Great Piano Concertos: Sunwook Kim Plays Brahms

EVENT DESCRIPTION

Since becoming the youngest ever and first Asian winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition in its 40 years of history in 2006 at the age of 18, Korean pianist Sunwook Kim has established a stellar international career marked by his perceptive interpretations and impeccable technique.

He returns to Hong Kong to perform Brahms’ exquisite Piano Concerto No 2 with Hong Kong Sinfonietta and Music Director Christoph Poppen, concluding a concert where Maestro Poppen will first present the Hong Kong première of Luigi Dallapiccola’s atmospheric Piccola Musica Notturna, and bring to the audience an authoritative interpretation of Schumann’s Symphony No 1, “Spring”, depicting the awakening of life and jovial merriment of springtime.

Programme

Luigi Dallapiccola
Piccola Musica Notturna for Orchestra (Asian première) *
* Replacing Stockhausen’s Fünf Sternzeichen

Schumann
Symphony No 1 in B-flat, Op 38, “Spring”

Brahms
Piano Concerto No 2 in B-flat, Op 83

Music Director/Conductor: Christoph Poppen
Piano: Sunwook Kim

ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER

One of Hong Kong’s flagship orchestras, Hong Kong Sinfonietta has brought music closer to the community, and achieved significant local and international recognition for its passionate performances and innovative programming. The orchestra has collaborated with an illustrious array of international musicians and groups, including in recent years Ilya Gringolts, Martin Helmchen, Sergei Nakariakov, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Krzysztof Penderecki, The Royal Ballet, English National Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet and Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch.

Hong Kong Sinfonietta is a regular guest at international arts festivals and has toured 46 cities around the world. As an avid believer of keeping music alive and contemporary, the orchestra commissions and performs new works every year and ventures into new initiatives, recently receiving wide acclaim for its Back On Stage concert film series and becoming the first local orchestra to appear in cinemas. Following the success of the first edition in 2018, the orchestra organised the 2nd Hong Kong International Conducting Competition in 2023, attracting applications from 45 countries/regions around the world and providing an invaluable platform for young conductors to establish their careers.