Seong-Jin Cho Plays Chopin
2018–19 Season
Concert Information
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LIGETI Romanian Concerto (NJSO Premiere)
An orchestra showpiece: Ligeti’s childhood memories of Transylvanian folk music culminate in a wild, exhilarating dance.
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CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2
A youthful affection inspired this concerto’s tender, passionate slow movement. Though Chopin’s infatuation was short-lived, the melody is eternal.
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DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 7
Deep, heartfelt and dramatic, reflecting the Czech composer’s ambition to write a piece that would “move the world.”
NJSO Accent Events
Classical Conversation – Sat, Oct 13, at 7 pm and Sun, Oct 14, at 2 pm
Enjoy a lively Classical Conversation before the performance. Guest conductor Otto Tausk will speak with NJSO Director of Artistic Planning Patrick Chamberlain.
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About the Artists
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OTTO TAUSK
Dutch conductor Otto Tausk is the incoming music director of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra for the 2018–19 season. Previously, he was music director of the Opera Theatre and Tonhalle Orchestra St. Gallen. He has appeared with Concertgebouw Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Melbourne Symphony, Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, BBC Scottish Symphony and the orchestras of Perth, Tasmania and Auckland. He is a hugely respected musical personality in his native Holland, working with all its major orchestras and composers.
His 2018–19 season includes his London concert debut at the BBC Proms, conducting BBC National Orchestra of Wales, and guest appearances with Belgian National Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and Dutch National Opera, as well as debuts with the NJSO and Orquesta de Valencia.
Born in Utrecht, Tausk initially studied violin and then conducting with Jonas Aleksa. From 2004 to 2006, Tausk was assistant conductor to Valery Gergiev with the Rotterdam Philharmonic.
SEONG-JIN CHO
With an overwhelming talent and innate musicality, Seong-Jin Cho is rapidly embarking on a world-class career and considered one of the most distinctive artists of his generation.
In January 2016, Cho signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon and released a recording of Chopin’s First Piano Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra and Gianandrea Noseda, followed by a solo Debussy recording. In 2018, he releases a Mozart album with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Yannick-Nezet-Seguin.
In the 2018–19 season, he plays recitals at Carnegie Hall, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Berlin Philharmonie Kammermusiksaal, Frankfurt’s Alte Oper, Los Angeles’ Disney Concert Hall and Zurich’s Tonhalle-Maag, among several other venues.
Born in Seoul, Cho won the coveted gold medal at the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 2015. In 2011, at the age of 17, he won third prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. The following year, he moved to Paris to study with Michel Beroff at the Paris Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique, where he graduated in 2015. He is now based in Berlin.