2017-18 Season

Described as “marvellous, intense and boundlessly virtuosic”, Yeol Eum Son has won accolades at the most prestigious international piano competitions and caught the attention of audiences worldwide with her thrilling performances.

Following the success of their acclaimed 2016 collaboration in her native South Korea, this concert offers the chance to see the exciting young pianist join forces with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields for two of Mozart’s most exquisite piano concertos.

The evening – which also features the fifth of Haydn’s ParisSymphonies directed by the Academy’s Leader Tomo Keller – celebrates the launch of Yeol Eum Son’s new CD, which includes recordings with the celebrated orchestra.

Programme:

HAYDN: L’isola disabitata Overture
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467
MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 8 in C major, K. 246
HAYDN: Symphony No. 86 in D major

Yeol Eum Son made her recording debut in 2004 with a complete set of Chopin’s Études, the same year she performed Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the New York Philharmonic and Lorin Maazel during the orchestra’s tour to South Korea. She is a prize-winner at both the Tchaikovsky Piano Competition and the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Among her solo recital repertoire are Mozart’s Fantasia in C minor—one of his most daring and adventurous piano works, late Brahms, one of the earliest pieces in Arvo Pärt’s tintinnabuli style, and the demonic magnificence of Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz No. 1. She will also play one of Ravel’s favorites among his own piano works, Valses nobles et sentimentales.

Programme:

MOZART: Fantasia for Piano in C minor, K. 475
BRAHMS: Klavierstücke for Piano, Op. 118
PÄRT: Variations for the Healing of Arinushka for Piano
RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales
LISZT: Mephisto Waltz No. 1, “Der Tanz in Der Dorfshenke,” S. 514

Winner of Silver Medals at both the Tchaikovsky Competition and the Van Cliburn Competition, Yeol Eum Son’s graceful interpretations, crystalline touch and passionate performances have enthralled audiences worldwide.

Programme:

MOZART Nine Variations in C major
PART Variations for the Healing of Arinushka
RAVEL Valses nobles et sentimentales
SCHUBERT/LISZT Valse-caprice no. 6 from “Soiree de Vienne”
RACHMANINOV Preludes, op. 32 (excerpts)
GULDA Play Piano Play (excerpts)

A leading international artist possessing penetrating interpretative powers, Yeol Eum Son had our patrons standing and cheering when she performed in our 21st season. The highly popular artist was a winner at the XIVth International Tchaikovsky Competition and recipient of the Silver Medal at the 13th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. She performs with notable orchestras worldwide.

New York Concert Review says she posses, “A kind of superhuman eclat that can easily remind you of Hoffmann or Lhevinne in its supremely clear, neat and even brilliance.”

Her discography includes a work released in 2016 with the music of early 20th century composers, Berg, Prokofiev, Stravinsky and Ravel as well as her debut CD of complete Chopin Etudes released in 2004 and Chopin Nocturnes for Piano and Strings  in 2008.

Currently residing in Germany, Yeol Eum Son  studies with Arie Vardi at the Hochschule für Musik Theater und Medien Hannover. She holds a degree from the Korean National University of Arts, under the guidance of Dae Jin Kim. Previously she had studied with Cheng-Zong Yin, one of China’s most prominent pianists. Yeol Eum is an honorary ambassador of the Seoul Arts Center and her home city of Wonju.

Programme:

MOZART: Nine Variations in C major
PART: Variations for the Healing of Arinushka
RAVEL: Valses nobles et sentimentales
SCHUBERT/LISZT: Valse-caprice no. 6 from “Soiree de Vienne”
RACHMANINOFF: Preludes, op. 32
GULDA: Play Piano Play

Yeol Eum Son is a double 2nd Prize winner, at the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in 2011 and at the 13th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2009. Her graceful interpretations and thrilling performances of works ranging from Mozart to Shchedrin have caught the attention of audiences worldwide.

In 2017-18 season and beyond, Son’s orchestral debuts include the CBSO under Wellber, London’s Cadogan Hall with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Grafenegg Festival with The Tonkunstler Orchestra, Budapest Festival Orchestra under Kitajenko, and Orchestre de la Suisse Romande under Dutoit. Recitals include returns to the Helsingborg Piano Festival, Fribourg International Piano Series and debuts in Duisburg, San Francisco Chamber Music Society and The Phillips Collection in Washington DC.

Spring 2018 sees a release of her newest recording (Onyx) of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 21, of which her performance at the 2011 Tchaikovsky Competition has reached over 9 million views on YouTube. The recording features the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and Sir Neville Marriner for whom it was the very last recording.

Son currently studies with Arie Vardi at the Hochschule für Musik Theater und Medien Hannover in Germany. She is an honorary ambassador of the Seoul Arts Center and her home city of Wonju.

Programme:

GERSHWIN: When You Want ‘Em, You Can’t Get ‘Em; Rialto; Swanee
RAVEL: Le tombeau de Couperin
STRAVINSKY: Petrushka

I. Stravinsky              Soldier’s Tale (L’Histoire du soldat) (Trio ver.)

이고르 스트라빈스키      병사의 이야기 (트리오 버전)

– 조인혁 Inn-hyuck Cho, clarinet

– 타츠키 나리타 Tatsuki Narita, violin

– 박종해 Jong Hai Park, piano

C. Debussy            Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor, L.140

클로드 드뷔시          바이올린 소나타 G단조 L.148

– 클라라 주미 강 Clara-Jumi Kang, violin

– 손열음 Yeol Eum Son, piano

B. Bartók               String Quartet no.2 in A minor, Sz 67

벨라 바르톡             현악 4중주 2번 A단조 Sz 67

– 스베틀린 루세브, 타츠키 나리타 Svetlin Roussev, Tatsuki Narita,  violins

– 헝-웨이 황 Hung-Wei Huang, viola

– 고봉인 Bong-Ihn Koh, cello

– Intermission – 

L. Bernstein           Sonata for Clarinet and Piano

레너드 번스타인        클라리넷과 첼로를 위한 소나타

– 조인혁 Inn-hyuck Cho, clarinet

– 박종해 Jong Hai Park, piano

E. Elgar                Piano Quintet in A minor, op.84

에드워드 엘가           피아노 5중주 A단조 op.84

– 스베틀린 루세브, 타츠키 나리타 Svetlin Roussev, Tatsuki Narita,  violins

– 가레스 루브 Gareth Lubbe, viola

– 안드레이 이오니처 Andrei Ioniță, cello

– 이진상 Jinsang Lee, piano

A. Salieri                            Trio for 2 Oboes, bassoon in G major

안토니오 살리에리                  2대의 오보에와 바순을 위한 3중주 G장조

– 함경, 홍기훈 Kyoung Ham, Kihoon Hong, oboes

– 조지명 Ji Myung Cho, bassoon

J. C. Bach                           Flute Quartet in C major, W.B 58 

요한 크리스티안 바흐               플룻 4중주 C장조 W.B 58 

– 조성현 Sunghyun Cho, flute 

– 스베틀린 루세브 Svetlin Roussev, violin 

– 헝-웨이 황 Hung-Wei Huang, viola

– 고봉인 Bong-Ihn Koh, cello

W. A. Mozart                       Violin Sonata No. 26 in B-flat major K.378

볼프강 아마데우스 모차르트       바이올린 소나타 26번 B 플랫 장조 K. 378

– 김남윤 Nam Yun Kim, violin

– 손열음 Yeol Eum Son, piano

– Intermission –

W. A. Mozart                       Serenade in B-flat major, K.361/370a “Gran Partita”

볼프강 아마데우스 모차르트       세레나데 B플랫 장조 K.361/370a “그랑 파르티타”

– 함 경, 홍기훈 Kyeong Ham, Kihoon Hong, oboe

– 조인혁, 이승환 Inn-hyuck Cho, Seung-hwan Lee, clarinet

– 조성호, 김주현 Sungho Cho, Juhyun Kim, basset-horn

– 최영진, 조지명 Young-Jin Choe, JiMyung Cho, bassoon

– 김홍박, 이세르게이, 미샤 에마노브스키, 최 윤

Hongpark Kim, Sergey Lee, Michal Emanovsky, Yoon Choi, horn

– 미치노리 분야 Michinori Bunya, double bass

A. Dvořák             Romance in F minor, Op. 11, B. 39

안토닌 드보르작       로망스 F단조 Op. 11, B. 39

– 알레나 바에바 Alena Baeva, violin

– 김윤지 Yoon-Jee Kim, piano 

M. Ravel                      Piano Trio in A minor 

모리스 라벨                   피아노 트리오 A단조

– 알레나 바에바 Alena Baeva, violin

– 율리안 슈테켈 Julian Steckel, cello

– 손열음 Yeol Eum Son, piano

– Intermission –

J. Klengel                       Suite in D minor for Two Cellos op.22

율리우스 클렝겔                두 대의 첼로를 위한 모음곡 D장조 op.22

– 안드레이 이오니처, 김두민 Andrei Ioniță, Doo-Min Kim, cellos

P. I. Tchaikovsky                String Quartet no.1 in D major, op.11

표트르 일리치 차이콥스키       현악 4중주 1번 D장조 op.11 

– 노부스 콰르텟 Novus String Quartet

J. Haydn                  String Quartet in D major op. 17 no. 6

요제프 하이든             현악사중주 6번 D장조 op.17

– 노부스 콰르텟  Novus String Quartet

B. Martinů                “La revue de cuisine”

보후슬라프 마르티누      “요리책”

– 알레나 바에바 Alena Baeva, violin

– 율리안 슈테켈 Julian Steckel, cello

– 조성호 Sungho Cho, clarinet

– 최영진 Youngjin Choe, bassoon

– 알렉산드르 바티 Alexandre Baty, trumpet

–  유재경 Jackie Jaekyung Yoo, piano

G. Bizet-Bunya             Carmen Suite for 4 Double Basses

조르주 비제-분야           4대의 더블베이스를 위한 카르멘 모음곡

– 미치노리 분야, 이영수, 정두웅, 조은솔

Michinori Bunya, Young Soo Lee, Doo Woong chung, Eunsol Jo, double bass

 – Intermission –

D. Shostakovich             Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor op. 40

드미트리 쇼스타코비치       첼로와 피아노를 위한 소나타 D 단조 op.40

– 안드레이 이오니처 Andrei Ioniță, cello

– 손열음 Yeol Eum Son, piano

F. Mendelssohn             Octet for Strings in E flat major op. 20, 

                                  revised for String Quartet and 1 Piano 4 Hands 

펠릭스 멘델스존               현악 8중주 E플랫 장조 op.20 (현악 4중주와 네 손을 위한 피아노 편곡)

– 알레나 바에바, 타츠키 나리타 Alena Baeva, Tatsuki Narita, violin

– 가레스 루브 Gareth Lubbe, viola

– 율리안 슈테켈 Julian Steckel, cello

– 듀오 유앤킴 Duo Yoo+Kim, pianos 

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