Overview

Janáček: Piano Sonata “1.X.1905”
Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit

Intermission

Chopin: Scherzo No. 1, Op. 20
Chopin: Scherzo No. 2, Op. 31
Chopin: Scherzo No. 3, Op. 39
Chopin: Scherzo No. 4, Op. 54

Seong-Jin Cho captured First Prize in the 2015 International Chopin Competition. Since then, he has stunned audiences around the globe. “Unequivocally brilliant,” says The Telegraph. In recital, Seong-Jin Cho plays Liszt’s blistering Piano Sonata, lyrical works of Brahms and Schumann, and Berg’s brilliant First Piano Sonata. He “breathes tenderness and freedom into music,” declares the San Francisco Chronicle.

Pianos by Steinway & Sons – the Artistic Choice of NJPAC.

Join us for the Classical Overtures, held at 2pm in the Chase Room. These interactive presentations are hosted by Maestro George Marriner Maull of New Jersey’s Discovery Orchestra and are free to ticket holders.
Generous support for Classical performances provided by the Smart Family Foundation/David S. Stone, Esq., Stone & Magnanini