This concert was originally scheduled for Tuesday, March 23, 2021. ​

“To hear Cho breathe tenderness and freedom into this music while giving it a sturdy rhythmic profile was a striking thing.” (San Francisco Chronicle)looks to me like there is a period after ) online, which there should not be “Cho’s mix of imagination, pacing, balance and control produced moments of spellbinding sonic art.” (The Artsdesk)

Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho was brought to the world’s attention in 2015 when he won the First Prize at the Chopin International Competition in Warsaw. This “Chopin Competition winner can stand proud next to the likes of such illustrious past winners as Pollini, Argerich, and Zimerman” (Pianist).

Program:

Leoš Janáček: Piano Sonata 1.X.1905

Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55

Fryderyk Chopin: Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor, op. 20

Scherzo No. 2 in B flat Minor, op. 31

Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp Minor, op. 39

Scherzo No. 4 in E Major, op. 54

This concert was originally scheduled for Tuesday, March 23, 2021.