| Sunday 23 November 2025 | 15:00 |
| Yeol Eum Son | Piano |
The truly outstanding pianists possess a rare ability to convey the very soul of the music – through touch, phrasing, dynamics and energy. A kind of magic. South Korean pianist Yeol Eum Son is among this select group. Her playing is marked by a rare poetic elegance, combined with power and a bold sense of drama.
In this recital, she performs Rachmaninov’s often dazzlingly virtuosic Preludes, Op. 32 – inspired by Frédéric Chopin’s celebrated preludes, where each piece seems to unfold from a single musical idea. Composed in the autumn of 1910, the preludes share stylistic traits with his magnificent Third Piano Concerto, completed just shortly beforehand.
The ever-curious Yeol Eum Son also presents a fascinating set of works by legendary pianists who were also composers. Among them are the stylish Minuet by Polish pianist Ignaz Paderewski, Alicia de Larrocha’s Sonata Antigua – imbued with the spirit of early Italian Baroque – and excerpts from Friedrich Gulda’s Play Piano Play, a playful cycle written for his wife.
Tickets go on sale 21 August 2025 at 11.00
