After a well-deserved Christmas holiday break, the Amigos’ 2024/25 concert season continues in February at the Auditorium of Os Agostos, near Santa Bárbara de Nexe.
For their next concerts on 18th and 20th of February the AMIGOS DE MUSICA are delighted to welcome a very talented young pianist from Korea, Jeonghwan KIM who has been living in Berlin from a very young age and has won many accolades for his musical talent and dynamic artistry. He is winner of numerous awards, including first prizes in 2019 at the International Piano competitions in Arhus, Denmark, in 2022 at the Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy competition in Berlin and First Prize at the 2023 Sydney International Piano competition in Australia.
W: https://www.jeonghwan-kim.com
Jeonghwan Kim has played in some of the most prestigious concert halls around the globe, including the Berlin Philharmonic and the Sydney Opera House. As for the latest news: Jeonghwan is having his Wigmore Hall debut on January 31st, 2025!!
All concerts will take place in the Auditorium of OS AGOSTOS near Santa Bárbara de Nexe.
Doors will open at 6.00pm and the concert will begin at 7.00pm.
Wine, fruit juices and canapés will be available for self-service from 06:15 pm before the concert and in the interval. For programme details, visit www.amigosdemusica.org
For concert bookings please send an e-mail to reservasconcertos@gmail.com.
Entry donation including refreshments is €30 per person for AMIGOS guests and non-members, payable in advance by bank transfer (see website www.amigosdemusica.org ).
Biography Jeonghwan KIM
Born in Seoul in 2000, Jeonghwan KIM first began playing the piano at the age of six. In the following years, his numerous first prizes in national competitions led to his admittance to the “Seoul Arts Center Academy for Young Talented Musicians” at just nine years old. After moving to Berlin in 2011, he continued to earn extensive recognition in prestigious national and international piano competitions. Since 2017, Jeonghwan has been studying at the University of Music Hanns Eisler in the class of Prof. Konrad Maria Engel. His former professors include So Yong Choi, Leda Kim, and Thomas Just. At the 2017 International Liszt Competition for Young Pianists in Weimar, he received the third prize along with two special prizes.
In 2019, he was awarded the 1st prize at the Aarhus International Piano Competition in Denmark, prompting immediate Invitations to perform with the Aarhus and Odense Symphony Orchestras. He has since given concerts in major halls in Berlin, Weimar, Hamburg, and Aarhus, among others.
In 2022, he was awarded three prizes: in January, he won the 1st prize at the Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy competition in Berlin. Five months later, in June, he won the fourth prize and the audience prize at the Sendai International Piano Competition.
In July 2023 he won the 1st prize along with two special prizes for his performance for the Bartók’s second piano concerto and the Best Overall Concerto Prize at the renowned Sydney International Piano Competition.
Programme
Tuesday February 18th, 2025
L. van Beethoven - Sonata No. 18 op. 31-3
B. Bartók - Out of Doors
Interval
R. Schumann - Novelette op. 21 No. 8
F. Chopin - Berceuse op. 57
S. Rachmaninoff - Sonata No. 2 op. 36 (1913)
Thursday February 20th, 2025
M. Ravel - Valses nobles et sentimentales
C. Debussy - From Préludes: - ‘Les fées sont d'exquises danseuses’ , Bruyères , Général Lavine – eccentric
B. Bartók - Dance Suite BB 87 (17")
Interval
F. Couperin - Rigaudon, Forlane, from Concert Royal No. 4
F. Chopin - Ballade No. 2 op. 38
C. Debussy - Etude No. 11 : "Pour les arpèges composés"
M. Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin
