Hill Auditorium
Seong-Jin Cho, piano
Early access for renewing subscribers
starts Tue Apr 28
“Cho is a master. He displayed an impressive variety of tonal colors and remarkable technique, dispatched with jaw-dropping panache.” (The Wall Street Journal)
Pianist Seong-Jin Cho returns to Ann Arbor following his remarkable all-Ravel performance in 2024. His expressive magic and illuminative insights underscore his innate musicality and poetic, colorful playing. A decade ago, Cho won First Prize at the Chopin International Competition in Warsaw, and his career has rapidly ascended since.
This wide-ranging program includes two works by Prokofiev, whose ten pieces from Romeo and Juliet were arranged for piano even before the full ballet premiered. Prokofiev’s own impressive piano technique is evident in his works for solo piano, which require both fiendish virtuosity and emotional depth. In Cho’s hands, these works become not just a dazzling showcase of pianistic prowess, but a profoundly communicative experience that resonates long after the final chord.
PROGRAM (Sun 3/14/2027: Hill Auditorium)
Jörg Widmann Sonatina facile
Sergei Prokofiev Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75
W.A. Mozart Fantasia in c minor, K. 396 (completed by Maximilian Stadler)
Sergei Prokofiev Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-flat Major, Op. 84
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Seong-Jin Cho, piano
Hill Auditorium
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With an innate musicality and overwhelming talent, Seong-Jin Cho has established himself worldwide as one of the leading pianists of his generation and most distinctive artists on the current music scene. His thoughtful and poetic, assertive and tender, virtuosic and colourful playing can combine panache with purity and is driven by an impressive natural sense of balance.
Seong-Jin Cho was brought to the world’s attention in 2015 when he won First Prize at the Chopin International Competition in Warsaw, and his career has rapidly ascended since. In January 2016, he signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon, and in 2023 Cho was awarded the prestigious Samsung Ho-Am Prize in the Arts, in recognition of his exceptional contributions to the world of classical music. An artist high in demand, Cho works with the world’s most prestigious orchestras including Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, New York Philharmonic and The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductors he regularly collaborates with include Myung-Whun Chung, Gustavo Dudamel, Andris Nelsons, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Gianandrea Noseda, Sir Simon Rattle, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Lahav Shani.
Born in 1994 in Seoul, Seong-Jin Cho started learning the piano at the age of six and gave his first public recital aged 11. In 2009, he became the youngest-ever winner of Japan’s Hamamatsu International Piano Competition. In 2011, he won Third Prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow at the age of 17. From 2012-2015 he studied with Michel Béroff at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. Seong-Jin Cho is now based in Berlin.

