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Seong-Jin Cho

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Mon, May 19, 2025, 20:00
When it sparkles and shimmers, when it becomes transparent and shines in all colors, it quickly becomes clear who is sitting at the piano: the charismatic sound magician Seong-Jin Cho. In 2015, the Korean became famous overnight when he won the prestigious Chopin Competition. Now, in Ravel Year 2025, he sets out to explore the colorful cosmos of the French tone painter.

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Seong-Jin ChoPiano

Program

Menuet antique für KlavierMaurice Ravel
Sérénade grotesque für KlavierMaurice Ravel
Pavane pour une infante défunte für KlavierMaurice Ravel
Jeux d'eau für KlavierMaurice Ravel
Sonatine für KlavierMaurice Ravel
Miroirs für KlavierMaurice Ravel
Gaspard de la nuit für KlavierMaurice Ravel
Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn für KlavierMaurice Ravel
Valses nobles et sentimentales für KlavierMaurice Ravel
Prélude für KlavierMaurice Ravel
À la manière de Borodine für KlavierMaurice Ravel
À la manière de Chabrier für KlavierMaurice Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin für KlavierMaurice Ravel
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