On Tuesday, the performer will present a programme that explores 20th-century compositions for this instrument.

 

The Auditorio de Tenerife starts next Tuesday (24th) the Chamber Cycle of the 2024-2025 season with a piano concert by the South Korean performer Yeol Eum Son. The programme offers a selected repertoire of pieces composed by the most outstanding pianists of the 20th century, such as Panderewski, Larrocha, Gulda, Wild, and Rachmaninoff. The performance will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Chamber Hall, which will unveil its acoustic improvements, carried out last August, and which will also be physically perceived by the audience.

Yeol Eum Son will interpret a selected repertoire that, as if projected through a musical kaleidoscope, will feature a series of short pieces composed for the piano by some of history's greatest pianists. All of the composers are legends whose careers were consolidated; all of them explored contemporary creation at some point in their lives, in addition to their professional dedication as interpreters of the instrument.

The recital begins with Ignacy Paderewski and three of his six Humoresques de concert, from the first book of this work: the Mozart-influenced Menuet and Sarabande, whose notable resemblance to the works of Bach was acknowledged by Paderewski and Caprice, based on a single theme in the style of Scarlatti.

Early in her career, Spanish piano legend Alicia de Larrocha spent several years learning about musical aspects other than concert performance. Under the guidance of masters such as Domènec Mas i Serracant and Frank Marshall, she assimilated a composing style that allowed her to recreate the language of giants such as Bach or Scarlatti, of whom the style and texture of her Sonata Antigua, included in this recital, are reminiscent. 

Continuing with the evening's repertoire of great pianists whose composing skills were overshadowed by their interpretive talent, the next piece is Etude of the Bulgarian pianist Alexis Weissenberg, followed by three pieces selected from the cycle Play Piano Play of the Austrian pianist Friedrich Gulda and Reminiscences of Snow White by the American pianist Earl Wild. The recital concludes with Thirteen Preludes, composed for the piano by Sergei Rachmaninoff, a work that constitutes an enormous interpretive challenge in expression and technique.

Yeol Eum Son's most outstanding qualities are poetic elegance and innate sensitivity. Her curiosity has driven her to explore an array of musical genres and styles, and she commands a broad repertoire that ranges from Bach and Mozart to Shchedrin and Kapustin.

Born in Wonju, South Korea, Yeol Eum Son received her first piano lessons at the age of three. She attracted international attention upon winning a second prize and being awarded for the best chamber music performance at the 2009 Van Cliburn Competition. She consolidated her position among the most gifted artists of her generation at the 2011 International Tchaikovsky Competition, where she won the Silver Medal and received the coveted competition prize for Best Chamber Concerto performance. Her debut on the Naïve Records label was in March 2023, with the recording of Mozart's complete piano sonatas.

This concert is the first of six piano concerts held throughout the concert season from September 2024 to June 2025. Under the name Pianísimo, the concert cycle is presented with a 25% discount subscription. Pianísimo includes performances by six international musicians in addition to Yeol Eum Son: Paul Lewis from England, Alba Ventura from Barcelona, the Armenian-American pianist Sergei Babayan, as well as Sergey Belyavsky and Denis Kozhukhin from Russia. All concerts will take place at 7.30 p.m. in the Chamber Hall.

The subscription and the single tickets for the performances are available on the website www.auditoriodetenerife.com, at the auditorium's box office or by dialling the phone number 902 317 327 from Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Check the special discounts for the audience under 30 years of age, students, unemployed people, and large families.