Seong-Jin Cho

has established himself worldwide as one of the leading pianists of his generation and most distinctive artists on the current music scene. With an innate musicality and consummate artistry, his thoughtful and poetic, virtuosic, and colourful 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 »International Chopin Piano Competition« in Warsaw, and his career has rapidly ascended since. In early 2016, he signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon, and in 2023, Cho was awarded the prestigious »Samsung Ho-Am Prize in the Arts«. An artist highly in demand, Cho works with the world’s most prestigious orchestras, including the Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, and Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductors he regularly collaborates with include Myung-Whun Chung, Gustavo Dudamel, Andris Nelsons, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Gianandrea Noseda, Sir Antonio Pappano, Sir Simon Rattle, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Lahav Shani.

In the 2024/25 season, Seong-Jin assumes the role of Artist in Residence with the Berliner Philharmoniker, a position which sees Cho work with the orchestra on multiple projects across the season, including concerto performances, chamber music collaborations, a tour to the Osterfestspiele Baden-Baden, and recitals. Elsewhere, he notably returns to London's BBC Proms, to the Philadelphia Orchestra to open their season with Yannick Nézet-Séguin, to New York Philharmonic and Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Santtu-Matias Rouvali, and to The Cleveland Orchestra under Franz Welser-Möst. Cho embarks on several international tours, including his notable return to the Wiener Philharmoniker with Andris Nelsons in Korea and to the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks with Sir Simon Rattle in Korea, Japan, and Taiwan, following a performance of Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2 in Munich.

Highly sought after in recital, Seong-Jin Cho appears in the world’s most prestigious concert halls, including the main stage of the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Musikverein Wien, Alte Oper Frankfurt, KKL Luzern, Sala Santa Cecilia, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Rudolfinum, Suntory Hall Tokyo, Festival International de Piano de la Roque d’Anthéron, and Verbier Festival. During the coming season, he will present the complete solo piano music of Maurice Ravel at venues including the Wiener Konzerthaus, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Barbican Centre London, Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall, Walt Disney Hall Los Angeles, and Carnegie Hall.

Seong-Jin Cho’s latest recording is his solo album entitled »The Handel Project«, released in early 2023. In 2021, he released Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2 and Scherzi with the London Symphony Orchestra and Gianandrea Noseda for Deutsche Grammophon.

Born in 1994 in Seoul, Seong-Jin Cho started learning the piano at the age of six and gave his first public recital at the age of eleven. In 2011, he won Third Prize at the »International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow« at the age of 17. From 2012 to 2015, he studied with Michel Béroff at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris.