Emerald City Music presents New York Classical Players
$55 with open bar, $40 without ($10 student)
- Yekwon Sunwoo, piano
- Kate Arndt, violin
- Samuel DeCaprio, cello
- Dongmin Kim, conductor
Frédéric Chopin — Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Pezzo capriccioso, Op. 62
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
Indulge in the rich musical tapestry of the Romantic-era chamber orchestra with the New York Classical Players alongside 2017 Cliburn Piano Competition gold medalist Yekwon Sunwoo.
In detail: For the first time, Emerald City Music presents a chamber orchestra on our stage! The evening features Tchaikovsky's capricious and whimsical Pezzo Capriccioso; a work written over a single week as the composer was preoccupied with the illness of his close friend. Cliburn gold-medal pianist Yekwon Sunwoo joins the orchestra for Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2. The young 19-year-old Chopin wrote this lyrical work – with its romantic and soaring melodic passages – as an homage to his Warsaw School muse, Polish soprano Konstancja Gładkowska. Closing the evening is the soul-stirring cello melodies in Tchaikovsky's timeless Serenade, a piece the composer wrote "by the impulse of an intimate conviction... a piece that comes from the bottom of my heart."
This program will receive 2 performances: Friday, November 10, 8pm at 415 Westlake in Seattle; and Saturday, November 11, 7:30pm at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts in Olympia.
About New York Classical Players
New York Classical Players (NYCP) is an ensemble dedicated to the highest standards of artistry, collaboration, and virtuosity. Inspired by the belief that access to musical excellence is an essential human right, NYCP presents all concerts free of charge.
https://nycpmusic.org/About Yekwon Sunwoo, piano
Yekwon Sunwoo has been hailed for his "unfailingly consistent excellence" (International Piano) and celebrated as "a pianist who commands a comprehensive technical arsenal that allows him to thunder without breaking a sweat" (Chicago Tribune). A powerful and virtuosic performer, he also, in his own words, "strives to reach for the truth and pure beauty in music."
The first Korean Gold medallist of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Yekwon's recent concert appearances include with the Macao, Armenian, Kalamazoo, and Victoria Symphonies; Slovak Philharmonic and Orchestre de Chambre de Paris; as well as a US tour with the Esme String Quartet.
https://yekwonsunwoo.com/