Op.111," and "Symphonic Etudes Op.13," among others.

On the 13th of next month, Cho Seongjin will perform in a collaborative stage with the world-class orchestra London Symphony Orchestra, led by Simon Rattle, at the opening commemorative concert of the LG Arts Center Seoul.

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