Concert information
Artist in Residence
At the invitation of the Berliner Philharmoniker
Info
Seong-Jin Cho loves the “incredible wealth of colours” and “often orchestral sound” of Maurice Ravel's piano music, where he finds a special form of sensitivity. He sees in Ravel “a person who smiles gently, but with tears in his eyes”. To mark the 150th anniversary of the French composer's birth, our Artist in Residence will perform Ravel's complete works for solo piano, including the gravitational Pavane pour une infante défunte, the mysterious Gaspard de la nuit and the sometimes lively, sometimes dreamy Valses nobles et sentimentales.
Artists
Seong-Jin Cho piano
Programme
Maurice Ravel
Sérénade grotesque
Menuet antique
Pavane pour une infante défunte
Jeux d'eau
Sonatine
Interval
Maurice Ravel
Miroirs
Gaspard de la nuit
Interval
Maurice Ravel
Menuet sur le nom de Haydn
Valses nobles et sentimentales
Prelude
À la manière de Borodine
À la manière de ... Chabrier
Le Tombeau de Couperin
Additional information
Duration ca. 3 hours (incl. two 20-minute intervals)
Chamber Music Hall
16 to 38 €
Introduction
18:15
Series U: Piano
Remaining tickets are available by telephone via +49 30 254 88-999 or at the box office.
Artist in Residence Seong-Jin Cho
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Biography
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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