Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
presented by Carnegie Hall
Friday, February 25, 2022 at 8pm
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall
(57th Street & Seventh Avenue, New York, NY)
Tickets: $40-$265
The reviews are in!
Check out the top reviews from The New York Times and the New York Classical Review for Seong-Jin Cho's Carnegie Hall performance.
The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/27/arts/music/vienna-philharmonic-carnegie-hall-review.html
New York Classical Review: https://newyorkclassicalreview.com/2022/02/putin-friends-jettisoned-the-vienna-philharmonic-opens-carnegie-weekend-with-energy-and-defiance/
◆ Performers
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor
Seong-Jin Cho, Piano
◆ Program
ALL-RACHMANINOFF PROGRAM
Piano Concerto No. 2
Symphony No. 2
Experience the Rachmaninoff gold standard when one of the world’s greatest orchestras celebrates the gorgeous melodies and emotional power of two of his masterpieces. A repertoire favorite, Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto enchants the listener with its beautiful blend of ultra-Romantic passion and sparkling keyboard pyrotechnics. His Second Symphony is dramatic and ripe with lush lyricism—especially the breathtaking third movement.
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◆ Seong-Jin Cho
With an overwhelming talent and innate musicality, Seong-Jin Cho has made his mark as one of the consummate talents of his generation. His thoughtful and poetic, assertive and tender, virtuosic and colorful playing combine panache with an impressive natural sense of balance.
Mr. Cho was brought to the world’s attention in 2015 when he won the first prize at the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw. The following January, he signed an exclusive recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon. An artist in high demand, Mr. Cho works with the world’s most prestigious orchestras, including the Berliner Philharmoniker, London Symphony Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Orchestre de Paris, and The Philadelphia Orchestra. He has collaborated with conductors Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Myung-Whun Chung, Iván Fischer, Jakub Hrůša, Gianandrea Noseda, Sir Antonio Pappano, and Esa-Pekka Salonen.
Highlights of Mr. Cho’s 2021–2022 season include debuts with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Bamberg Symphony, and Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg. He also returns to the Los Angeles and New York philharmonics. An active recitalist, he performs in many of the world’s most prestigious concert halls.
Born in 1994 in Seoul, Mr. Cho started studying piano at the age of six and gave his first public recital at 11. In 2009, he became the youngest-ever winner of Japan’s Hamamatsu International Piano Competition. In 2011, he won third prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. From 2012 to 2015, Mr. Cho studied with Michel Béroff at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. He is now based in Berlin.