August 6, 2004
Friday, 8 PM
Recital
Minsoo Sohn, piano
Program:
J.S.Bach Goldberg Variations BWV988
intermission
Stravinsky Three Movements from "Petrouchka"
Russian Dance
Petrouchka's Room
The Shrovetide Fair
Schubert Impromptu in G-flat Major,Op.90 No.3
Bizet-Horowitz Variations on a Theme from Carmen
Ravel La Valse
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Minsoo Sohn Bio
Described as an artist who will create life in music, find listeners, and reward
them.(Boston Globe). The young Korean pianist has been a prize winner in numerous
international competitions. Most recently, Mr. Sohn was awarded second prize in the
Cleveland International Piano Competition, first prize in the Hilton Head International
Piano Competition, as well as third prize in the Busoni International Piano Competition,
where he also received the special Busoni Prize. Additional honors include Laureates of
the Queen Elizabeth International Competition and the Santander International Piano
Competition , second prize in the St. Louis Symphony Competition, and first prize in the
Jungang and Chopin Competitions in Seoul.
Mr. Sohn has performed with such orchestras as the Boston Symphony Orchestra ,the National
Orchestra of Belgium, the Royal Chamber orchestra of Wallonia, the Real Philharmonia de
Galicia , the Cleveland Chamber Orchestra, the New Hampshire Symphony Orchestra, the
Tallahassee symphony Orchestra, the Bellevue Philharmonic Orchestra , the Hilton Head
Symphony Orchestra, and the Orchestra Haydn of Bolzano and Trento , as well as several
appearances in Korea . In 1996, he performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in
"Salute to Symphony" concerts, which were subsequently broadcast on national
television. His other performances have also been broadcast on National public Radio.
In recital, Mr. Sohn has appeared on Jordan Hall's "Centennial Concert Series",
Spain's the Palacio de Festivalle, Italy's the Academia Cusano and Monteverdi Hall, New
Hampshire's Monadnock Festival and Currier Museum of Art , Boston's the Isabella Stewart
Gardener Museum and Harvard Musical Association as well as recent recitals in Belgium and
Spain.
Minsoo Sohn was born in Korea and educated mostly in the United States, beginning piano
studies at age three. He has studied with Russell Sherman and Wha Kyung Byun at the New
England Conservatory since 1995.
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