The most beautiful piano concertos - Chopin and Schumann

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Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)
Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 11 in E minor
I. Allegro maestoso
II. Romance: Larghetto
III. Rondo: Vivace

Soloist: Yuwon Ko (class of Prof. Stepan Simonian)
Orchestral part: N.N.

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 54
I. Allegro affettuoso
II. Intermezzo: Andantino grazioso
III. Allegro vivace

Soloist: Julius Egensperger (class of Prof. Anna Vinnitskaya)
Orchestral part: N.N.

About the artists: Yuwon Ko was born in Seoul, South Korea, in 2000 and began playing the piano at the age of four. She attended Sunhwa Art Middle School and Sunhwa Art High School, where she received lessons from Ms. Minseo Park. She then completed her bachelor's degree at Yonsei University under Professor Peter Ovtcharov and graduated at the top of her class. During her studies, she received a merit scholarship every year.
Since 2024, she has been studying for a master's degree in piano with Professor Step an Simonyan at the University of Music and Drama H amburg (HfMT). Alongside her studies, she is also active as a répétiteur. Her awards include 3rd prize at the Eumak Segye competition in the Seoul region (2010) and 1st prize at the university music competition (Haneum, 2010). As a soloist and chamber musician, she took part in the "Yo nin" concert series and attended the Mo zarteum summer academy in Salzburg. She received musical impulses in master classes with renowned artists such as Charles Richard Hamelin, Professor Su Yeo n Kim and Professor László Borbély

Julius Egensperger was born in December 2006 and grew up in Munich, where he started playing the piano at the age of five. Since then he has won prizes at international and national competitions, most recently the WDR Klassikpreis der Stadt Münster in 2023, 1st prize at the MozARTE Competition of the Cologne University of Music and 1st prize at the Young Ludwig Competition of the Berlin University of the Arts. He has played in the Musicae Munich and crescendo Festival Berlin concert series and has performed at venues including Hamburg's Laeiszhalle and Munich's Gasteig. Most recently, he has played with orchestras such as the Neue Philharmonie München, the Kammerphilharmonie Da capo München and the Beethoven Orchestra Hessen. From the age of five he received lessons from Ludmila Gourari, at 15 he became a junior student at the Munich Academy of Music with Prof. Margarita Höhenrieder and has been continuing his studies with Prof. Anna Vinnitskaya at the Hamburg University of Music and Drama since 2024. He also receives inspiration from Elisabeth Leonskaja. He has attended masterclasses with Elisso Wirssaladze and Lilya Zilberstein, among others.

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