Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition Warsaw 2015 SEONG-JIN CHO Winner of the 17Th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition Warsaw 2015
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SEONG-JIN CHO Winner of the 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition Warsaw 2015 SEONG-JIN CHO Winner of the 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition Warsaw 2015 2 FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810–1849) Préludes op. 28 1 No. 1 in C major 0:36 21 No. 21 in B flat major 1:47 2 No. 2 in A minor 2:11 22 No. 22 in G minor 0:42 3 No. 3 in G major 0:55 23 No. 23 in F major 0:52 4 No. 4 in E minor 2:06 24 No. 24 in D minor 2:32 5 No. 5 in D major 0:31 6 No. 6 in B minor 1:57 25 Nocturne in C minor op. 48/1 6:06 7 No. 7 in A major 0:41 8 No. 8 in F sharp minor 1:46 Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor op. 35 9 No. 9 in E major 1:28 26 1. Grave – Doppio movimento 5:22 10 No. 10 in C sharp minor 0:28 27 2. Scherzo 5:50 11 No. 11 in B major 0:36 28 3. Marche funèbre – Lento 8:03 12 No. 12 in G sharp minor 1:09 29 4. Finale. Presto 1:31 13 No. 13 in F sharp major 3:12 14 No. 14 in E flat minor 0:33 30 Polonaise in A flat major op. 53 7:24 15 No. 15 in D flat major 5:46 16 No. 16 in B flat minor 1:03 17 No. 17 in A flat major 3:06 SEONG-JIN CHO piano 18 No. 18 in F minor 0:58 19 No. 19 in E flat major 1:19 Recorded live during the 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition 20 No. 20 in C minor 1:58 at the Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, October 2015 3 4 SEONG-JIN CHO orn on 28 May 1994, in Seoul (South Israel, China and the US. He has appeared BKorea), Seong-Jin Cho is today based in both concerts and recitals at the Tokyo in Paris. He won the International Fry- Opera City, in Osaka, at the Moscow Con- deryk Chopin Competition for Young servatory and at the Mariinsky Theatre Pianists in 2008 and the Hamamatsu in St. Petersburg. He has participated in Piano Competition in Japan in 2009, as numerous European festivals, including well as Third Prizes in both the Tchai- St. Petersburg, Moscow, Duszniki-Zdrój kovsky Competition in Russia in 2011 and and Cracow, as well as festivals in New the Arthur Rubinstein Competition in York and Castleton. As a chamber musi- Tel Aviv in 2014. He has performed in con- cian, he has been invited to work with the cert with the Mariinsky Orchestra under outstanding violinist Kyung-Wha Chung. Valery Gergiev, the French Radio, Czech and Seoul Philharmonic orchestras under Myung-Whun Chung, the Munich Phil- harmonic Orchestra under Lorin Maazel, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra under Yuri Temirkarnov, the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra under Marek Janowski, and both the Russian National Orchestra and Basel Symphony Orchestra under Mikhail Pletnev. He has toured Japan, Germany, France, Russia, Poland, 5 INTERNATIONAL FRYDERYK CHOPIN PIANO COMPETITION WARSAW he International Fryderyk Chopin the world at large. Suffice it to mention also from those of its jury members, for Maria Tipo, Nelson Freire and Philippe TPiano Competition Warsaw is one Lev Oborin and Stanisław Szpinalski the participants in the competition have Entremont. of the oldest and most prestigious piano (1927), Alexander Uninsky and Louis been assessed by some of the leading The International Chopin Compe- competitions in the world and is the only Kentner (1932), Yakov Zak and Witold artists of the twentieth century, includ- tition is now held in Warsaw every five event of its kind to be devoted exclusive- Małcużyński (1937), Bella Davidovich and ing Maurice Ravel, Karol Szymanowski, years and comprises four separate stages. ly to the music of a single composer. Its Halina Czerny-Stefańska (1949), Adam Wilhelm Backhaus, Heinrich Neuhaus, The competition’s international impact prizewinners find that the greatest con- Harasiewicz, Vladimir Ashkenazy and Marguerite Long, Arturo Benedetti and reputation continue to grow, and it is cert halls in every continent are open to Fou Ts’ong (1955), Maurizio Pollini (1960), Michelangeli, Artur Rubinstein, Ste- now one of the most prestigious musical them. The first competition was held in Martha Argerich (1965), Garrick Ohls- fan Askenase, Mieczysław Horszowski, events in the world. Since 2010 it has been 1927 on the initiative of Jerzy Żurawlew son and Mitsuko Uchida (1970), Krystian Vlado Perlemuter, Monique Haas, Leon organized exclusively by the Warsaw and Aleksander Michałowski. Since then Zimerman (1975), Dang Thai Son (1980), Fleisher, Witold Lutosławski and Nadia Chopin Institute. it has lost none of its popularity in the Philippe Giusiano (1995), Rafał Blechacz Boulanger. In recent years the jury has eyes of musicians and music lovers alike, (2005) and Yulianna Avdeeva, Daniil Tri- also featured prizewinners from pre- invariably reaching a huge audience. fonov, Lukas Geniušas and Ingolf Wun- vious competitions: Martha Argerich, For decades the winners have includ- der (2010). Vladimir Ashkenazy, Dang Thai Son, Fou ed the leading pianists of our day. Taking The high standing enjoyed by the Ts’ong, Garrick Ohlsson as well as other part in the competition has brought its Chopin Competition is clear not just well-known piano virtuosos, including contestants’ names to the attention of from the names of its prizewinners but Tatiana Nikolaieva, Paul Badura-Skoda, 6 THE FRYDERYK CHOPIN INSTITUTE he Fryderyk Chopin Institute in War- and His Europe”, which every year since releases, covering the complete works of ana, presented with the use of the latest Tsaw is the most important Chopin 2005 has attracted to Warsaw the world’s Chopin (on both historical and modern museum resources and technologies, both centre in the world; it plays a key role in finest performing musicians: pianists, instruments), selected concerts, the pro- interactive and multimedia, and it attracts promoting, safeguarding and disseminat- virtuosos of other instruments, vocal- motion of young artists and the music of visitors from all over the world. Also pre- ing the heritage of Fryderyk (also known ists and world-renowned ensembles. The Chopin’s times, as well as other areas. served under the aegis of the Museum is as Frédéric) Chopin and is also a centre for main strands to the festival’s programme The Institute’s wide-ranging scholar- Chopin’s birthplace, set within a beautiful research into the great Polish composer are the presentation of Chopin’s music ly work includes organizing international park in Żelazowa Wola. and his work. within a broader historical and cultural musicological conferences and issuing Established by the Polish parliament context (encompassing its sources, inspi- highly regarded publications that bring in 2001 as one of Poland’s national cultural rations and influence, as well as the music popular science, academic and children’s institutions, it continues the tradition of of his times, including little-known Polish educational books to an international the Music Society, the nineteenth-century works) and performances of the highest readership. Particularly important is the Chopin Committee and the Fryderyk Cho- calibre on historical instruments (piano ongoing project of publishing all of Cho- pin Society. It organizes the Internation- music, chamber and symphonic works and pin’s extant music manuscripts in fac- al Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition opera of the nineteenth century). simile: these are published in the form of in Warsaw and other significant artistic Inseparably linked to the Institute’s exclusive albums, displaying exceptional events, pursues publishing and education- concert programme is its media and pub- scholarly and artistic qualities. al ventures, maintains a rich library and lishing work. Its recording projects in An integral part of the Institute is the phonographic collection, and also runs the particular are characterized by the high- Fryderyk Chopin Museum, housed in the Fryderyk Chopin Museum. est standards in performance and produc- restored historical interiors of the Ostrog- One of the Institute’s flagship projects tion, and it has received many prestigious ski Palace in Warsaw. Its permanent dis- is the international music festival “Chopin prizes and awards for its audio and video play contains many invaluable Chopini- 7 SEONG-JIN CHO er südkoreanische Pianist Seong- dem Sinfonieorchester Basel unter Mik- DJin Cho wurde am 28. Mai 1994 in hail Pletnev. Konzertreisen führten ihn Seoul geboren und lebt mittlerweile in nach Japan, Deutschland, Frankreich, Paris. 2008 gewann er den Internationalen Russland, Polen, Israel, China sowie in die Chopin-Wettbewerb für junge Pianisten, USA. Weiterhin gab er Konzerte und Reci- 2009 den Hamamatsu-Klavierwettbewerb tals in der Opera City in Tokio, in Osaka, in Japan; beim Tschaikowsky-Wettbe- am Moskauer Konservatorium sowie am werb 2011 in Russland und beim Arthur- Mariinsky-Theater in Sankt Petersburg. Er Rubinstein-Wettbewerb 2014 in Tel Aviv nahm an diversen europäischen Festivals gewann er jeweils den Dritten Preis. Er teil, darunter in Sankt Petersburg, Mos- konzertierte bereits mit dem Mariinsky- kau, Duszniki-Zdrój und Krakau, sowie an Orchester unter Valery Gergiev, mit dem Festivals in New York und Castleton. Zu Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio Kammermusik-Projekten lud ihn unter France, der Tschechischen Philharmonie anderem die brillante Geigerin Kyung- und dem Seoul Philharmonic Orchest- Wha Chung ein. ra unter Myung-Whun Chung, mit den Münchner Philharmonikern unter Lorin Maazel und dem St. Petersburg Philhar- monic Orchestra unter Yuri Temirkanov, mit dem Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin unter Marek Janowski sowie mit dem Russischen Nationalorchester und 8 DER INTERNATIONALE CHOPIN-WETTBEWERB WARSCHAU er Internationale Chopin-Wettbe- Wettbewerb machte viele Namen weltbe- Juroren. Die Wettbewerbsteilnehmer Der Wettbewerb findet heutzutage Dwerb in Warschau gehört zu den rühmt, wie zum Beispiel Lew Oborin und wurden von den bedeutendsten Künst- alle fünf Jahre im Oktober in Warschau ältesten und angesehensten Klavierwett- Stanisław Szpinalski (1927), Alexander lern des 20.