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'''Seong-Jin Cho''' ({{lang-ko|조성진}}; born May 28, 1994)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=15 December 2012 |title=新피아노의 시인, 조성진 |trans-title=Sung-jin Cho, the new piano poet |url=http://mnbmagazine.joins.com/magazine/Narticle.asp?magazine=204&articleId=MLBT07E1ZJYUBI |access-date=24 September 2018 |website=Yeoseong JoongAng |language=ko}}</ref> is a South Korean pianist. He rose to fame within South Korea and the international classical music world in 2015 after winning the ], becoming the first pianist from his country to do so.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2018/09/03/0200000000AEN20180903008400315.html|title=Deutsche Grammophon celebrates 120th anniv. with gala with Cho Seong-jin in Seoul|last=Park|first=Bo-ram|date=3 September 2018|work=]|access-date=24 September 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/winning-a-renowned-piano-competition-put-seong-jin-cho-on-road-to-stardom/2017/07/12/95db9c06-5ff8-11e7-8adc-fea80e32bf47_story.html|title=Winning a renowned piano competition put Seong-Jin Cho on road to stardom|last=Chin|first=Simon|date=14 July 2017|newspaper=Washington Post|language=en|access-date=24 September 2018}}</ref> '''Seong-Jin Cho''' ({{langx|ko|조성진}}; born May 28, 1994)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=15 December 2012 |title=新피아노의 시인, 조성진 |trans-title=Sung-jin Cho, the new piano poet |url=http://mnbmagazine.joins.com/magazine/Narticle.asp?magazine=204&articleId=MLBT07E1ZJYUBI |access-date=24 September 2018 |website=Yeoseong JoongAng |language=ko}}</ref> is a concert pianist. He was the winner of the ], the first from South Korea.<ref name="koreatimes-2008">{{Cite web |date=21 September 2008 |title=Korean Wins Moscow Chopin Competition |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/09/719_31351.html |access-date=16 September 2024 |website=] |language=en}}</ref> Since then, he has regularly performed as a soloist with the world's foremost orchestras.

Cho signed with ] in 2016, under which he has released seven studio albums. He is the Artist in Residence of the ] for the 2024–25 season.<ref>{{cite web |title=Artist in Residence 2024/25 |url=https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/about-us/artist-in-residence/seong-jin-cho/ |website=Berlin Philharmonic |access-date=12 October 2024}}</ref>


==Early life and education== ==Early life and education==
Cho was born in ], South Korea where he began playing the piano at the age of six, and gave his first public recital when he was eleven years old.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-26 |title=Seong-Jin Cho: Beyond Chopin |url=https://myscena.org/catherine-kustanczy/seong-jin-cho-beyond-chopin/ |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=my/maSCENA |language=en-US}}</ref> He graduated from the , a private middle school for art education, and attended ] before moving to France in 2012.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yu-jin |first=Lee |date=December 2015 |title=쇼팽 콩쿠르 한국인 첫 우승, 조성진을 말하다 |trans-title=Sung-jin Cho, the first Korean to win the Chopin Competition |work=] Magazine |url=http://lady.khan.co.kr/khlady.html?mode=view&code=4&artid=201511271811301 |access-date=24 September 2018}}</ref> He was taught by Prof. Park Sook-ryeon and Prof. Shin Soo-jung in Korea and studied at the ] as a student of ].<ref name=":2" /> Cho was born in ], South Korea, the only child of non-musical parents; his father was an engineer.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=INTERVIEW {{!}} Seong-Jin Cho (Series Part 3) {{!}} "I want to play the piano as Kleiber conducts an orchestra" |url=https://wherecherriesripen.blogspot.com/2020/06/interview-seong-jin-cho-series-part-3-i.html |access-date=15 September 2024 |website=Where Cherries Ripen}}</ref> At six years old, he began studying both the piano and the ]. 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 ], he began studying under Sook-Ryeon Park at ] and Soo-Jung Shin at ].

He attended the , 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)<ref name="koreatimes-2008" /> and the ] (2009). Cho then attended ] for two years, during which he placed third at the 2011 ] and began performing regularly with ] and the ].

Cho moved to Paris in 2012 to study at the ] with ].<ref name="Washington Post-2017">{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=14 July 2017 |title=Winning a renowned piano competition put Seong-Jin Cho on road to stardom |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/winning-a-renowned-piano-competition-put-seong-jin-cho-on-road-to-stardom/2017/07/12/95db9c06-5ff8-11e7-8adc-fea80e32bf47_story.html |access-date=24 September 2018 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en}}</ref> While there, Cho placed third at the 2014 ] and first prize at ].


== Career == == Career ==
Seong-Jin Cho constantly tours around the world to work with orchestras and give piano recitals in Europe, North America and Asia. He performs more than 100 times a year and has a busy schedule pre-booked at least three years ahead.<ref name="donga.com">{{Cite web |date=23 March 2023 |script-title=ko:피아니스트 조성진 "1년에 100번 연주…먹는 게 유일한 취미" |url=https://www.donga.com/news/article/all/20230323/118475987/1 |access-date=16 September 2024 |website=] |language=ko}}</ref> As a soloist, Cho frequently works with prestigious European orchestras, including the ], ], ], ], ], ] and ]. He also performs regularly with prestigious North American orchestras such as ], ], ], ], and ], He has collaborated with eminent conductors such as ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ].
Cho has won numerous awards including First Prize at both the International Fryderyk Chopin Competition for Young Pianists (2008) and the ] (2009). He has also received Third Prize at the ] in Moscow (2011) and the ] in ] (2014). In 2015, Cho won First Prize in the ].


Cho is an active recitalist and frequently sells out concerts in the world's most prestigious concert halls, including the Stern Auditorium of ], ], ] Amsterdam, ] München, ], ] in London and ] Tokyo, just to name a few. He has also been invited to numerous music festivals such as the ], ], ], ], ], ], and ].
As a soloist, Cho has performed with many major orchestras including the ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and the ]. He also regularly collaborates with eminent conductors such as ], ], ], ], ], ], ] and ].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Seong-Jin Cho – Biography|url= https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/artists/seong-jin-cho/biography|access-date=26 December 2021|website=Deutsche Grammophon|language=en}}</ref> In recent years, he has toured countries such as Japan, Germany, France, Russia, Poland, Israel, China and the USA.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Seong-Jin Cho|url= http://chopin2015.medici.tv/en/candidate/seong-jin-cho|access-date=26 December 2021|website=]|language=en}}</ref>


In 2017, Cho made his debut with the ] under ] to perform the Ravel Piano Concerto in G.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 October 2017 |title=Seong-Jin Cho to play with Simon Rattle and Berliner Philharmoniker |url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20171015000130 |access-date=26 December 2021 |website=] |language=en}}</ref> He has been re-invited two other times since then.
An active recitalist, Cho performs in the world's most prestigious concert halls, including the Stern Auditorium of ], ] Amsterdam, Los Angeles's ], ] München, ], ], ] Tokyo, ] in London, and the ]. He has also been invited to numerous music festivals such as the ], ], the ],<ref>{{Cite web|title= NJPAC Presents Seong-Jin Cho On March 6th|url= https://www.newjerseystage.com/articles/2021/09/29/njpac-presents-seong-jin-cho-on-march-6th/|access-date=26 December 2021|website=New Jersey Stage|language=en}}</ref> ], ], and the ], inter alia.


In 2017, Cho gave his debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker under ], replacing ] during parts of the orchestra's Asia tour.<ref>{{Cite web|title= Pianist Cho Seong-jin to play with Simon Rattle and Berliner Philharmoniker|url= http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20171015000130|access-date=26 December 2021|website= ]| date=15 October 2017 |language=en}}</ref> In 2021, Cho gave the world premiere of Allegro in D, a newly found Mozart work.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The unknown Mozart: Seong-Jin Cho to give world premiere of Allegro in D – Seong-Jin Cho |url=https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/artists/seong-jin-cho/news/the-unknown-mozart-seong-jin-cho-to-give-world-premiere-of-allegro-in-d-261582 |access-date=15 September 2024 |website=Deutsche Grammophon |language=en}}</ref>

In 2022, Cho debuted with the Vienna Philharmonic, as a replacement for Denis Matsuev, with Yannick Neget-Seguin.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Pianist Seong-Jin Cho Steps in Tonight as Soloist with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra |url=https://www.carnegiehall.org/About/Press/Press-Releases/2022/02/25/Pianist-Seong-Jin-Cho-Steps-in-Tonight-Soloist-w-Yannick-Nezet-Seguin-and-Vienna-Philharmonic-Orch |access-date=15 September 2024 |website=Carnegie Hall}}</ref> Cho performed the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 and has been invited to perform with the orchestra on the Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in October 2024.

Cho is 2024–25 Artist in Residence of Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 October 2024 |title=Artist in Residence 2024/25: Seong-Jin Cho |url=https://www.berliner-philharmoniker.de/en/about-us/artist-in-residence/seong-jin-cho/ |access-date=15 September 2024 |website=www.berliner-philharmoniker.de |language=en}}</ref> performing the Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1, Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 and some chamber music with members of the orchestra.


== Discography == == Discography ==
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Seong-Jin Cho's first album was his Chopin Piano Competition-winning performance released as a live recording immediately after the conclusion of the competition:
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!style="width:40px;"|<small>]</small><br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T|title=Gaon Album Chart|website=Gaon Music Chart|language=ko|access-date=24 September 2018}}


# Winner of the 17th International Chopin Piano Competition Warsaw 2015, Seong-Jin Cho, ], 6 November 2015
* {{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALBUM&targetTime=46&hitYear=2015&termGbn=week|title=''Seong-Jin Cho'' charting}}
* {{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?serviceGbn=ALBUM&termGbn=week&hitYear=2016&targetTime=48&nationGbn=T|title=''Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1'' charting}}
* {{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?serviceGbn=ALBUM&termGbn=week&hitYear=2017&targetTime=46&nationGbn=T|title=''Debussy'' charting}}
* {{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?serviceGbn=ALBUM&termGbn=week&hitYear=2018&targetTime=33&nationGbn=T|title=''Beethoven: Piano Concerto & Symphony No.5'' charting}}
* {{cite web|url=http://gaonchart.co.kr/main/section/chart/album.gaon?nationGbn=T&serviceGbn=ALBUM&targetTime=46&hitYear=2018&termGbn=week|title=''Mozart'' charting}}
* {{cite web|url=https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/album.circle?nationGbn=T&targetTime=30&hitYear=2023&termGbn=week&yearTime=3|title=Circle Album Chart – Week 30, 2023|website=]|language=ko|access-date=August 10, 2023}}
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!style="width:40px;"|<small>]</small><br/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cdn.aria.com.au/pdfs/45A4286071A2E73DA9E2CDB5F1CDB1AFDD0671B028E4D0BD54EAAF02F9790259/ARIA%20Core%20Classical%20Albums%20Chart.pdf?seq=13|title=ARIA Core Classical Albums Chart|website=]|access-date=14 May 2019}}</ref>
!style="width:40px;"|<small>]</small><br/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/4689e/Seong-Jin-Cho-Winner-Of-The-17th-International-Fryderyk-Chopin-Piano-Competition-Warsaw-2015|title=Seong-Jin Cho — Winner Of The 17th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition Warsaw 2015|work=]|language=nl|access-date=14 May 2019}}</ref>
!style="width:40px;"|<small>]</small><br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-album-classique|title=Top Albums Classique|website=Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique|language=fr|access-date=24 September 2018}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-album-classique/?ye=2017&we=47|title=''Debussy'' charting}}</ref>
!style="width:40px;"|<small>]</small><br/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/435872/products/1148543/1/|title=チョ・ソンジン 感動のショパン・コンクール・ライヴ2015|language=ja|website=]|access-date=14 May 2019}}</ref>
!style="width:40px;"|<small>]</small><br><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/classical-artist-albums-chart/|title=Official Classical Artist Albums Chart Top 50|website=Official Charts Company|access-date=24 September 2018}}


In 2016, Cho signed a recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon and has released six studio albums.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Seong-Jin Cho - Discography |url=https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/artists/seong-jin-cho/discography |access-date=2024-10-15 |website=Deutsche Grammophon |language=en}}</ref>
* {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/specialist-classical-chart/20151113/specclass/|title=''Seong-Jin Cho'' charting|website=] }}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/specialist-classical-chart/20161202/specclass/|title=''Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1'' charting|website=] }}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/specialist-classical-chart/20171124/specclass/|title=''Debussy'' charting|website=] }}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/specialist-classical-chart/20181123/specclass/|title=''Mozart'' charting|website=] }}
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!style="width:40px;"|<small>]</small><br><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/classical-albums|title=Classical Albums|magazine=Billboard|access-date=24 September 2018}}


# Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Ballades, Seong-Jin Cho with London Symphony Orchestra & Gianandrea Noseda, ], 25 November 2016
* {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/classical-albums/2015-11-28|title=''Seong-Jin Cho'' charting|magazine=] }}
# Debussy: Images / Children's Corner / Suite Bergamasque, Seong-Jin Cho, ], 17 November 2017
* {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/classical-albums/2018-03-17|title=''Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1'' charting|magazine=] }}
# Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20, K. 466; Piano Sonatas, K. 281 and 332, Seong-Jin Cho with Chamber Orchestra Of Europe & Yannick Nézet-Séguin, ], 16 November 2018
* {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/classical-albums/2017-12-09|title=''Debussy'' charting|magazine=] }}
# The Wanderer Schubert Berg Liszt, Seong-Jin Cho, ], 8 May 2020
* {{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/classical-albums/2018-11-17|title=''Mozart'' charting|magazine=] }}
# Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 · Scherzi, Seong-Jin Cho with London Symphony Orchestra & Gianandrea Noseda, ], 27 August 2021
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# The Handel Project: Handel-Suites & Brahms-Variations, Seong-Jin Cho, ], 23 February 2023
!style="width:40px;"|<small>]</small><br><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/seong-jin-cho/chart-history/tln/|title=Seong-Jin Cho Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)|magazine=Billboard|access-date=14 May 2019}}</ref>
# Ravel the Complete Solo Piano Works, Seong-Jin Cho, ], 17 January 2025
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# Ravel Piano Concertos, Seong-Jin Cho with Boston Symphony Orchestra & Andris Nelsons, ], 21 February 2025
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In addition, Cho recorded Mozart's newly found work, collaborated with Matthias Goerne for a song album and has released four digital singles:
* Released: 6 November 2015

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# Schubert 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780, III. Allegro moderato, Seong-Jin Cho, ], 21 Aug 2020
* Format: CD, LP, digital download
# Mozart Allegro in D major, K 626b/16, Seong-Jin Cho, ], 29 Jan 2021
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# Im Abendrot (at Sunset) – Songs by Wagner, Pfitzner, Strauss, Matthias Goerne and Seong-Jin Cho, ], 16 Apr 2021
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# Liszt Consolations, S. 172: No. 3 Lento placido in D-flat major, Seong-Jin Cho, ], 30 Apr 2021
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# Schubert Der Wanderer, D. 489, Matthias Goerne and Seong-Jin Cho, ], 28 May 2021
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# Brahms 6 Pieces for Piano, Op. 118: VI. Intermezzo in E Flat Minor. Andante, largo e mesto, Seong-Jin Cho, ], 25 Feb 2022
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On his BBC Proms performance of Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4, The Guardian reviewed:<ref>{{Cite news |last=Willson |first=Flora |date=2024-04-11 |title=Gardner/LPO review – tautly controlled Tippett, and whoops for Seong-Jin Cho' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/apr/11/gardner-lpo-review-seong-jin-cho-beethoven-tippett |access-date=2024-10-04 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><blockquote>
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''"Cho's acclaimed virtuosity was clear, his passagework gleamingly precise, his sound ranging from staggering softness to luminous Steinway shine."''</blockquote>
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Bachtrack reviewer Chris Garlick commented on Cho's Schumann Symphonic Etudes:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Light as a feather: Seong-Jin Cho wows a full house at the Barbican |url=https://bachtrack.com/review-seong-jin-cho-handel-brahms-gubaidulina-schumann-barbican-february-2023 |access-date=2024-10-04 |website=bachtrack.com |language=en}}</ref><blockquote>
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"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."</blockquote>Cho has been described as a "poet on the keyboard" by ].<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 November 2017 |title=Simon Rattle praises Seong-Jin Cho as a poet on the keyboard |url=https://www.primoartists.com/news/simon-rattle-praises-seong-jin-cho-poet-keyboard |access-date=15 September 2024 |website=Primo Artists |language=en-US}}</ref>
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! scope="row" | ''Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 K 466 / / Sonatas K 281 & K 332''
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==Awards== ==Awards==


* 2008: International Fryderyk Chopin Competition for Young Pianists – First Prize<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2018/02/21/0200000000AEN20180221002900315.html|title=Pianist Cho Seong-jin hopes to expand repertoire beyond Chopin|date=21 February 2018|work=]|access-date=24 September 2018|language=en}}</ref> * 2008: International Fryderyk Chopin Competition for Young Pianists – First Prize<ref name="koreatimes-2008" />
* 2009: ] – First Prize<ref name="hamamatsu">{{cite web |author=Hyo-won |first=Lee |date=23 November 2009 |title=15-Year-Old Becomes 1st Asian Winner of Hamamatsu Contest |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/2009/11/178_55984.html |access-date=29 October 2016 |work=]}}</ref> * 2009: ] – First Prize<ref name="hamamatsu">{{cite web |author= |first= |date=23 November 2009 |title=15-Year-Old Becomes 1st Asian Winner of Hamamatsu Contest |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/special/2009/11/178_55984.html |access-date=29 October 2016 |work=]}}</ref>
* 2011: ] – Third Prize<ref name=":2" /> * 2011: ] – Third Prize<ref name="Washington Post-2017" />
* 2014: ] – Third Prize<ref name=":2" /> * 2014: ] – Third Prize<ref name="Washington Post-2017" />
* 2015: ] – First Prize<ref name=":1" /> * 2015: ] – First Prize<ref name="Washington Post-2017" />
* 2023: ]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ye-eun |first=Jie |date=2023-04-05 |title=Ho-Am Foundation picks prize winners |url=https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20230405000610 |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=] |language=en}}</ref> * 2023: ]<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=5 April 2023 |title=Ho-Am Foundation picks prize winners |url=https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20230405000610 |access-date=21 August 2023 |website=] |language=en}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
After the Chopin Competition, he met ] in Tokyo who toured him around the city.<ref name=":1" /> Zimerman has provided career advice to Cho since then. Cho's first classical album that he purchased as a child was Zimerman's Chopin Four Ballades. Cho idolised ], as he revealed in the interview,<ref name=":1" /> when they met in Paris during a dinner party, they became close and Cho was invited to Lupu's house in Lausanne several times.

Cho moved to Berlin in 2018 after briefly visiting the city for business occasion. He was attracted by the city's cosmopolitan culture and many beautiful parks in the city. Cho considers music not as a job but what he likes, and enjoys performing constantly<ref name="donga.com"/> while he tries to expand his repertoire by adding at least two new piano concertos and a one-year recital program worth of solo piano pieces each year. He has been a big fan of Mahler Symphonies since he was in the 7th grade.


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South Korean pianist (born 1994)

Seong-Jin Cho
Background information
Born (1994-05-28) 28 May 1994 (age 30)
Seoul, South Korea
GenresClassical
OccupationMusician
InstrumentPiano
Years active2006–present
LabelsDeutsche Grammophon
Websiteseongjin-cho.com
Korean name
Hangul조성진
Revised RomanizationJo Seongjin
McCune–ReischauerCho Sŏngjin
Musical artist

Seong-Jin Cho (Korean: 조성진; born May 28, 1994) is a concert pianist. He was the winner of the 2015 International Chopin Piano Competition, the first from South Korea. Since then, he has regularly performed as a soloist with the world's foremost orchestras.

Cho signed with Deutsche Grammophon in 2016, under which he has released seven studio albums. He is the Artist in Residence of the Berlin Philharmonic for the 2024–25 season.

Early life and education

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 the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra.

Cho moved to Paris in 2012 to study at the Conservatoire de Paris with Michel Béroff. While there, Cho placed third at the 2014 Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition and first prize at the 2015 International Chopin Piano Competition.

Career

Seong-Jin Cho constantly tours around the world to work with orchestras and give piano recitals in Europe, North America and Asia. He performs more than 100 times a year and has a busy schedule pre-booked at least three years ahead. As a soloist, Cho frequently works with prestigious European orchestras, including the Berliner Philharmoniker, Vienna Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra and London Philharmonic Orchestra. He also performs regularly with prestigious North American orchestras such as New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia, and Cleveland, He has collaborated with eminent conductors such as Lorin Maazel, Simon Rattle, Kirill Petrenko, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Myung-Whun Chung, Gustavo Dudamel, Valery Gergiev, Vasily Petrenko, Mikhail Pletnev, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Yuri Temirkanov, Gianandrea Noseda, Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Andris Nelsons.

Cho is an active recitalist and frequently sells out concerts in the world's most prestigious concert halls, including the Stern Auditorium of Carnegie Hall, Berliner Philharmonie, Musikverein, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Prinzregententheater München, Wiener Konzerthaus, Wigmore Hall in London and Suntory Hall Tokyo, just to name a few. He has also been invited to numerous music festivals such as the Verbier Festival, Menuhin Festival Gstaad, Rheingau Musik Festival, BBC Proms, Tanglewood Festival, Salzburg Festival, Edinburg Festival and Lucerne Festival.

In 2017, Cho made his debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker under Simon Rattle to perform the Ravel Piano Concerto in G. He has been re-invited two other times since then.

In 2021, Cho gave the world premiere of Allegro in D, a newly found Mozart work.

In 2022, Cho debuted with the Vienna Philharmonic, as a replacement for Denis Matsuev, with Yannick Neget-Seguin. Cho performed the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 and has been invited to perform with the orchestra on the Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in October 2024.

Cho is 2024–25 Artist in Residence of Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra performing the Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1, Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 and some chamber music with members of the orchestra.

Discography

Seong-Jin Cho's first album was his Chopin Piano Competition-winning performance released as a live recording immediately after the conclusion of the competition:

  1. Winner of the 17th International Chopin Piano Competition Warsaw 2015, Seong-Jin Cho, Deutsche Grammophon, 6 November 2015

In 2016, Cho signed a recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon and has released six studio albums.

  1. Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Ballades, Seong-Jin Cho with London Symphony Orchestra & Gianandrea Noseda, Deutsche Grammophon, 25 November 2016
  2. Debussy: Images / Children's Corner / Suite Bergamasque, Seong-Jin Cho, Deutsche Grammophon, 17 November 2017
  3. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20, K. 466; Piano Sonatas, K. 281 and 332, Seong-Jin Cho with Chamber Orchestra Of Europe & Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Deutsche Grammophon, 16 November 2018
  4. The Wanderer Schubert Berg Liszt, Seong-Jin Cho, Deutsche Grammophon, 8 May 2020
  5. Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 · Scherzi, Seong-Jin Cho with London Symphony Orchestra & Gianandrea Noseda, Deutsche Grammophon, 27 August 2021
  6. The Handel Project: Handel-Suites & Brahms-Variations, Seong-Jin Cho, Deutsche Grammophon, 23 February 2023
  7. Ravel the Complete Solo Piano Works, Seong-Jin Cho, Deutsche Grammophon, 17 January 2025
  8. Ravel Piano Concertos, Seong-Jin Cho with Boston Symphony Orchestra & Andris Nelsons, Deutsche Grammophon, 21 February 2025

In addition, Cho recorded Mozart's newly found work, collaborated with Matthias Goerne for a song album and has released four digital singles:

  1. Schubert 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780, III. Allegro moderato, Seong-Jin Cho, Deutsche Grammophon, 21 Aug 2020
  2. Mozart Allegro in D major, K 626b/16, Seong-Jin Cho, Deutsche Grammophon, 29 Jan 2021
  3. Im Abendrot (at Sunset) – Songs by Wagner, Pfitzner, Strauss, Matthias Goerne and Seong-Jin Cho, Deutsche Grammophon, 16 Apr 2021
  4. Liszt Consolations, S. 172: No. 3 Lento placido in D-flat major, Seong-Jin Cho, Deutsche Grammophon, 30 Apr 2021
  5. Schubert Der Wanderer, D. 489, Matthias Goerne and Seong-Jin Cho, Deutsche Grammophon, 28 May 2021
  6. Brahms 6 Pieces for Piano, Op. 118: VI. Intermezzo in E Flat Minor. Andante, largo e mesto, Seong-Jin Cho, Deutsche Grammophon, 25 Feb 2022

Reviews

On his BBC Proms performance of Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4, The Guardian reviewed:

"Cho's acclaimed virtuosity was clear, his passagework gleamingly precise, his sound ranging from staggering softness to luminous Steinway shine."

Bachtrack reviewer Chris Garlick commented on Cho's Schumann Symphonic Etudes:

"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."

Cho has been described as a "poet on the keyboard" by Sir Simon Rattle.

Awards

Personal life

After the Chopin Competition, he met Krystian Zimerman in Tokyo who toured him around the city. Zimerman has provided career advice to Cho since then. Cho's first classical album that he purchased as a child was Zimerman's Chopin Four Ballades. Cho idolised Radu Lupu, as he revealed in the interview, when they met in Paris during a dinner party, they became close and Cho was invited to Lupu's house in Lausanne several times.

Cho moved to Berlin in 2018 after briefly visiting the city for business occasion. He was attracted by the city's cosmopolitan culture and many beautiful parks in the city. Cho considers music not as a job but what he likes, and enjoys performing constantly while he tries to expand his repertoire by adding at least two new piano concertos and a one-year recital program worth of solo piano pieces each year. He has been a big fan of Mahler Symphonies since he was in the 7th grade.

References

  1. "新피아노의 시인, 조성진" [Sung-jin Cho, the new piano poet]. Yeoseong JoongAng (in Korean). 15 December 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Korean Wins Moscow Chopin Competition". The Korea Times. 21 September 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  3. "Artist in Residence 2024/25". Berlin Philharmonic. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  4. ^ "INTERVIEW | Seong-Jin Cho (Series Part 3) | "I want to play the piano as Kleiber conducts an orchestra"". Where Cherries Ripen. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Winning a renowned piano competition put Seong-Jin Cho on road to stardom". Washington Post. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  6. ^ 피아니스트 조성진 "1년에 100번 연주…먹는 게 유일한 취미". The Dong-A Ilbo (in Korean). 23 March 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
  7. "Seong-Jin Cho to play with Simon Rattle and Berliner Philharmoniker". The Korea Herald. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  8. "The unknown Mozart: Seong-Jin Cho to give world premiere of Allegro in D – Seong-Jin Cho". Deutsche Grammophon. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  9. "Pianist Seong-Jin Cho Steps in Tonight as Soloist with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra". Carnegie Hall. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  10. "Artist in Residence 2024/25: Seong-Jin Cho". www.berliner-philharmoniker.de. 4 October 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  11. "Seong-Jin Cho - Discography". Deutsche Grammophon. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  12. Willson, Flora (11 April 2024). "Gardner/LPO review – tautly controlled Tippett, and whoops for Seong-Jin Cho'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  13. "Light as a feather: Seong-Jin Cho wows a full house at the Barbican". bachtrack.com. Retrieved 4 October 2024.
  14. "Simon Rattle praises Seong-Jin Cho as a poet on the keyboard". Primo Artists. 25 November 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  15. "15-Year-Old Becomes 1st Asian Winner of Hamamatsu Contest". The Korea Times. 23 November 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  16. "Ho-Am Foundation picks prize winners". The Korea Herald. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.

External links

Winners of the International Chopin Piano Competition
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