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Artist in Residence
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Artist in Residence Seong-Jin Cho and members of the Berliner Philharmoniker unfold a panorama of Hungarian musical styles in this concert. Johannes Brahms was often inspired by Hungarian music in his works, for instance in the finale of his clarinet trio, which oscillates between deep emotion and serenity. The trio for violin, horn and piano, which the Hungarian György Ligeti wrote in homage to Brahms, is characterised by folk rhythms. The piano quintet by the young Béla Bartók, who would go on to revolutionise Hungarian music, is still very much rooted in the Romantic period. But even here – according to Seong-Jin Cho – you can sense “Bartók's musical future”.
Artists
Seong-Jin Cho piano
Marlene Ito violin
Simon Roturier violin
Sebastian Krunnies viola
Solène Kermarrec cello (replacing Bruno Delepelaire)
Wenzel Fuchs clarinet
Stefan Dohr french horn
Programme
Johannes Brahms
Trio for Piano, Clarinet and Violoncello in A minor, op. 114
György Ligeti
Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano
Interval
Béla Bartók
Piano Quintet, Sz 23
Chamber Music Hall
16 to 38 €
Introduction
19:15
Series W: Artist in Residence
Remaining tickets are available by telephone via +49 30 254 88-999 or at the box office.
Artist in Residence Seong-Jin Cho
in conversation
Find out when microphones make Seong-Jin Cho nervous, that a pianist’s work never ends, and why the sound of the piano cannot be replaced by artificial intelligence.
Biographies
Seong-Jin Cho
In October 2015, the Korean pianist won first prize at the 17th International Chopin Competition in Warsaw – and his live recording made it to number one in the pop charts with over three million albums sold. With an unmistakable touch, poetic and grippingly virtuoso interpretations and his own unique sound. Seong-Jin Cho sees his main task as “understanding the composer, his music, his language and his emotions better and better”, which is why he is constantly developing his interpretations. This is the “most fascinating part of being a musician, everything is a lifelong journey in which I find my own interpretation and my own voice”.
Seong-Jin Cho, who gave his first public concert at the age of eleven and studied with Michel Béroff at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, made his acclaimed debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker in 2017. In the same year, he toured Asia with the orchestra and Simon Rattle as a stand-in for Lang Lang, followed by the next joint concert tour to South Korea and Japan under Kirill Petrenko in 2023. This season, the “poet at the piano” (Simon Rattle) presents the most diverse facets of his skills as Artist in Residence in concerts with the orchestra and in various chamber music ensembles.
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