Seong-Jin Cho has established himself as one of the most brilliant pianists of his generation and among the most important artists on the current musical scene. His interpretations, reflective and poetic, yet virtuosic and colorful, know how to combine brio and purity and are guided by a natural and incredible sense of harmony.

Seong-Jin Cho made his mark on the international music scene in 2015, when he won First Prize at the Warsaw International Chopin Competition. In January 2016, he signed an exclusive contract with the Deutsche Grammophon record label.

A highly sought-after artist, Seong-Jin Cho collaborates with the world's most prestigious orchestras, including the Berliner Philharmoniker, the Vienna Philharmonic, the London Symphony Orchestra, theOrchestre de Paris, the New York Philharmonic, and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductors with whom he regularly collaborates include Myung-Whun Chung, Gustavo Dudamel, Andris Nelsons, Yannick Nézet- Séguin, Gianandrea Noseda, Sir Simon Rattle, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Lahav Shani.

Highlights of the 2023/24 season for Seong-Jin Cho include his long-awaited Salzburg Festival debut with the Mozarteumorchester and Ivor Bolton, as well as his return to the BBC Proms in London with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Santtu-Matias Rouvali. He will also return to the Concertgebouworkest, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, for performances in Boston and Carnegie Hall; debuts with the Cleveland Orchestra, the San Francisco and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra are also planned. Much in demand as a soloist, Seong-Jin Cho has several international tours planned, for example, to Korea with the Berliner Philharmoniker and Kirill Petrenko; back to Korea and Japan with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and Andris Nelsons. In spring 2024 he will also perform in Europe with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington and Gianandrea Noseda.

Very active in the field of recitals, Seong-Jin Cho regularly performs in prestigious halls such as Carnegie Hall , the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Berlin Philharmonie , the Musikverein and the Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Prinzregententheater in Munich, the Barbican Hall in London, the Suntory Hall in Tokyo, the Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles, or at festivals such as the Festival International de piano de la Roque d'Anthéron and the Verbier Festival. Recitals are planned for the new season for piano only in venues such as the Alte Oper in Frankfurt, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées , the KKL Luzern , the Sala Santa Cecilia in Rome, the Megaron in Athens and Carnegie Hall .

Seong-Jin Cho's most recent recording is his solo album entitled “The Handel Project”, released in February 2023; in August 2021 he released the 'Concerto per piano n. 2' and Chopin's 'Scherzi' with the London Symphony Orchestra and Gianandrea Noseda, for the Deutsche Grammophon label. Previously, he recorded, again with the London orchestra and with the same Conductor , his first CD with the 'Concerto per piano n. 1' and Chopin's four 'Ballades'. In May 2020, his solo album entitled “The Wanderer” was released, which contains Schubert's Wanderer Fantasie , the 'Sonata for piano op. 1' by Berg and the 'Sonata in B minor' for piano by Liszt. A solo recital dedicated to Debussy was released in November 2017, followed in 2018 by an album focused on Mozart, recorded together with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Yannick Nézet-Séguin. All recordings have been released on Deutsche Grammophon ’s Yellow Label and have received rave reviews worldwide.

Born in Seoul in 1994, Seong-Jin Cho began studying piano at the age of six, giving his first recital at eleven. In 2009, he became the youngest winner of the Hammatsu International Piano Competition in Japan; in 2011, at the age of seventeen, he won Third Prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. From 2012 to 2015, he studied with Michel Béroff at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris. He currently resides in Berlin.

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