Programme

Three spellbinding works by Austro-German giants Haydn, Schumann and Schubert illuminate this recital by Korean piano virtuoso Sunwook Kim, prior to his concert with Hong Kong Sinfonietta on 28 Sep. A frequent guest of such prestigious orchestras and venues as the Berlin Philharmonic, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam Concertgebouw and Seoul Arts Centre, Sunwook Kim has established himself as one of the finest pianists in today’s music scene since winning the Leeds International Piano Competition in 2006, as the competition’s youngest ever and first Asian winner. He will open this recital with Haydn’s sparkling Piano Sonata in E-flat, before presenting Schumann’s Davidsbündlertänze – an intimate collection of 18 riveting character pieces juxtaposing voices of impetuousness and poeticism. Schubert’s extraordinary Piano Sonata in B-flat – the last piano work he ever completed – will conclude the evening.

Sunwook Kim (Piano)

“Kim has an unerring sense of underlying harmonic tension and tonal design, plus the skill to apply colour and bend accordingly, which gives his playing both eloquence and architectural solidity.”
Gramophone

“Spellbinding.”
Bachtrack

“A pianist of cogent authority.”
Bournemouth Echo

“Poetic, intelligent and equally adept with the passages of gentle rain as those of rolling thunder.”
The Guardian

• 1^st Prize at the age of 18 and first Asian winner, Leeds International Piano Competition 2006
• Music Director, Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra
• Has given recitals at prestigious venues including Queen Elizabeth Hall and Wigmore Hall in London, Salle Pleyel in Paris, Beethoven-Haus Bonn and appeared at BBC Proms, Beethovenfest Bonn, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, La Roque d’Anthéron, etc
• Has performed with top orchestras such as Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and conductors including Jakub Hrůša, Myung-Whun Chung, Daniel Harding and Paavo Järvi, etc

Featured artists:

Sunwook Kim
(Piano)