Christopher Park

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Christopher Park (2017)

Christopher Park (born July 30, 1987 in Bamberg ) is a German pianist.

Life

Born in Bamberg with German-Korean roots, he grew up in Schloßborn . He attended the Taunus High School in Koenigstein im Taunus and completed his secondary education in 2007 at the Albert Einstein School in Schwalbach am Taunus . He began his studies at the age of twelve with Thomas Duis at the Saar University of Music. He then studied in Frankfurt with Lev Natochenny , Lev Oborins and Joachim Volkmann. Since 2012 he has also been artistically influenced by Christoph Eschenbach , who became aware of the young pianist through the Rheingau Music Festival's Lotto Prize .

Through concerts at the Rheingau Music Festival, the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Festival , the Weilburg Palace Concerts and the Summit Music Festival New York, Christopher Park received musical suggestions from personalities such as Gary Graffman , Cyprien Katsaris , Karl-Heinz Kämmerling and Vladimir Krainev . Concerts in Europe, the USA, South Africa and South Korea followed.

In addition to his solo activities, Park is involved in chamber music and song accompaniment, which has brought him together with musicians such as Richard O'Neill and Sumi Jo , with whom he has already recorded three albums for Deutsche Grammophon . He has worked with renowned orchestras such as the Vienna Symphony , Bamberg Symphony , Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra , Orchester de Chambre de Lausanne , Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Spanish National Orchestra, Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra , Magdeburg Philharmonic, Philharmonic of Nations and Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn , Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra and NDR Symphony Orchestra , u. a. for CD and radio recordings, together.

In 2010 his debut solo CD Russian Transcription with works by Stravinsky, Rachmaninov and Prokofiev was released by Deutsche Grammophon . Park received the sponsorship award from the Hauck & Aufhäuser Kulturstiftung, a grant from the Arte Musica Foundation and was nominated for the 1st German Pianist Award in 2011. In 2012 he won the lottery award of the Rheingau Music Festival. In 2014 Park received the Leonard Bernstein Award .

reception

Above all, the criticism states the musical maturity of his playing. The magazine Klassik.com described Park in 2007 as a “famous Liszt interpreter” and certified him “incredibly clean and virtuoso playing, with a strongly emphasized rhythmic component, with which he was also able to knowingly implement the spiritual dimension of the composition”. In 2008, Parks magazine rated the game as "extremely colorful, with a light touch and yet expressive (...)".

Discography

Prices

  • 2008: 1st sponsorship award from the Hauck & Aufhäuser Culture Foundation
  • 2011: Nomination for the 1st German Pianist Prize
  • 2012: Transition Excellence Award from the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts
  • 2012: Lotto Prize Rheingau Music Festival
  • 2014: Leonard Bernstein Award
  • 2016/17: ECHO Rising Star

Web links

Commons : Christopher Park  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christopher Park - pianist. In: Christopher Park - pianist. Retrieved September 1, 2016 .
  2. ↑ [1]
  3. ↑ rheingau-musik-festival.de ( Memento from June 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ [New music newspaper nmz KIZ Kulturinformationszentrum from July 18, 2014: pianist Christopher Park receives Leonard Bernstein Award 2014 , by Matthias Hoenig], accessed on July 20, 2014
  5. ↑ [2]
  6. ↑ Midou Grossmann: Musical maturity and technical brilliance In: Klassik.com from May 6, 2007.
  7. ↑ Midou Grossmann: 'International PianoForum' Frankfurt / Main In: Klassik.com of November 16, 2008.
  8. ↑ Sumi Jo's website
  9. ^ OehmsClassics: Park, Christopher: Schumann - Stravinsky - Neuwirth. In: www.oehmsclassics.de. Retrieved September 1, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Beethoven Cello Sonatas. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 2, 2016 ; accessed on September 1, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / sole-recordings.com
  11. ↑ [3]
  12. ↑ [4]
  13. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from June 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rheingau-musik-festival.de
  14. ↑ DPA-Starline: Music: Pianist Christopher Park receives Leonard Bernstein Award. In: Focus Online . January 20, 2014, accessed October 14, 2018 .
  15. ↑ 2016/2017 Season |. (No longer available online.) In: www.concerthallorganisation.eu. Archived from the original on September 16, 2016 ; accessed on September 2, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.concerthallorganisation.eu
personal data
SURNAME Park, Christopher
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Park, Christopher William (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pianist
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Bamberg