International Chopin Piano Competition winner Seong-Jin Cho is one of the world’s most exciting young pianists, praised for his ‘remarkable technique’ and the elegance of his interpretations.

Who better to perform Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 – a heady combination of brilliance and poetry, its slow movement a vision of ‘a beloved landscape on a moonlit spring night’. Could that landscape perhaps be Italian? Italy’s warmth and summer sunshine suffuse both Elgar’s bucolic In the South overture and Strauss’s tone-poem Aus Italien, each inspired by a visit to the country.

The Philharmonia Orchestra is conducted by its Finnish-born Principal Conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali.

PROGRAMME

Elgar In the South (Alassio) 20’
Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor 43’

Interval

R. Strauss Aus Italien 47’

Seong-Jin Cho piano

Philharmonia Orchestra
Santtu-Matias Rouvali conductor

WHERE: Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AP

WHEN: Wednesday, 16 August 2023 at 7:30pm

TICKETS: here