Soloist

Seong-Jin Cho

Piano

Biography – about the artist.

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. 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, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Andris Nelsons, Gianandrea Noseda, Sir Simon Rattle, Santtu-Matias Rouvali and Esa-Pekka Salonen.


Highlights of Seong-Jin Cho’s 2022/23 season include performances of the Brahms piano concerti at Festspielhaus Baden-Baden with Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Yannick Nézet-Séguin. He notably returns to the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, to the Boston Symphony Orchestra with Andris Nelsons and performs the world premiere of Thierry Escaich’s new piano concerto with the Czech Philharmonic and Semyon Bychkov. A highly sought-after touring soloist, Cho embarks on several international tours, including those with the London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Simon Rattle to Japan and Korea, with the Dresden Staatskapelle and Myung-Whun Chung in Dresden and in Korea. He also performs with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, touring throughout Germany in Spring 2023.

An active recitalist very much in demand, Seong-Jin Cho appears in many of the world’s most prestigious concert halls including the main stage of Carnegie Hall, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Berliner Philharmonie, Konzerthaus Vienna, Prinzregententheater München, Suntory Hall Tokyo, Walt Disney Hall Los Angeles, Festival International de piano de la Roque d'Anthéron, and Verbier Festival. During the coming season he is engaged to perform solo recitals at the likes of Carnegie Hall, Boston Celebrity Series, Walt Disney Hall, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Liederhalle Stuttgart, at Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Berliner Philharmonie, Musikverein Wien and he debuts in recital at the Barbican London. Cho also returns, three times this season, to Japan where he first appears in recital performances in Nagoya, Tokyo and Yokosuka in August 2022.

Seong-Jin Cho's latest recording is his solo album entitled The Handel Project, released in February 2023, and in August 2021, he released Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Scherzi with the London Symphony Orchestra and Gianandrea Noseda for Deutsche Grammophon. He had previously recorded his first album with the same orchestra and conductor featuring Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 as well as the Four Ballades. His solo album titled The Wanderer was released in May 2020 and features Schubert’s “Wanderer” Fantasy, Berg’s Piano Sonata op. 1 and Liszt’s Piano Sonata in B minor. A solo Debussy recital was also released in November 2017, followed by a Mozart album with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Yannick Nézet-Séguin in 2018. All albums have been released on the Yellow Label and have garnered impressive critical acclaim worldwide.

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.

SEASON 2022/2023


Orchestra.

London Symphony Orchestra

In autumn 2025, the London Symphony Orchestra will come to Germany for its major season tour. Sir Antonio Pappano, principal conductor, and Seong-Jin Cho, soloist on the piano, will join them.

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The next dates:

03.06.2023

Auditorio del Palacio de Congresos de Zaragoza

Zaragoza

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04.06.2023

Auditorio Príncipe Felipe

Oviedo

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07.06.2023

Symphony Hall Birmingham

Birmingham

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15.06.2023

Alte Oper Frankfurt

Frankfurt

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16.06.2023

Alte Oper Frankfurt

Frankfurt

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17.06.2023

Stadthalle am Schloss Aschaffenburg

Aschaffenburg

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22.06.2023

Gyeongju Arts Center

Gyeongju-si

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23.06.2023

Busan Cultural Center

Busan

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25.06.2023

Seongnam Arts Centre

Seongnam-si

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28.06.2023

Bunkyo Civic Hall

Bunkyo

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29.06.2023

Suntory Hall

Tokyo

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01.07.2023

Aichi Prefectural Art Theatre Nagoyashi

Nagoya-shi Aichi

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04.07.2023

Seoul Arts Center

Seoul

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05.07.2023

Seoul Arts Center

Seoul

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08.07.2023

Daejeon Arts Center

Deajeon

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09.07.2023

Bucheon Arts Center

Bucheon-si

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12.07.2023

Ulsan Culture & Arts Center

Ulsan

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15.07.2023

Gangneung Art Center

Gangneung-si

20.07.2023

Schloss Johannisberg

Geisenheim

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24.07.2023

Salle des Combins

Verbier

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25.07.2023

Eglise de Verbier

Verbier

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29.07.2023

Mozarteum Salzburg

Salzburg

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30.07.2023

Mozarteum Salzburg

Salzburg

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06.08.2023

Festival de Lanaudière

Joliette

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12.08.2023

Koussevitzky Music Shed

Lenox

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16.08.2023

Royal Albert Hall

London

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19.08.2023

Schloss Bothmer

Klütz

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05.09.2023

Die Glocke, Bremen

Bremen

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20.09.2023

Isarphilharmonie

München

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21.09.2023

Isarphilharmonie

München

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24.09.2023

Royal Festival Hall, London

London

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28.09.2023

The Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall

Toronto

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29.09.2023

The Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall

Toronto

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30.09.2023

The Corporation of Massey Hall and Roy Thomson Hall

Toronto

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01.10.2023

National Arts Centre Ottawa

Ottawa

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07.10.2023

Jones Hall for the Performing Arts

Houston

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08.10.2023

Jones Hall for the Performing Arts

Houston

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27.10.2023

Sala Santa Cecilia

Roma

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02.11.2023

Gewandhaus zu Leipzig

Leipzig

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04.11.2023

Gewandhaus zu Leipzig

Leipzig

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Your contact persons:

General Management:

Kellie Mills Chappell

+44 20 7395 09-35

kellie.mills@kdschmid.co.uk

Karen McDonald

Managing Director

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karen.mcdonald@kdschmid.co.uk

Germany, Austria, Switzerland:

Sophia Herz-Grevesmühl

+49 30 5213 702-28

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Emily Knoll

Artist Coordinator

+44 20 7395 09-39

emily.knoll@kdschmid.co.uk

Senior Consultant Artists & Projects:

Ute Fesquet

+49 172 4542393

ute.fesquet@gmail.com

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Artist Coordinator

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Senior Consultant Artists & Projects:

Ute Fesquet

+49 172 4542393

ute.fesquet@gmail.com

Discography.

The Handel Project

Handel-Suites & Brahms-Variations

02.2023, Deutsche Grammophon, CD

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Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 - Scherzi

London Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda

08.2021, Deutsche Grammophon, CD

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The Wanderer

Schubert, Berg, Liszt

05.2020, Deutsche Grammophon, CD

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Mozart

Piano Concerto No. 20 K 466; Sonatas K 281 and K 332

11.2018, Deutsche Grammophon, CD

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Debussy

Images, Children's Corner, Suite bergamasque, L'Isle jouyeuse

11.2017, Deutsche Grammophon, CD

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News.

Seong-Jin Cho on Tour with Academy of St Martin in the Fields

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BBC Proms programm anouncement

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Seong-Jin Cho returns to the Czech Philharmonic with world premiere of Thierry Escaich’s Symphonic Etudes

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Seong-Jin Cho on tour in Japan and Korea with Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra

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Summer Festivals 2022

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Seong-Jin Cho in Korea

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Seong-Jin Cho celebrates his Zurich debut

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Seong-Jin Cho returns to Japan in recital

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Summer Festivals 2022

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Seong-Jin Cho at the Baden-Baden Festival

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Tanglewood 2022

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Summer Festivals 2022

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Press.

„“Cho mastered the first movement [Tchaikovsky] with youthful vigour and tamed energy, without superficial virtuosity and grand gestures, but with astonishing technique and accuracy.”“

Online Merker, Ingrid Gerk, 27.02.2023

„[…] an absolute master of clarifying textures with multiple shades of colour and touch; an expert juggler too, able to respect baroque sprightliness while also using a modern piano’s resources to warm and expand the music’s aura.“

The Times, Geoff Brown, 22.02.2023

„Cho revelled in the charm and endless variety of textures and dancelike rhythms, rising to the occasion at every turn, an inspired performance of a work that demands nothing less.“

Bachtrack, Chris Garlick, 14.02.2023

„The young soloist’s own superb technique—and restrain—was on display.“

Boston Classical Review, Andrew J. Sammut, 06.03.2020

„The South Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho […] proved a soloist of real poise and refinement […], never lapsing into sentimentality, even when the gracious slow movement felt like the autumn-tinged elegy that the occasion required.“

The Guardian, Stephen Pritchard, 26.08.2018