"Tomoki Park is a brilliant mind, intellectual in the best sense but full of emotions. He is very interested in new music and plays it with understanding and enthusiasm."

Korean pianist Tomoki Park was born in Yokohama, Japan and moved to England at age 11. He has performed worldwide as a soloist and chamber musician in venues including Philharmonie Berlin, Wigmore Hall, Suntory Hall and Opera City in Tokyo. A graduate of the Bard Conservatory, where he studied with Peter Serkin, Tomoki is currently receiving further instruction from Sir András Schiff, and is a student at the International Piano Academy Lake Como. 

He has appeared in festivals such as Marlboro, Tanglewood, and Kronberg, and has given performances in Geneva at Portrait Pierre Boulez, Salzburg Mozarteum, Bonn Beethoven-Haus, and Tongyeoung Concert Hall in Korea. With Peter Serkin and the Sacramento Philharmonic, he has performed J.S. Bach and Takemitsu Double Piano Concertos. In the upcoming season, he will be performing solo recitals across Europe as part of “Building Bridges”, a series curated by András Schiff, where he will be premiering a new work by Katherine Balch. 

Tomoki was a member of the Ensemble Modern Academy, Frankfurt (‘19-‘20). His rendition of Oliver Knussen's piano music was noted as “performed sensitively…and among the highlights” by the New York Times. Tomoki's musical education began at the Purcell School, where he studied piano with Tessa Nicholson and composition with Dai Fujikura, Haris Kittos, and Jonathan Cole. He continued his studies with Pascal Devoyon at the University of the Arts, in Berlin, where he is currently residing. 

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Nominated for the Ambassador Programme by Sir András Schiff, pianist Tomoki Park joined us in Aubonne in September 2023 where he made a special recording of Heinz Holiger's Lebenslinien, originally premiered in the same region of Switzerland and dedicated to György Kurtag on his 95th birthday. This piece holds a significant place in Swiss musical heritage. Among Holliger's notable piano works is his magnum opus 'Partita', a poignant tribute to Sir Schiff. Through this connection, Tomoki had the incredible opportunity to collaborate with Holliger on his 2020 work, Lebenslinien,  in Basel  just days before the memorable recording in Aubonne. The work takes listeners on a journey, mirroring the turbulent life of the renowned pianist Clara Haskil. The music intertwines with her geographical and emotional travels from Romania to Switzerland, creating a musical narrative that is both powerful and moving.

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Heinz Holliger - Lebenslinien

Classeek Showroom performance, 14 September 2023

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