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JUNHO CHA

 

Junho Cha has performed in the Kumho Prodigy & Young Artist Concert, The Salle Cortot (Animato), Yamaha Young Rising Concert (Ginza Hall), the Seoul Arts High School Concert & Young Artist Concert, the Little Mozart Solo Recital, a solo recital at Elim Art Center, and the Concert of the Seoul Arts Center Genies Academy. He was awarded Second Prize and a Special Prize at the Maria Canals International Music Competition, an Honorable Mention at the Prague Spring International Music Competition, and an Encouragement Award at the Ettlingen International Competition. He also won 1st Prize in the EumAk Chunchoo and Young Chang Competitions, and received 2nd Prize in both the Joongang, KBS KEPCO and Ewha-Kyungyang Competitions. He graduated from Yewon School, ranked second upon graduating from the Music Department of Seoul Arts High School, and currently, he is 3rd grade at Seoul National University and studying with EunJung Shon.

PROGRAM

 

First round

Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849): Scherzo No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 39

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827): Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57 “Appassionata”

Second round

Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915): Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 19 “Sonata-Fantasy”

Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849): 12 Études, Op. 25

Semifinal

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893): Dumka, Op. 59

Claude Debussy (1862–1918): Images, Book 1

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897): Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24

Final with Orchestra

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943): Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18