Palm Beach Daily News: Pianist Yekwon Sunwoo highlight of Cuban orchestra’s concert

Palm Beach Daily News

Pianist Yekwon Sunwoo highlight of Cuban orchestra’s concert
By Marcio Bezerra

The orchestra was joined by pianist Yekwon Sunwoo for another over-performed work, Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43. It was, without a doubt, the highlight of the program. Sunwoo possesses the flawless technique of a first-prize winner of the Van Cliburn (which he won last year), but his sensitive phrasing and shimmering tone reveal a mature artist.

His take on the tired variations was so multifaceted that the work sounded refreshed… Too bad that he could not stay and play a solo program in the second part.

Read the full interview here.