“I’ve always been fascinated by the ideas, colours and emotions to be found in Ravel’s music, and it has been an honour to record his complete solo piano works and concertos”
Seong-Jin Cho.

Having loved Ravel since childhood and immersed himself in the composer while studying at the Paris Conservatoire, the Young Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho has chosen to mark the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth in 2025 by recording his complete solo piano music and the two piano concertos, where he collaborates with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons.

Save the date to watch a livestream from Carnegie Hall of Seong-Jin Cho performing the complete solo piano works by Ravel on our streaming service STAGE+ on 5 February at 8PM local time / 6 February at 2AM CET – https://stage.plus/ChoCarnegie

Seong-Jin Cho, a musician whose art marries apparently effortless technical brilliance with sensitivity, imagination and unfailing musicality, presents a highly-anticipated concert streaming live from Carnegie Hall on STAGE+ on February 5th, in which he presents Ravel’s solo piano works complete in one single concert.

Ravel’s piano music represents one of the most important bodies of work composed for the instrument in the first half of the 20th century: a collection of masterpieces that contain the distilled essence of this great composer’s art, running the gamut from touching simplicity to, in the formidable Gaspard de la Nuit, hair-raising virtuosity. 

Seong-Jin Cho has always felt a close connection with the French piano literature, and found himself fully immersed in Ravel while studying at the Paris Conservatoire. Discussing the challenges of the solo works, he points to the composer’s orchestral sound and meticulous attention to detail. “Ravel really knew what he wanted, so I try to follow his specific markings,” he says. “Miroirs, for example, is incredibly technically demanding. It’s so sensitive and dramatic, full of imagination and colour – it’s almost impossible to apply every marking, but I try my best!”

Already available on STAGE+ is a 2024 performance of Cho playing Ravel at Berlin’s Siemens Villa, the Carnegie Hall recital shall also be available on demand following the concert.

Tune in to watch Seong-Jin Cho play Ravel’s Complete Solo Piano from Carnegie Hall here on February 5th.