The Complete Solo Piano Works Seong-Jin Cho

Having loved Ravel since childhood, Seong-Jin Cho has chosen to mark the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth by recording his complete solo piano music and the two concertos. Cho’s insightful readings of Ravel, on stage and in the studio, underline his status as one of today’s most elegant and accomplished pianists, ten years on from his Chopin Competition victory. Deutsche Grammophon will release the first of two albums, Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Works, on 17 January 2025 (digitally and on two CDs). Seong-Jin Cho has always felt a close connection with the French piano literature, and found himself fully immersed in Ravel while studying at the Paris Conservatoire.  “I’ve always been fascinated by the ideas, colours and emotions to be found in Ravel’s music,  and it has been an honour to record his complete solo piano works and concertos” he notes. Cho will continue to perform Ravel’s concertos and complete solo piano works during the anniversary year. His Vienna Konzerthaus recital on 25 January is followed by a US tour (February/March), including dates at Carnegie Hall and LA’s Walt Disney Concert Hall. April and May see recital appearances at London’s Barbican Centre and venues throughout Germany, notably Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie and the Berlin Philharmonie, as part of his season as Artist in Residence with the Berliner Philharmoniker, with more dates to follow in Asia and the US through the summer.