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The piano virtuoso contrasts two exquisite pieces by Maurice Ravel with the second of Franz Liszts Annes de plerinage.

Seoul-born Seong-Jin Cho made waves when he won the International Chopin Piano Competition in 2015, aged just 21. He is now a piano superstar, celebrated for his sensitivity and exceptional technical command. His International Festival recital is a rare opportunity to experience his poetry and power up close in an intimate setting.

Cho opens his recital with two exquisite pieces by Maurice Ravel: the poignant but virtuosic Sonatine, and the sophisticated waltz collection Valses nobles et sentimentales, written as a tribute to the easy-going melodiousness of Franz Schubert.

Franz Liszt documented his years of travel and discovery " as well as his scandalous love for the married Marie dAgoult " in three visionary piano collections he titled Annes de plerinage. The second volume celebrates the composers love for Italian art and literature " from Raphael to Michelangelo, Petrarch to Dante " in some of the most dazzling music he created and forms the visionary climax to Chos recital.

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Programme includes

Ravel Sonatine

Ravel Valses nobles et sentimentales

Liszt Annes de plerinage, Deuxime anne: Italie, S161

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