Pittsburgh
Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts
Sergej Rachmaninoff: Rhapsodie über ein Thema von Paganini op. 43 (1934)
Cho is a master. He displayed an impressive variety of tonal colors and remarkable technique, dispatched with jaw-dropping panache. He had something to say and communicated it well.
The Wall Street Journal
Biography
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. With an innate musicality and consummate artistry, his thoughtful and poetic, virtuosic, and colourful playing can combine panache with purity and is driven by an impressive natural sense of balance. He is celebrated unanimously across the globe for his expressive magic and illuminative insights.
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 early 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.
Performances
New York
Carnegie Hall
Sergej Rachmaninoff: Rhapsodie über ein Thema von Paganini op. 43 (1934)
Monaco
Auditorium Rainier III
Sergej Prokofieff: Symphonie Nr. 1 D-Dur op. 25 ("Symphonie classique")
Sergej Rachmaninoff: Rhapsodie über ein Thema von Paganini op. 43 (1934)
Interval
Dmitrij Schostakowitsch: Symphonie Nr. 9 Es-Dur op. 70
Recital: Paris
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
Franz Liszt: Les Jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este
Ludwig van Beethoven: Klaviersonate Nr. 15 D-Dur op. 28 ("Pastorale")
Béla Bartók: Im Freien Sz 81 (1926) Suite für Klavier
Interval
Frédéric Chopin: Walzer Nr. 14 e-Moll op. posth. (1830)
Frédéric Chopin: Walzer Nr. 4 F-Dur op. 34/3 "Grande Valse Brillante"
Frédéric Chopin: Walzer Nr. 6 Des-Dur op. 64/1 "Minutenwalzer"
Frédéric Chopin: Walzer Nr. 9 As-Dur op. posth. 69/1 "Abschiedswalzer"
Frédéric Chopin: Walzer Nr. 7 cis-Moll op. 64/2
Frédéric Chopin: Walzer Nr. 11 Ges-Dur op. 70/1
Frédéric Chopin: Walzer Nr. 10 h-Moll op. posth. 69/2
Frédéric Chopin: Walzer Nr. 3 a-Moll op. 34/2 "Grande Valse Brillante"
Frédéric Chopin: Walzer Nr. 8 As-Dur op. 64/3
Frédéric Chopin: Walzer Nr. 12 f-Moll/As-Dur op. 70/2
Frédéric Chopin: Walzer Nr. 13 Des-Dur op. 70/3
Frédéric Chopin: Walzer Nr. 5 As-Dur op. 42 "Grande valse"
Frédéric Chopin: Walzer Nr. 2 As-Dur op. 34/1 "Grande Valse Brillante"
Frédéric Chopin: Walzer Nr. 1 Es-Dur op. 18/1 "Grande valse brillante"
News & Press
On tour with Gewandhaus Leipzig
This fall, Seong-Jin Cho joins Andris Nelsons and the Gewandhausorchester on a European tour, treating audiences in Leipzig and beyond to the music of Mendelssohn, Haydn, and Brahms.
Cho will join Nelsons and the orchestra for performances of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor. Cho and Andris Nelsons have collaborated on multiple…
Ravel with the Czech Philharmonic
This fall, Seong-Jin Cho joins the Czech Philharmonic, giving performances in Prague for their 2025/26 season opening before joining the orchestra on tour in Asia. Cho will play a signature piece, Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major, which was deemed “an ideal showcase for Seong-Jin Cho’s clarity, poise and expressive restraint” (Seen and Heard International).
He joins the…
On Tour with the London Symphony Orchestra
In the 2025/26 season, Seong-Jin Cho holds the London Symphony Orchestra’s Artist Portrait, featuring orchestral performances, chamber music and recitals, and international tours.
Cho starts his collaboration with the LSO this September with a tour of Italy, appearing at Teatro alla Scala in Milan on September 4, where he will play Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2, followed by…
On tour in the USA
This summer, Seong-Jin Cho travels to the United States, bringing his “technical brilliance and refined emotional depth” (Bachtrack) to venues across the country, playing a range of repertoire.
On July 12, Cho returns to Tanglewood’s Koussevitzky Music Shed, joining the Boston Symphony Orchestra and conductor Andris Nelsons for a program highlighting two titans of French impressionism: Claude…
On tour in Asia
This June and July, Seong-Jin Cho continues his expansive recital tour, traveling to venues in Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan. Cho showcases his artistry with two diverse programs, highlighting his “impeccable technique and acute musical sensitivity” (Bachtrack).
The first of these programs reflects nature’s power and beauty, opening with Liszt’s Les Jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este,…
Recordings
Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Works
Having loved Ravel since childhood and immersed himself in the composer while studying at the Paris Conservatoire, the Young Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho has chosen to mark the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth in 2025 by recording his complete solo piano music and the two piano concertos, where he collaborates with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons.