Anna Jiwon Park has been covering the politics at The Korea Times since the summer of 2024, when she joined the press pool for the Office of the President in Korea. Prior to that, she spent about five years reporting extensively on financial markets, regulatory authorities and the financial industry. She joined The Korea Times in 2019 after spending eight years as a broadcast journalist at Arirang TV, Korea’s leading global broadcaster, covering politics, defense and culture.
Cho Seong-jin to perform at HK Phil's new season opening concert this week
Cho Seong-jin will perform Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra during its new season opening concert at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall on Sept. 6 and 7. Courtesy of Harald Hoffmann
By Anna J. Park
By Anna J. Park
Korea's star pianist Cho Seong-jin, first prize winner of the 2015 Chopin International Competition, will present Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra during the orchestra's new 2019/2020 season opening concerts, Friday and Saturday, at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall.
Under the baton of the orchestra's music director maestro Jaap van Zweden, the Hong Kong Philharmonic's season-opening concert will also feature Wagner's “Prelude to Act 1 of Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg” as well as some selections from Prokofiev's ballet score “Romeo and Juliet.”
The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra will open its 2019/2020 season with concerts Sept. 6 and 7, featuring Korean pianist Cho Seong-jin. Courtesy of Eric Hong
The HK Philharmonic's new season will focus on romantic works of the 19th to early 20th century, including pieces by Rachmaninov, Mahler, Brahms and Berlioz. Renowned German baritone Stephen Genz, award winner of the Gramophone Classical Music Award's Solo Vocal, will also perform Mahler's song cycle Sept. 13 and 14.
During this 44-week season, over 100 concerts will be presented; the HK Phil attracts an audience of more than 200,000 annually. The orchestra has also recently been nominated for the prestigious U.K. classical music magazine Gramophone's “2019 Orchestra of the Year Award” ― the first orchestra in Asia to ever receive the nomination.
The Hong Kong Philharmonic and van Zweden will tour Korea in March 2020.
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and its music director Jaap van Zweden will come to Seoul in March 2020. Courtesy of Eric Hong