Pianist Moon Ji-young Performs the Melancholy of Brahms' Later Years

On the 27th at Kumho Art Hall Yonsei
Complete Performance of Brahms' 'Character Pieces'

Pianist Moon Ji-young, winner of the Busoni International Competition, will perform the complete set of Brahms' final character pieces at Kumho Art Hall Yonsei on the 27th.

These are seven Fantasies, three Intermezzos, six pieces, and four pieces composed by Brahms between 1892 and 1893, assigned opus numbers 116 to 119. Composed in Brahms' later years before his death in 1897, these works reflect a contemplative and introspective character imbued with the loneliness and solitude of reflecting on life.

Pianist Moon Ji-young [Photo courtesy of Kumho Cultural Foundation, ?GRZEDZINSKI]

This performance is the second stage of Moon Ji-young's 'Ideal (理想)' series, which she will present three times this year at Kumho Art Hall Yonsei. In the three Ideal concerts, she plans to highlight German music she feels closest to, divided into the Baroque, Classical, and Romantic periods.

On March 21, the first stage of the Ideal series, she performed Beethoven's Piano Sonatas No. 1, 23 'Appassionata', 30, and 31. By bringing together early, middle, and late piano sonatas, she showcased Beethoven's musical evolution.

Following this Brahms character pieces performance, the final stage scheduled for December 12 will feature the complete Partitas for keyboard by Bach.

Regarding the repertoire, Moon Ji-young shared, "It is a program where I can dedicate everything to one composer per concert." She also said, "By covering various works of the three composers I respect most throughout the year, I hope to get closer to the ideals they pursued and become a deeper and broader person myself."

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