His technique and the extensive range of his tone colours allowed him to grasp every single nuance in the score with poise and natural ease.
The Guardian
His technique and the extensive range of his tone colours allowed him to grasp every single nuance in the score with poise and natural ease.
The Guardian
Sunwook Kim came to international recognition when he won the prestigious Leeds International Piano Competition in 2006, aged just 18, becoming the competition’s youngest winner for 40 years, as well as its first Asian winner.
His performance of Brahms’s Concerto No.1 with the Hallé Orchestra and Sir Mark Elder in the competition’s finals attracted unanimous praise from the press. Since then, he has established a reputation as one of the finest pianists of his generation, appearing as a concerto soloist in the subscription series of some of the world’s leading orchestras, including the London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. . .
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Alexander Vedernikov, Conductor
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 3 in d minor, op. 30
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata in E major, Op. 109
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata in Ab major, Op. 110
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata in c minor, Op. 111
Lotte Concert Hall, Seoul
Osmo Vänskä, Conductor
GRIEG: Piano Concerto in a minor, op.16
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