Garam CHO

CHINA

• date of birth: 2^nd of March 1986
• studied at Hochschule fur Musik Hanns-Eisler in Berlin and at Seoul National University
• performed in important halls such as Steinway Haus si Konzerthaus in Berlin, Pankow City Hall, Fairlight Hall in London, Keumho Art Hall in Seoul, with Dessau Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt

Prizes: Laureate of Windsor International Competition, Hastings International Concerto Competition, Elsa Meumann Scholarship at Prize Berlin, Berliner Piano International Competition, Maria Canals International Competition

Program:

First Round

Bach Prelude and Fugue in G sharp minor (I)

Mozart Sonata in C major KV 330

Liszt Transcendental Etude no. 8

Debussy Etude no. 7, “pour les degrés chromatiques”

Second Round

Beethoven Sonata no. 31 in A flat Major op. 110

Rachmaninoff Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor op. 36

Semifinal

Enescu Suite no. 2 in D major op. 10

Liszt Sonata in B minor S.178

Final

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto no. 1 in B flat minor op. 23