CHO, SEONG-JIN

De Zuid-Koreaanse pianist Seong-Jin Cho (1994) wint verscheidene prijzen, waaronder de International Fryderyk Chopin Competition for Young Pianists (2008) en in 2015 de XVII International Chopin Piano Competition. Na twee albums met muziek van Chopin is er nu een album met muziek van Debussy, die in 2018 100 jaar geleden overleed. Seong-Jin laat horen dat hij de subtiele essentie van Debussy goed in de vingers heeft. Dat is niet verwonderlijk, omdat Seong-Jin in Parijs zich verder in het pianovak bekwaamt. Luister in het bijzonder naar de uitstekende interpretatie van Children’s Corner.

Debussy: Images, Children's Corner and Suite Bergamasque

Seong-Jin Cho (piano)


• The 2015 Chopin Competition winner Seong-Jin Cho explores the music of Claude Debussy on the eve of the 100th anniversary of the great French composer’s death.

• After two best-selling all-Chopin releases, it’s fitting that Seong-Jin dedicates his 3rd CD to some of Debussy’s most popular piano works.

• Chopin, who spent his main creative years in Paris, was considered by Debussy to be the most important omposer of his time, and for Seong-Jin’s, whose formative years have been spent in Paris, Debussy is a composer with whom he feels a very strong affinity.

• For his new album Seong-Jin has brought together some of Debussy’s most popular works and cycles such as Images I & II”, Suite Bergamasque (including the beloved “Clair de Lune”, well-known from various oundtrack features) and Children’s Corner, which contains favourites of every young aspiring piano student.

• Debussy marked the beginning of Seong-Jin’s career, as Children’s Corner was on the program of his first ever appearance on stage.