The Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra with its Music & Artistic Director Andrzej Boreyko will perform 9 concerts in 7 major concert halls in Japan and South Korea between 4 and 14 February 2024.
The orchestra will be accompanied by five outstanding pianists: Rafał Blechacz (winner of the 15th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in 2005), Bruce Liu (winner of the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in 2021), Masaya Kamei (winner of the First Prize at the Long-Thibaud International Competition in 2022), Michie Koyama (winner of the fourth prize at the 11th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition in 1985) and Yekwon Sunwoo (winner of the 2017 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, among others).
The Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra will perform music by Witold Lutosławski (Little Suite) and both Piano Concertos by Fryderyk Chopin. During his two performances with the Orchestra, Rafał Blechacz will present the solo part in Robert Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54. Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 and Johannes Brahms' Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 will complete the programmes of the tour’s concerts.
