About this Artist

With an overwhelming talent and innate musicality, Seong-Jin Cho has made his mark as one of the consummate talents of his generation and most distinctive artists on the current music scene. His thoughtful and poetic, assertive and tender, virtuosic and colorful playing can combine panache with purity and is driven by an impressive natural sense of balance.

Seong-Jin Cho was brought to the world’s attention in 2015 when he won First Prize at the Chopin International Competition in Warsaw. In January 2016, he signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon. The first recording, released in November 2016, featured Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the London Symphony Orchestra and Gianandrea Noseda, coupled with the four Ballades.  A solo Debussy recital was released in November 2017, followed in 2018 by a Mozart album featuring the Sonatas K. 281 and K. 332 and the Piano Concerto No. 20, with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe led by Yannick Nézet-Séguin. All albums won impressive critical acclaim worldwide. Cho’s latest album on the Yellow Label, titled The Wanderer and released in May 2020, featured Schubert’s “Wanderer” Fantasy, Berg’s Piano Sonata Op. 1, and Liszt’s Piano Sonata in B minor.  

Highlights of Cho’s 2021/22 season include performances with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra and Alain Altinoglu, New York Philharmonic and Jaap van Zweden, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel, as well as return invitations to the Philadelphia Orchestra with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Hong Kong Philharmonic with Jaap van Zweden. His 2020/21 season included a return to the Berliner Philharmoniker with Andris Nelsons and debuts with the Münchner Philharmoniker and Valery Gergiev. Recent orchestral highlights include performances with Boston Symphony Orchestra with Hannu Lintu, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra with Manfred Honeck, and Mahler Chamber Orchestra with Jakub Hrůša.