Seong jin cho tchaikovsky biography

South Korean pianist (born 1994)

Musical artist

Seong-Jin Cho (Korean: 조성진; born May 28, 1994)^[1] is a concert pianist.

He was the winner of the 2015 International Chopin Piano Competition, the first from South Korea.^[2] Since then, he has regularly performed as a soloist with the world's foremost orchestras.

Cho signed with Deutsche Grammophon in 2016, under which he has released seven studio albums.

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He is the Artist in Residence of the Berlin Philharmonic for the 2024–25 season.^[3]

Early life and education

Cho was born in Seoul, South Korea, the only child of non-musical parents; his father was an engineer.^[4] At six years old, he began studying both the piano and the violin.

Though he appeared to have more natural facility on the latter, he developed a stronger liking for the piano, and gave his first public piano recital at age eleven. After being identified through a musical prodigy development program at the Se