Yeol Eum Son will make three recital debuts in Belgrade, Tallinn and Vilnius from 17 – 21 October. The pianist is a “brilliant virtuoso, whose playing has a rare balance between enormous kinetic energy and substantial gravity” (Eesti Kontsert). On 17 October, at Belgrade’s Kolarac Concert Hall, she will perform selections from Haydn, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Alkan and Kapustin. In Tallinn’s Eesti Kontsert (20 October) and Vilnius’ Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall (21 October), she will give all-Beethoven concerts, performing Sonatas nos. 27, 30 and 29 (“Hammerklavier”).
Yeol Eum Son’s graceful and timeless interpretations, crystalline touch and versatile, thrilling performances have caught the attention of audiences worldwide. She is highly regarded as a brilliant virtuoso whose playing has a rare balance between enormous kinetic energy and substantial gravity. Praised for her widely eclectic concerti repertoire, ranging from Bach, all-Mozart, early German and Russian Romantic to Gershwin and Ligeti, Yeol Eum has collaborated with major ensembles worldwide such as Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Dresdner Philharmoniker, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken, Tonkunstler Orchestra at the Grafenegg Festival, Bergen Philharmonic, Gävle Symphony Orchestra, CBSO, Aurora Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Seoul Philharmonic, KBS Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Virtuosi, St. Petersburg, Belgrade, Zagreb, Sofia Philharmonic and RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra among many others.
Across the 20/21 season Yeol Eum is a frequent collaborator of the Hague Philharmonic Orchestra. In front of the Dutch audience and under the baton of conductors Nick Collon, Pablo González and Joshua Weilerstein, Yeol Eum presents a selection of some of the finest concerti of the piano repertoire. Beyond Zuiderstrandtheater in the Hague, her collaborations with the Hague Philharmonic will take her to Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw and Utrecht’s TivoliVredenburg,
Yeol Eum is Honorary Ambassador of the Seoul Arts Center and her home city of Wonju. A double Second Prize winner at the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in 2011 and at the 13th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2009, Yeol Eum Son was a student of Arie Vardi at the Hochschule für Musik Theater und Medien Hannover in Germany, where she now lives. She holds a degree from the Korean National University of Arts.
For more information, and to purchase tickets, please see the links and information below.
17 October, Belgrade, Serbia – Kolarac Concert Hall
HAYDN: Andante and Variations in F minor (13’)
P.I. TCHAIKOVSKY: Theme and Variations in F Major – Op. 19 No. 6
RACHMANINOV: Variations on a theme by Corelli op. 42 (15’)
V. ALKAN: Etude in a Minor Key op. 39 no. 12 “Le festin d’Esope”, a Theme and 25 variations (11’)
KAPUSTIN: Variations op. 41 (8’)
20 October, Tallinn, Estonia – Eeti Kontsert
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata no. 27 in E-Minor, op. 90
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata no. 30 in E-Major, op.109
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata no. 29, op. 106 (“Hammerklavier”)
21 October, Vilnius, Lithuania – Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata no. 27 in E-Minor, op. 90
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata no. 30 in E-Major, op.109
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata no. 29, op. 106 (“Hammerklavier”)
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