The Cleveland Orchestra: Santtu-Matias Rouvali & Seong-Jin Cho - Chopin

The Cleveland Orchestra: Santtu-Matias Rouvali & Seong-Jin Cho - Chopin at Severance Music Center

Chopin can make a piano line feel like it's speaking directly to one person. Seong-Jin Cho brings that intimacy to a full concert hall, with Santtu-Matias Rouvali and The Cleveland Orchestra giving the music room to bloom.

Santtu-Matias Rouvali gives the performance a second edge by pairing Chopin with Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 15. That contrast matters. One work leans into youthful lyricism; the other moves through a late, searching symphonic world filled with references, memories, and a final sense of resignation. Together, they make this more than a standard concerto outing. Severance Music Center

And Severance itself adds to the experience. This is the Cleveland Orchestra’s home, a hall built for detail, atmosphere, and the kind of listening where a piano line can feel close enough to touch.

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