International Piano: One to Watch

International Piano

One to Watch: Yekwon Sunwoo
By Stephen Wigler

It was the unfailingly consistent excellence of Sunwoo’s performances that brought him the Gold Medal in Fort Worth. There were about a dozen other young pianists who gave superb performances during this more than two-week long piano marathon. I can’t think of another pianist who was so satisfying in so much, be it the searching seriousness of Schubert’s Sonata in C Minor, the sardonic wit of Prokofiev’s Sonata No 6, the thunder and fire of Rachmaninov’s Sonata No 2 and Concerto No 3, the shattering explosions and profound disquiet of Ravel’s La valse or the subtlety and graciousness of Mozart’s Concerto No 21.

To read the full article including thoughts from Yekwon Sunwoo, purchase the March/April issue of International Piano here.