A Beautiful Pianist Plays Beautifully

Goethe Institut. Bangkok, Thailand. May 18, 2012. Young-Hyun Cho, a Korean pianist now resident in Texas, played a beautiful program of Liszt, Debussy and Chopin. While her technique is very good, it was not quite strong enough for the always fiendishly difficult Liszt, but well within her grasp. Cho's Debussy "Estampes" were a dramatic change of pace, which she played nicely. After the intermission, Cho gave an idiomatic, truly beautiful performance of Chopin's Sonata No. 3. It is tempting to say that she has a special affinity for Chopin, which enables her to perform this Chopin sonata as well as many more famous performers do.