SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Pianist Cho Seong-jin on Friday unveiled a minuet piano single by George Frideric Handel to be included on his upcoming solo album, Universal Music Group said. The winner of the 2015 International Chopin Piano Competition selected “Handel: Suite in B-Flat Major, HWV 434: IV. Minuet” for the pre-release of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Pianist Cho Seong-jin, the winner of the International Chopin Piano Competition in 2015, has mixed feelings about Chopin. He loves the Polish composer and his music written primarily for solo piano, and the championship title of the prestigious competition has given him many opportunities to have solo recitals at [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean pianist Cho Seong-jin has premiered one of Mozart’s previously unheard compositions in Salzburg, Austria, after it was created 248 years ago. In a pre-recorded performance streamed online for paid viewers Wednesday, Cho, one of the most sought-after artists in the world, played Mozart’s Allegro in D major [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — High-profile pianists travel the world several times a year to have concerts or recitals at famous halls in such cities as New York, Paris, London and Berlin. The life of South Korean pianist Cho Seong-jin, one of the most sought-after artists in the world, is no different. Since he [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) – K-pop group BTS and rising classical pianist Cho Seong-jin have been named among Asia’s 30 most influential people under the age of 30 in entertainment and sports this year. BTS and Cho were included in Forbes’ “30 Under 30 Asia” list in the entertainment and sports category, which was [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Tickets for South Korea’s rising classical piano star Cho Seong-jin’s upcoming solo recital have sold out in minutes online, organizers said Thursday. The 23-year-old prodigy shot to fame after becoming the first Korean to win the prestigious International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in October 2015. Cho will perform at the Seoul Arts Center on Jan. 10 and 11. Credia, the event’s organizer, said the tickets sold out within four [...]
SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Cho Seong-jin, the first South Korean winner of the International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition, will perform two solo recitals at home next year, officials said Tuesday. Cho is scheduled to perform at Lotte Concert Hall in Seoul on Jan. 4., and then at Tongyeong Concert Hall in Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean Chopin competition winner has charmed concertgoers in the famous composer’s home country of Poland. Cho Seong-jin, who won the prestigious 17th international Frederic Chopin piano competition in October, visited the country four months later. His visit coincided with the 206th anniversary of Chopin’s birthday.’ In the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) - Cho Seong-jin, the first South Korean to win the prestigious International Chopin Piano Competition, said Monday the top honor was a means to an end, not an end in itself. “Winning the contest was a means to achieve my dreams, not an end,” he told reporters on the eve of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The album containing pianist Cho Seong-jin’s award-winning performance at this year’s Chopin Competition has sold out in a matter of days, the album’s distributor said Friday. The 21-year-old prodigy became the first South Korean to win the world’s top piano competition last month in Poland. All 50,000 copies of [...]