Pianist Shin Chang-yong's Final 'In House Artist' Performance on the 26th

Schumann Humoreske and Brahms Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor Performance

Pianist Shin Chang-yong, Lotte Concert Hall's 2022 'In-House Artist'. Photo by Lotte Cultural Foundation

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heeyoon] Pianist Shin Chang-yong will hold the final performance of the Lotte Concert Hall 2022 ‘In-House Artist’ series on the 26th.

Lotte Concert Hall has been operating the resident musician program called the ‘In-House Artist Series’ since 2020. This program selects artists who pursue their own performance philosophy and individuality along with outstanding musical abilities, and meets audiences through various attempts.

In this final performance as an In-House Artist, Shin Chang-yong will perform Schumann’s Humoresque and Brahms’ Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor together with violinist Kim Dong-hyun, violist Shin Kyung-sik, and cellist Shim Junho.

Schumann’s Humoresque is famous for its maximized beauty, praised by music critic Anthony Tommasini in The New York Times in 2019 as “the most astonishingly brilliant yet most overlooked piece left by Schumann.” Shin Chang-yong plans to present the intertwined emotions of joy and sorrow embedded in the piece with his unique delicate expressiveness to the audience.

The Brahms Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, which will be performed in the second half, is also well known by the subtitle ‘Werther Quartet.’ Although it was the first of Brahms’ three piano quartets to be composed, it was published 20 years later in 1875 as Opus 60. Brahms sent the score to a friend, explaining that the music depicts the story of a young man who chooses a desperate suicide due to unrequited love in Goethe’s novel ‘The Sorrows of Young Werther.’ This work stands out for expressing the conflicted protagonist’s inner turmoil through brilliant piano techniques, showcasing another side of Shin Chang-yong as a chamber musician.

Earlier, in March, Shin Chang-yong successfully completed the challenge of performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 and Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in one day.

Before this concert, on the 18th, Shin Chang-yong will also hold a masterclass for music prodigies and general participants organized by the Green Umbrella Children’s Foundation. Ticket prices for the ‘In-House Artist’ series Shin Chang-yong concert are 60,000 KRW for R seats, 40,000 KRW for S seats, and 30,000 KRW for A seats.

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