Pianist Seong-jin Cho performs at Seoul Arts Heart on July 5, 2023. Courtesy of Credia Music & Artists
Two of Korea’s largest classical music stars, Seong-jin Cho and Yunchan Lim, are poised to headline a stellar lineup of live shows in 2026, giving Korean audiences a uncommon alternative to listen to each pianists in solo recitals, chamber performances and accompanied by a number of the world’s main orchestras.
For Cho, 2026 will likely be a very notable yr, as Lotte Live performance Corridor named him one among its in-house artists this week. Cho, who in 2015 grew to become the primary Korean to win the Worldwide Chopin Piano Competitors, is presently a resident artist with the Berlin Philharmonic.
Cho is scheduled to look twice at Lotte Live performance Corridor in southern Seoul in July, performing in a chamber live performance on July 14 and a solo recital on July 19. On the chamber live performance, he’ll share the stage with violinist and Berlin Philharmonic first concertmaster Daishin Kashimoto, principal clarinetist Wenzel Fuchs, principal horn participant Stefan Dohr and violist Kyoungmin Park.
At his solo recital, Cho will carry out Bach’s Partita No. 1, Schoenberg’s Piano Suite, Schumann’s Carnival Jest from Vienna and Chopin’s 14 Waltzes.
On Could 5 and 6, he’ll collaborate with the Munich Philharmonic at Seoul Arts Heart’s Live performance Corridor. Based in 1893, the Munich Philharmonic is famend for its interpretations of works by German composers corresponding to Wagner, Brahms, Beethoven and Schumann. The orchestra will likely be led by Lahav Shani, a pianist who is ready to grow to be chief conductor in September 2026.
Pianist Yunchan Lim performs throughout a live performance at Tongyeong Worldwide Music Pageant on March 29. Courtesy of Vincero
Lim, who rose to stardom after successful the 2022 Van Cliburn Worldwide Piano Competitors, will return as a soloist in a live performance with maestro Myung-whun Chung and the Staatskapelle Dresden at Seoul Arts Heart on Feb. 1. He’ll carry out Schumann’s Piano Concerto, together with different items.
Lim may also give piano recitals at Lotte Live performance Corridor on Could 6 and Seoul Arts Heart on Could 12. On June 15, he’ll be a part of the Austrian chamber ensemble Camerata Salzburg for a Mozart live performance. The undertaking may also function Masaaki Suzuki, principal conductor of Bach Collegium Japan, and Korean soprano Sunhae Im.
On Nov. 8, Lim is scheduled to carry out with the Philadelphia Orchestra at Seoul Arts Heart beneath conductor Marin Alsop. Alsop and Lim collaborated within the closing spherical of the 2022 Van Cliburn competitors for a efficiency of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3.
