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36-669: The Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition came into being in 1973, at the initiative of Jan Jacob Bistritzky, a close friend of Arthur Rubinstein, who was honored to give his name to the Competition. Conceived in the spirit of this legendary pianist, the Competition is committed to attaining standards of the highest order and is a valid international forum for presenting talented, aspiring young pianists and fostering their artistic careers. The Competition first took place in 1974 and

72-671: A "poet on the keyboard" by Sir Simon Rattle . After the Chopin Competition, he met Krystian Zimerman in Tokyo who toured him around the city. Zimerman has provided career advice to Cho since then. Cho's first classical album that he purchased as a child was Zimerman's Chopin Four Ballades. Cho idolised Radu Lupu , as he revealed in the interview, and when they met in Paris during a dinner party, they became close and Cho

108-874: A musical prodigy development program at the Seoul Arts Center , he began studying under Sook-Ryeon Park at Sunchon National University and Soo-Jung Shin at Seoul National University . He attended the Yewon School , a private middle school for art education, during which he won First Prize at both the Moscow International Fryderyk Chopin Competition for Young Pianists (2008) and the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition (2009). Cho then attended Seoul Arts High School for two years, during which he placed third at

144-816: A newly found Mozart work. In 2022, Cho debuted with the Vienna Philharmonic as a replacement to Denis Matsuev who would perform with Valery Gergiev at Carnegie Hall but was replaced with Yannick Neget-Seguin . Cho performed Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 successfully and has been re-invited to perform with the orchestra on Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 in Oct 2024. Cho is 2024–25 Artist in Residence of Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra performing Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 1, Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 and some chamber music with members of

180-612: A one-year recital program worth of solo piano pieces each year. He has been a big fan of Mahler Symphonies since he was in the 7th grade. Berliner Philharmoniker The Berlin Philharmonic (German: Berliner Philharmoniker ) is a German orchestra based in Berlin . It is one of the most popular, acclaimed and well-respected orchestras in the world. The Berlin Philharmonic was founded in Berlin in 1882 by 54 musicians under

216-709: A performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Berlin Philharmonic for Hitler's birthday. Following the end of the performance, Joseph Goebbels approached the podium to shake Furtwängler's hand. This concert led to intense criticism of Furtwängler after the war. After Furtwängler (who was personally opposed to the Nazi regime ) fled to Switzerland to escape arrest by the Gestapo in January 1945, Leo Borchard became chief conductor. The final wartime concert

252-557: A skating rink and converted by the architect Franz Schwechten . In 1899, a smaller concert hall, the Beethovensaal on Köthener Straße, was also inaugurated for chamber music and chamber ensembles. The first Philharmonie was used until British bombers destroyed it on 30 January 1944, the anniversary of Hitler becoming chancellor. The orchestra played until the end of the war in the Staatsoper , Unter den Linden . The Staatsoper

288-593: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Seong-Jin Cho Seong-Jin Cho ( Korean : 조성진 ; born May 28, 1994) is a South Korean pianist . He was the winner of the 2015 International Chopin Piano Competition , the first from his country. 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 six studio albums. He

324-534: Is an active recitalist and frequently achieves a sold-out concert in the world's most prestigious concert halls, including the Stern Auditorium of Carnegie Hall , Berliner Philharmonie , Musikverein, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Prinzregententheater München, Wiener Konzerthaus , Wigmore Hall in London and Suntory Hall Tokyo just to name a few. He has also been invited to numerous music festivals such as

360-829: Is held every three years. Rubinstein himself attended the first two competitions, when the winners were Emanuel Ax and Gerhard Oppitz, renowned pianists today. In 2003 pianist Idith Zvi succeeded Mr. Bistritzky as artistic director, a role she held until her retirement in 2020. Since July 2020, the artistic director of the Competition is pianist Ariel Cohen. The past 40+ years of its history have continuously produced pianists who went on to international acclaim: Seong-Jin Cho Gerhard Oppitz, Angela Cheng , Alexander Korsantia , Kirill Gerstein, Alexander Gavrylyuk; Igor Levit, Khatia Buniatishvili , Boris Giltburg, David Fung , Daniil Trifonov , Alberto Ferro and others. Music of Israel This music event–related article

396-632: Is the Artist in Residence of the Berlin Philharmonic for the 2024–25 season. Cho was born in Seoul , South Korea, as an only child of non-musical parents; his father was an engineer. 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

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432-619: The Verbier Festival , Menuhin Festival Gstaad , the Rheingau Musik Festival , BBC Proms , Tanglewood Festival , Salzburg Festival , Edinburg Festival and Lucerne Festival . In 2017, Cho gave his debut with the Berlin Philharmonic under Sir Simon Rattle to perform Ravel Piano Concerto in G. He has been re-invited two other times since then. In 2021, Cho gave the world premier of Allegro in D,

468-639: The 2011 International Tchaikovsky Competition and began performing regularly with Myung-whun Chung and the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra . Cho moved to Paris in 2012 to study at the Conservatoire de Paris with Michel Béroff . While there, Cho won third at the 2014 Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition and first prize at the 2015 International Chopin Piano Competition. Seong-Jin Cho constantly tours around

504-561: The Berlin Philharmonic established the Claudio Abbado Composition Prize in Abbado's honour. In June 1999, the musicians elected Sir Simon Rattle as their next chief conductor. Rattle made it a condition of his signing with the Berlin Philharmonic that it be turned into a self-governing public foundation, with the power to make its own artistic and financial decisions. This required a change to state law, which

540-528: The Berlin Wall in 1989. Abbado expanded the orchestra's repertoire beyond the core classical and romantic works into more modern 20th-century works . Abbado stepped down from the chief conductorship of the orchestra in 2002. During the post-unification period, the orchestra encountered financial problems resulting from budgetary stress in the city of Berlin. In 2006, the Orchestra Academy of

576-496: The conductor of the Meiningen Court Orchestra and one of the most famous piano virtuosos of the time, took over the post. This helped to establish the orchestra's international reputation, and guests Hans Richter , Felix von Weingartner , Richard Strauss , Gustav Mahler , Johannes Brahms and Edvard Grieg conducted the orchestra over the next few years. In 1887, the pianist and composer Mary Wurm became

612-464: The first woman to conduct the orchestra. Programmes of this period show that the orchestra possessed only 46 strings, much less than the Wagnerian ideal of 64. In 1895, Arthur Nikisch became chief conductor, and was succeeded in 1923 by Wilhelm Furtwängler . Despite several changes in leadership, the orchestra continued to perform throughout World War II . On 20 April 1942, Furtwängler conducted

648-502: The general manager of the orchestra was Pamela Rosenberg. In September 2010, Martin Hoffmann became the orchestra's new Intendant . Hoffmann stood down as its Intendant after the close of the 2016/2017 season. Andrea Zietzschmann became Intendantin of the orchestra as of the 2017–2018 season. In December 2020, the orchestra announced the extension of Zietzschmann's contract as Intendantin until 31 August 2025. In February 2024,

684-487: The home of the Berlin Philharmonic, and its symbol. The orchestra's logo is based on the pentagon-shape of the concert hall. On 20 May 2008, a fire broke out at the Philharmonie. One-quarter of the roof underwent considerable damage as firefighters cut openings to reach the flames beneath the roof. The hall interior also sustained water damage, but was otherwise "generally unharmed". The firefighters limited damage by

720-464: The name Frühere Bilsesche Kapelle (literally, "Former Bilse's Band"); the group broke away from their previous conductor Benjamin Bilse after he announced his intention of taking the band on a fourth-class train to Warsaw for a concert. The orchestra was renamed and reorganized under the financial management of Hermann Wolff in 1882. Their new conductor was Ludwig von Brenner ; in 1887 Hans von Bülow ,

756-552: The orchestra announced a further extension of Zietzschmann's contract as Intendantin through the summer of 2028. In 2006, the orchestra announced it would investigate its role during the Nazi regime . In 2007, Misha Aster published The Reich's Orchestra , his study of the relationship of the Berlin Philharmonic to the rulers of the Third Reich. Also in 2007, the documentary film The Reichsorchester by Enrique Sánchez Lansch

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792-613: The orchestra announced that Petrenko was to formally commence his contract as chief conductor with the 2019/20 season. A year after this news, in October 2016, the orchestra specified more precisely the start of Petrenko's tenure as 19 August 2019. The orchestra's first concert hall , the Philharmonie situated on the Bernburger Straße in Berlin Kreuzberg , was inaugurated in 1882 in a building previously used as

828-406: The orchestra voted 73 to 4 not to admit her to the orchestra. Meyer subsequently left the orchestra. After Karajan stood down from the orchestra in 1989, the orchestra offered the chief conductorship to Carlos Kleiber , who declined. In 1989, the orchestra elected Claudio Abbado as its next principal conductor. It was the first time the Philharmonic resorted to democratic voting after the fall of

864-538: The orchestra. Seong-Jin Cho's first album was Chopin Piano Competition performance released as a live recording immediately after the conclusion of the competition: In 2016, Cho signed a recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon and has released six studio albums. In addition, Cho recorded Mozart's newly found work, collaborated with Matthias Goerne for a song album and has released four digital singles: On his BBC Proms performance of Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4, The Guardian reviewed: "Cho's acclaimed virtuosity

900-521: The post from 1955 until his resignation in April 1989, only months before his death. Under him, the orchestra made a vast number of recordings and toured widely, growing and gaining fame. The orchestra hired its first female musician, violinist Madeleine Carruzzo , in 1982. However, Karajan's hiring in September 1982 of Sabine Meyer , the first female wind player to the orchestra, led to controversy when

936-698: The recordings were done at the Jesus-Christus-Kirche in Berlin Dahlem , celebrated for its acoustics. The need for a new Philharmonie was expressed since 1949, when the Gesellschaft der Freunde der Berliner Philharmonie e.V. (Friends of the Berliner Philharmonie Society) was created to gather funds. The building of the new Philharmonie started in 1961, following the design of architect Hans Scharoun , and it

972-531: The use of foam. The orchestra was restricted from use of the hall for concerts until June 2008. On 18 December 2008, the orchestra announced the official creation of a Digital Concert Hall . This hitherto unique internet platform of the BPO enables persons with computer access all over the world to see and hear the Philharmonic's concerts, live or on demand, not only under recent conductors, but even previous concerts conducted, e.g., by Claudio Abbado . Since July 2014,

1008-1183: The world to work with orchestras and to perform his piano recital in Europe, North America and Asia. He performs more than 100 times a year and has a busy schedule pre-booked at least three years ahead. As a soloist, Cho frequently works with prestigious European orchestras, including the Berliner Philharmoniker , Wiener Philharmoniker , Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra , Orchestre de Paris , Philharmonia Orchestra , London Symphony Orchestra and London Philharmonic Orchestra . He also performs regularly with prestigious North American orchestras such as New York Philharmonic , Boston Symphony , Chicago Symphony , Philadelphia , and Cleveland , He has collaborated with eminent conductors such as Lorin Maazel , Sir Simon Rattle , Kirill Petrenko , Vladimir Ashkenazy , Myung-Whun Chung , Gustavo Dudamel , Valery Gergiev , Vasily Petrenko , Mikhail Pletnev , Esa-Pekka Salonen , Yuri Temirkanov , Gianandrea Noseda , Yannick Neget-Seguin and Andris Nelsons . Cho

1044-758: Was also destroyed on 3 February 1945. In need of a venue, the Berlin Philharmonic played during the years following the war in the Titania-Palast , an old movie theater converted in a concert hall, and still used the Beethovensaal for smaller concerts. During the 1950s the orchestra moved its concerts at the Musikhochschule (today part of the Berlin University of the Arts ), in the Joseph-Joachim-Konzertsaal. However, most of

1080-505: Was approved in 2001, allowing him to join the organization in 2002. In his first season, he initiated community projects, such as a performance of Stravinsky's Le Sacre du printemps danced by 250 public school children, documented in Rhythm Is It! . Rattle's contract with the orchestra was initially until 2012. In April 2008, the BPO musicians voted in favour of retaining Rattle as their chief conductor until 2018. From 2006 to 2010,

1116-412: Was clear, his passagework gleamingly precise, his sound ranging from staggering softness to luminous Steinway shine." Bachtrack reviewer Chris Garlick commented on Cho's Schumann Symphonic Etudes: "Cho revelled in the charm and endless variety of textures and dancelike rhythms, rising to the occasion at every turn, an inspired performance of a work that demands nothing less." Cho has been described as

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1152-560: Was inaugurated on 15 October 1963, with a performance of Beethoven 's Ninth Symphony , conducted by Herbert von Karajan . Its location made it part of the Kulturforum , and the great hall (2,440 seats) was then complemented by a chamber-music hall, the Kammermusiksaal (1,180 seats), built in 1987, following the design of architect Edgar Wisniewski , after a project by Hans Scharoun. The Berliner Philharmonie has since been

1188-461: Was invited to Lupu's house in Lausanne several times. Cho moved to Berlin in 2018 after briefly visiting the city for business occasion. He was attracted by the city's cosmopolitan culture and many beautiful parks in the city. Cho considers music not as a job but what he likes, and enjoys performing constantly while he tries to expand his repertoire by adding at least two new piano concertos and

1224-594: Was on 12 April 1945, just before the commencement of the Battle of Berlin . The program included Brünnhilde's Immolation Scene, the finale from Wagner's Götterdämmerung ( Twilight of the Gods ). Hitler Youth members are reported to have distributed cyanide pills to the audience for those who wished, by death, to escape the imminent arrival of the Red Army . The battle forced the orchestra to close for two months, but it

1260-634: Was quickly reopened by the Soviet occupation authorities under the East Berlin commandant General Nikolai Berzarin on 26 May 1945. Borchard was accidentally shot and killed later in 1945 by the U.S. Army forces occupying West Berlin . Sergiu Celibidache then took over as chief conductor for seven years, from 1945 to 1952. Furtwängler returned as chief conductor in 1952 and held the post until his death in 1954. The orchestra elected Herbert von Karajan as its next chief conductor. Karajan served in

1296-656: Was released. UNICEF appointed the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and Rattle as Goodwill Ambassadors in November 2007. On 10 January 2013, the orchestra announced the scheduled end of Rattle's tenure as artistic director and chief conductor in 2018. In 2014, the orchestra founded its own label, Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings. After an abortive first attempt on 11 May 2015, the orchestra on 21 June 2015 elected Kirill Petrenko as its next artistic director and chief conductor. In October 2015,

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