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SEOUL January 9 (Yonhap) -- World class pianist Maurizio Pollini who canceled all of his schedules in South Korea due to health related issues, will be visiting South Korea in April for his concerts.
Concert planning agency Mast Media which released their upcoming concert dates on Monday, for the year 2023, addressed that pianist Maurizio will be performing twice at the concert hall of Seoul Art Center, on Aprial 18 and 23.
Pianist Maurizio Pollini who was born and raised in Millan of Italy won the Chopin international Piano Competition on 1960 at the age of 18, continued on with his career as successful pianist until now.
When performing the classical pieces are pianist would perform the piece with performance very down to earth very true to true to the instructions provided within the sheet music, and when he performs more contemporary piece he showcases free but very philosophical interpretation of the music. As a result Maurizio Pollini received not only “Ernst Von Siemens Award,” “Praemium Imperiale Award,” “Royal Philharmonic Society Awards” and more.
Number of albums released through Deutsche Grammophon received awards from Grammy Awards, Echo Awards, and more. Moreover, the pianist released the last album which puts the end mark to his grand project of Beethoven’s piano sonatas on March of 2020.
Age of the artist will play a grand role in the success and failure of the first ever recital of Pianist Maurizio Pollini planned out for April of 2023. Pollini has a history of canceling his recitals planned out on May of 2022 in South Korea due to health concerns.
According to the written letter by Pollini on behalf of canceling his shows expected to be held in South Korea he addressed “I was hoping to perform at the Seoul art Center for the first time in my life, however due to my health issues, therefore I am very disappointed,” adding “I truly hope I can visit South Korean fans as soon as possible.”
On top of Maurizio Pollini, various well known world class classical music artist will perform in South Korea.
Based on Mast Media, pianist Daniil Trifonov who is considered to be the greatest pianist to have been lived, will be hosting his recital at the Concert Hall of Seoul Art Center on January 18, and pianist Krystian Zimerman known for his perfectionist trait will host his recital on December.
Moreover, South Korean pianist Paik Hae-sun will host her recital at the Seoul Art Center on April 11, and various starts who have visited South Korea to perform will return and greet their fans.
Also Andris Nelsons and his orchestra Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Orchestra will visit South Korea and perform a collaborative concert with South Korean pianist Cho Seong-jin on November 15 and 16.
There will also be a performance project where a single pianist will perform a full list of concertos by a single composer.
Through the “Concerto Marathon Poject” by Mast Media, pianist Shin Chang-yong will perform composer Sergei Prokofiev’s concert one through three on September, pianist Paik Hae-sun will perform Brahms’s concert one and two, and South Korean pianist Park Jae-hong will perform all five of the concertos by Beethoven.
(This article is translated from Korean to English by Joonha Yoo)
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