Poet of the Piano
Hong Kong Chamber Music Society
proudly presents
Poet of the Piano
Recital by pianist Chi-Ho Han
Date and time:
Sunday 25 March, 2018
(Concert at 7:15pm / Dinner at 8:30pm)
Location:
Central
Admission:
Concert only: Adult $355; Student $195
Concert and Dinner: Adult $690; Student $530
Programme:
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B flat major, Op. 106
Rachmaninoff: Moments Musicaux Op. 16, No. 1, 2, 4
Stravinsky: Trio Movements de Petrouchka
About the musicians:
Chi-Ho Han (piano)
Korean concert pianist Chi-Ho Han is an artist with an unmistakable personal mark, embracing technical diversity, emotional realness and philosophical depth in all his unique recital programs.
Establishing a firm conviction in German arts at age 20, Han received top prizes at Beethoven Competitions respectively in Vienna and Bonn, and Schubert Competition in Dortmund. Earlier achievements also include 1st prize and Audience Award at International Kissinger KlavierOlympic Competition (Germany, 2013), 1st prize at Seoul International Music Competition (Korea, 2014), top prize at ARD International Music Competition (Germany, 2014) with additional Audience Award and Best Performance on Commissioned Work, Silver Medal at Gina Bachauer International Artists Piano Competition (USA, 2014), and 4th prize at the Queen Elisabeth International Competition (Belgium, 2016).
Han has been Artist-in-Residence of Korean Cultural Centre in Budapest (2022-2023), and performed to critical acclaims at Seoul Arts Center Symphony Festival, Festival Internazionale di Musica da Camera di Cervo, International Klavier-Festival Ruhr, Kissinger Sommer International Music Festival, International Rheingau Music Festival, International Bodensee Music Festival, Lake Como Piano Festival, Musikdorf Ernen and Deer Valley Music Festival.
Solo recitals took him to prestigious halls in such major cities as Berlin, Brussels, Budapest, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Paris, Seoul, Shanghai, St. Petersburg, Taipei and Tokyo. He made orchestral appearances with Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, National Orchestra of Belgium, Lviv National Philharmonic, Munich Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra of Marseille, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra and Utah Symphony Orchestra, on a rich repertory covering complete Beethoven concertos, Romantic and Russian standards to contemporary commissions.
A protégé of pianist-composer György Kurtág, and a former student of Prof. Arnulf von Arnim and Prof. Arie Vardi, Han is currently Associate Professor at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.