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Seong-Jin Cho
12+ albums
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Seong-Jin Cho (Korean: 조성진; born May 28, 1994) is a South Korean concert pianist. He was the winner of the 2015 International Chopin Piano Competition, the first from his country. Since then, he has regularly performed recital programs in major venues and with the world's foremost orchestras as a soloist. Cho signed with Deutsche Grammophon in 2016, under which he has released seven studio albums and one live recording. He is the Artist in Residence of the Berlin Philharmonic for the 2024–25 season. Cho was born in Seoul, South Korea, the only child of non-musical parents; his father was an engineer. At six years old, he began studying both the piano and the violin. Though he appeared to have more natural facility on the latter, he developed a stronger liking for the piano, and gave his first public piano recital at age eleven. After being identified through a musical prodigy development program at the Seoul Arts Center, he began studying under Sook-Ryeon Park at Sunchon National University and Soo-Jung Shin at Seoul National University. He attended the Yewon School, a private middle school for art education, during which he won First Prize at both the Moscow International Fryderyk Chopin Competition for Young Pianists (2008) and the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition (2009). Cho then attended Seoul Arts High School for two years, during which he placed third at the 2011 International Tchaikovsky Competition and began performing regularly with Myung-whun Chung and th
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Debussy: Suite bergamasque, L. 75 - 3. Clair de lune
9982Suite bergamasque, L. 75 : 3. Clair de lune
9523Ravel: Sérénade grotesque, M. 5
7604Debussy: Children's Corner, L. 113 - 1. Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum
6055Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19
5876Debussy: Suite bergamasque, L. 75 - III. Clair de lune
5677Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B Flat Minor, Op. 31
5548Ravel: Jeux d'eau, M. 30
5419Ravel: Menuet antique, M. 7
47010Images, 1ere série, L. 110: I. Reflets dans l'eau
466albums
The Handel Project: Handel-Suites & Brahms-Variations
Debussy
Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Works
The Wanderer
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20, K. 466; Piano Sonatas, K. 281 & 332
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2; Scherzi
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Debussy: Suite bergamasque, L. 75, 3. Clair de lune
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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20, K. 466; Piano Sonatas, K. 281 332
The Handel Project: Handel - Suites & Brahms - Variations
Winner Of The 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition Warsaw 2015 (Live)
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1; Ballades
Debussy: Images, Children's Corner, L'Isle joyeuse..