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Minsoo Sohn : Honens Laureate Series: Liszt: Transcriptions for Piano
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First Laureate of the Honens International Piano Competition, Minsoo Sohn delivers a fiery and, at times, reverential performance of Liszt's transcriptions of works by Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart.
Genre: Classical: Romantic Era
Release Date: 2008
Honens Laureate Series: Liszt: Transcriptions for Piano Record Label: Honens
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Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, No. 462: Prelude 4:12 Album Only
Prelude and Fugue in A Minor, No. 462: Fugue 5:35 Album Only
Grandes études de Paganini, No. 141: I. Trémolo 5:22 Album Only
Grandes études de Paganini, No. 141: II. Octaves 5:09 Album Only
Grandes études de Paganini, No. 141: III. La Campanella 4:33 Album Only
Grandes études de Paganini, No. 141: IV. Arpeggio 2:01 Album Only
Grandes études de Paganini, No. 141: V. La chasse 3:15 Album Only
Grandes études de Paganini, No. 141: VI. Thème et variations 5:57 Album Only
Adelaïde, Op. 46 9:54 Album Only
Réminiscences de Don Juan S. 418 17:18 Album Only
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Minsoo Sohn was born in Korea and began piano studies at age three. One of his earliest inspirations was a legendary recording of Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin. While the violin first captured his attention, he grew to appreciate the piano’s many voices and tonal colours. It wasn’t until Sohn moved to Boston to study with Russell Sherman and Wha Kyung Byun at the New England Conservatory of Music that he was reassured of his career as concert artist. “I just wasn’t sure I would be a musician,” he says. “I had interests in many fields and stopped playing. I even dreamed of being a baseball player.”

Sohn is First Laureate of the 2006 Honens International Piano Competition. He was also a top prizewinner at the Rubinstein, Cleveland, Busoni and Hilton Head International Piano Competitions, and received laureate prizes at Belgium’s Queen Elisabeth and Santander’s Paloma O’Shea Competitions.

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