Seong-Jin Cho Performs Mozart and Chopin Concertos with Baltic Ensemble

June 25 at Seongnam Art Center Concert Hall
Presenting the Distinctive Performance Charms of Mozart and Chopin

Pianist Cho Seong-jin (29) will perform Mozart and Chopin piano concertos on one stage.

Pianist Cho Seong-jin. ⓒStephanRabold [Photo by Seongnam Cultural Foundation]

The Seongnam Cultural Foundation announced on the 8th that a concert featuring world-renowned pianist Cho Seong-jin and the string ensemble group Wald Ensemble will be held at the Seongnam Arts Center Concert Hall on the 25th of next month.

In the first part, Cho Seong-jin will perform Mozart's masterpiece, "Piano Concerto No. 9." Composed in 1777, the year Mozart reached legal adulthood, this work shows an advanced form in terms of scale and structure compared to his previous piano concertos. It is regarded as the piece where Mozart declared his musical adulthood and is considered the starting point of the modern piano concerto.

In the second part, he will present "Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2." This piece is less frequently performed by Cho Seong-jin on domestic and international stages compared to his first concerto, raising great expectations. It features elegant melodies imbued with the fresh emotions of nineteen-year-old Chopin, who was tormented by an unattainable love at the time of composition.

Balt Ensemble. [Photo by Seongnam Cultural Foundation]

The Wald Ensemble, performing together on stage, is a string ensemble group composed of young Korean musicians active in major orchestras in Germany, Korea, and other countries. "Wald" means "forest" in German. Led by Lee Ji-hye, principal second violin of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the ensemble includes Korean principals and members active in the London Symphony Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hanover North German Radio Symphony Orchestra, and Cologne Philharmonic, among others.

In addition to the concerto with Cho Seong-jin, the Wald Ensemble will perform "Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 3" and "Bart?k Divertimento."

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