Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Artists
Vivien Walser – Piano
Korean Chamber Orchestra
Han-gyeol Jeong – Guest Conductor
The Lotte Concert Hall, which opened in 2016 in the Lotte World Tower, is one of South Korea’s most modern concert halls, with approximately 2,000 seats. Vivien Walser will perform Felix Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor as soloist—a youthful, virtuosic work, composed in one continuous movement, brimming with tempestuous energy and lyrical depth.
Founded in 1965, the Korean Chamber Orchestra (KCO) is one of Korea’s leading private, nonprofit ensembles and is equally dedicated to performing chamber music at the highest level and to fostering exceptionally talented young musicians. Over more than six decades, the orchestra, under the leadership of its music director Min Kim, has built an outstanding international reputation, having been honored as a UN Peace Orchestra.
Guest conductor Han-gyeol Jeong, one of the most distinguished conductors of his generation in Korea, will lead the evening’s musical Conductor . After studying in Seoul and at the Mannheim University of Music, he was a finalist in the 2021 German Conducting Competition and was accepted into the German Music Council’s Conductors’ Forum. He has conducted orchestras such as the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne, the German Radio Philharmonic, the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne, and the Stuttgart Philharmonic, as well as the Seoul Philharmonic, the KBS Symphony Orchestra, and the Korean Chamber Orchestra.
Program
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Piano Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25