Some thoughts on Seong-Jin Cho’s recent Seattle recital:
The self-effacing persona Seong-Jin Cho projected from the Benaroya Hall stage throughout his solo recital stood in striking contrast to his musical confidence – a confidence grounded not only in extraordinary technical security but in an evident willingness to take risks. Cho’s sense of interpretive freedom made itself felt from the outset, in a program that invited close attention and repaid it generously…
Filed under: Bartók, Beethoven, Chopin, Franz Liszt, pianists, review
MEMETERIA by Thomas May 