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Sung-Soo Cho – Biography Korean pianist Sung-Soo Cho continues
to captivate audiences with profound interpretations of musical
depth. Praised for his technique and command at the piano, his wide
musical perception has drawn critical acclaim. Awarded “Best
American Contemporary Performance” at the Cincinnati World Piano
Competition and “Best Performance of the Commissioned Work” at the
Texas State International Piano Competition, he especially enjoys
broadening his passion for contemporary music. One of his new
projects includes a CD "Minimum | Maximum | Modern Piano Music by
American Composers" which will be released in March 2016 by Albany
Records. Mr. Cho has been a worldwide prizewinner in numerous
competitions including the International Piano Competition "Delia
Steinberg" in Madrid, Spain, the Suri Music Concours, the JoongAng
Music Concours in Korea, the Bradshaw & Buono International
Piano Competition, the 5 Towns Music and Art Foundation Young
Musician Competition in New York, New York International Music
Concours, Glasgow International Competition for Young Pianists, The
United States Virtuoso International Piano Competition, Texas State
International Piano Competition, and the Cincinnati World Piano
Competition. Mr. Cho has appeared as a soloist throughout the
world, including appearances with the Prime Philharmonic of Korea,
the Festival Chamber Orchestra of Lublin Philharmonic, The Ashdod
Symphony Orchestra, and The Round Rock Symphony. His performance
highlights include solo performances in various venues throughout
Korea, the United States and Europe. He has performed at the Weill
Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Yamaha Artist Service Seoul, and the
Kumho Art Hall. He is also a pianist at Lake George Music Festival,
a strong supporter of contemporary classical music. He has
premiered many new works by leading contemporary composers at this
vibrant festival. Mr. Cho started his musical studies at the age of
five in Seoul, South Korea and graduated from Yewon Arts Middle
School, Seoul Arts High School, Seoul National University, and
Manhattan School of Music. His former teachers include Phillip
Kawin and Hyoung-Joon Chang. Currently, he is pursuing a Doctor
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Sung-Soo Cho – Biography of Musical Arts degree at Cleveland
Institute of Music under the tutelage of Antonio Pompa-Baldi. He
serves as an adjunct faculty in piano and a collaborative pianist
in residence at Notre Dame College. He also works as a music
apprentice and performer through Cleveland Institute of Music
Distance Learning Center to reach even further with his
teaching.
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Sung-Soo Cho – Press
Sung-Soo Cho in Review SUNG-SOO CHO, PIANO WEILL RECITAL HALL AT
CARNEGIE HALL, NEW YORK, NY NOVEMBER 27, 2015 If only people
flocked to recitals the way they throng the retail outlets on
“Black Friday,” they would have been treated to an exceptional
young artist of great promise. Sung-Soo Cho looks all of age
twelve, but he is probably double that, considering that he is
pursuing a doctorate and also teaching at the college level. The
entire recital was extremely well-prepared and played, with
abundant mechanical gifts fully displayed in a wide-ranging program
(Haydn to 21st century). But technique wasn’t the whole story: Mr.
Cho manages to phrase very musically, and definitely has an “ear”
for refined piano color and a wide tonal palette. I could only have
wished that some of the program had been a bit less controlled,
that he had conjured up the sense that he was communing with the
instrument and the music more spontaneously—a place he did arrive
by the end of the program. Mr. Cho’s specialty, according to his
bio, is contemporary American piano music. Indeed, the finest
performance of the evening was his mesmerizing rendition of John
Corigliano’s Fantasia on an Ostinato, which refers, through layers
of texture, to the Allegretto movement from Beethoven’s Seventh
Symphony. In this work, which Mr. Cho made sound much better than
it really is, his coloration and sense of organization and drama
were superb. The work is indebted to the “minimalist” movement for
much of its gesture, but it is a language that Corigliano speaks
somewhat “maximally.” Here Mr. Cho was in perfect union with the
composition and the piano. Mr. Cho also brought a beautiful sense
of “space” to the Distance of the Moon (a New York premiere) by
Michael Ippolito (a student of Corigliano). Haydn’s Sonata in B
Minor, Hob. XVI: 32, which began the recital, was played with great
flair and crisp articulation, though in a work so compact I missed
the
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Sung-Soo Cho – Press repetitions of the expositions (and
possibly even the recaps) in the first and third movements. Let us
not treat Haydn as a mere appetizer. Mr. Cho showed a marked
sensitivity to the subtlety of so-called Impressionist French
repertoire, playing three Debussy Préludes from Book II with
perfect sonority. Les fées sont d’exquises danseuses, in
particular, featured “exquisite dancing” of nimble, delicate
fingers over the keys. Before intermission, Mr. Cho barnstormed his
way through Liszt’s concert “paraphrase” of Verdi’s Rigoletto. He
managed its fierce business with great musicality, perhaps the only
thing missing would have been a slightly “grander” air about the
whole—surely that will come as he matures.
The final work on the program was Brahms’ compendium of
pianistic difficulties: the Paganini Variations, Op. 35, played in
its entirety. Here I really felt that Mr. Cho let go and showed us
more of himself. He varied the voicing and color of each repeat
wonderfully, and at the same time managed to make the piece sound
“easy.” All in all, a successful debut. Mr. Cho favored the
audience with a fun encore: A Gliss Is Just a Gliss by David
Rakowski. by Frank Daykin for New York Concert Review; New York, NY
DECEMBER 2, 2015
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Sung-Soo Cho – Repertoire
Solo J.S.Bach The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 – Prelude and
Fugue No.9 in E major, BWV 854 The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2 –
Prelude and Fugue No.16 in G minor, BWV 885 Partita No.1 in B flat
major, BWV 825 Toccata in C minor, BWV 911 Fantasy and Fugue in A
minor, BWV 904 Prelude in B minor (transcription by A.Siloti)
D.Scarlatti Sonata in D major, L.14/K.492 Sonata in E major,
L.23/K.380 F.Haydn Sonata in B minor, Hob.XVI:32 Variations in F
minor, Hob.XVII:6 W.A.Mozart 12 Variations on an Allegretto in B
flat major, K.500 Sonata in F major, K.533 L.v.Beethoven Sonata
No.3 in C major, Op.2-3 Sonata No.18 in E flat major, Op.31-3
Sonata No.22 in F major, Op.54 Sonata No.32 in C minor, Op.111
F.Schubert Sonata in C minor, D.958 F.Mendelssohn Variations
Sérieuses, Op.54 F.Chopin Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op.35
Polonaise in F sharp minor, Op.44 Twelve Etudes, Op.25 Variations
Brillantes in B flat major, Op.12
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Sung-Soo Cho – Repertoire Nocturne Op.27 No.1 Berceuse, Op.57
R.Schumann Carnaval, Op.9 F.Liszt Etude d'execution transcendante
No.4 Mazeppa Concert Paraphrase of Rigoletto Concert Paraphrase of
Ernani Reminiscences de Don Juan Annees de Pelerinage(2e
Annee)-Apres une lecture du Dante Spanish Rhapsody J.Brahms
Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op.35 (Books 1 and 2) Drei
Intermezzi, Op.117 M.Mussorgsky Pictures at the Exhibition
C.Debussy Etude No.6 Pour les huit doigts Prelude Book I - No.5 Les
Collines d'Anacapri, No.7 Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest Preludes Book
II – No.3 La puerta del Vino, No.4 ≪Les fées sont d'exquises
danseuses≫, No.8 Ondine E.Granados Los Requiebros from Goyescas,
Op.11 L.Godowsky Studies on Chopin's Etudes Nos.22 and 47
A.Scriabin Etude Op.8 No.2 S.Rachmaninoff Etude-tableau Op.39 No.3
M.Ravel Toccata from La tombeau de Couperin I.Stravinsky The
Firebird (transcription by G.Agosti) F.Martin Preludes Nos. 3, 4,
8
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Sung-Soo Cho – Repertoire S.Prokofiev Sonata No.7 in B flat
major, Op.83 E.Carter Caténaires (2006) I.Yun Fünf Stücke (1958)
G.Ligeti Etudes No.5 Arc-en-ciel (1985), No.6 Automne à Varsovie
(1985), No.10 Der Zauberlehrling (1994) N.Gabunia Improvisation and
Toccata (1962) J.Corigliano Fantasia on an Ostinato (1985) J.Adams
China Gates (1977) A.Nishimura Daydream (2009) W.Blank Lightnings
(2014) D.Rakowski Etudes No.21 Twelve-Step Program (1999), No. 30 A
Gliss is Just a Gliss (2000) L.Liebermann Nocturne No.7 (1999)
M.Ippolito The Distance of the Moon (2015) Concerto W.A.Mozart
Concerto No.9 in E flat major, K.271 Concerto No.12 in A major,
K.414 Concerto No.20 in D minor, K.466
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Sung-Soo Cho – Repertoire
L.v.Beethoven Concerto No.1 in C major, Op.15 Concerto No.3 in C
minor, Op. 37 Concerto No.5 in E flat major, Op.73 R.Schumann
Concerto in A minor, Op.54 S.Rachmaninoff Concerto No.3 in D minor,
Op.30 M.Ravel Concerto for the Left Hand in D major S.Prokofiev
Concerto No.3 in C major, Op.26 Chamber W.A.Mozart Sonata for Two
Pianos in D major, K.448 L.v.Beethoven Sonata for Violin and Piano
No.5 in F major, Op.24 Sonata for Cello and Piano No.2 in G minor,
Op.5 No.2 Piano Trio in E flat major, Op.70 No.2 F.Schubert Auf dem
Strom for Voice, Piano, and Horn, Op.119, D.943 F.Chopin Sonata for
Cello and Piano in G minor, Op. 65 C.Frank Sonata for Violin and
Piano in A major A.Dvořák Piano Trio “Dumky”, Op.90 Piano Quintet
in A major, Op. 81 A.Arensky Piano Trio in D minor, Op.32
S.Rachmaninoff Suite for Two Pianos No.2, Op.17
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Sung-Soo Cho – Repertoire R.Glière Pieces, Op.35: No.6 Romance,
No.10 Nocturne, and No.11 Intermezzo (for Horn and Piano)
J.Françaix Divertimento for Horn and Piano W.Lutoslawki Variations
on a Theme by Paganini for Two Pianos A.Piazzolla Four Seasons
(arrangement for piano trio) S.Reich Piano Phase (1977)
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Sung-Soo Cho – YouTube Links
S. Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 1st movement
https://youtu.be/RLB_550vERU J.S. Bach Toccata in C minor, BWV 911
https://youtu.be/LAEwiPoDycM L.v. Beethoven Sonata in F major, Op.
54 https://youtu.be/-7vJAXofUXY F. Liszt Spanish Rhapsody
https://youtu.be/dbtqurDF-MQ E. Granados Los Requiebros from
Goyescas, Op. 11 https://youtu.be/s4aheG73Eek G. Ligeti Étude No. 6
Automne à Varsovie https://youtu.be/K9wPzaoZJE4 C. Debussy Preludes
Book 2: Nos. 3, 4, and 8, Book 1: Nos. 7 and 5
https://youtu.be/6avStYALYgU I. Stravinsky-G. Agosti The Firebird
https://youtu.be/fPW9_qF3KZM J. Brahms Variations on a theme by
Paganini, Op. 35 https://youtu.be/PEwGhZOrYAo
2014 Cincinnati World Piano Competition Semifinals
https://youtu.be/F3_YvjE2QUs J. Haydn Sonata in B minor, Hob.XVI:32
https://youtu.be/Vu0sQleZKpc
https://youtu.be/RLB_550vERUhttps://youtu.be/LAEwiPoDycMhttps://youtu.be/-7vJAXofUXYhttps://youtu.be/dbtqurDF-MQhttps://youtu.be/s4aheG73Eekhttps://youtu.be/K9wPzaoZJE4https://youtu.be/6avStYALYgUhttps://youtu.be/fPW9_qF3KZMhttps://youtu.be/PEwGhZOrYAohttps://youtu.be/F3_YvjE2QUshttps://youtu.be/Vu0sQleZKpc
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Sung-Soo Cho – YouTube Links
F. Liszt Concert Paraphrase on Rigoletto
https://youtu.be/0RAOzzWXwUE
S. Prokofiev Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26 3rd movement
https://youtu.be/Esqhze0jkYY Richard Goode Master Class: Debussy
“Les collines d’Anacapri” from Préludes, Book I
https://youtu.be/OXBGJ_ErhGI Artist Website: http://
www.sungsoocho.com
Sung-Soo Cho – Photo Gallery
https://youtu.be/0RAOzzWXwUEhttps://youtu.be/Esqhze0jkYYhttps://youtu.be/OXBGJ_ErhGI