William Youn Reaches New Heights with Schubert’s Piano Sonatas

Written by on 11/11/2022

Korean classical music pianist William Youn releases his third Schubert album today via Sony Classical. These wonderous piano sonatas are some of Youn’s finest works on the piano.

In this brief video interview with William Youn, we are invited through an open window into the life we know of William Youn today in his relentless devotion to Schubert. Apart from the piano, his love for porcelain made us feel an instant attraction to a hobby we all have a little in us.

Watch the video of William Youn here.

“A pianist with a marvelous devotion to Schubert. William Youn’s interpretation of Schubert’s piano sonatas felt just like a sweet bedtime story. In all its clarity, he expresses the gentleness and deepest longings of Schubert’s and ultimately all of ours too,” said Monica Tong, editor-in-chief of Music Press Asia.

Critics have called him “a true poet of the piano” whose “brilliant touch” allows him to explore the “spiritual depths” of the music he plays: William Youn is one of the finest pianists of our day and has established an international reputation, particularly for his Schubert recordings. His playing is characterized by subtlety, emotional insight, and sensitive analysis.

From Berlin to Seoul to New York, Youn has performed throughout the world with renowned orchestras such as the Cleveland Orchestra, the Munich Philharmonic, the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, the Belgian National Orchestra, the Mariinsky Orchestra, and the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra in many of the world’s finest concert halls, including Wigmore Hall in London, the Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, the Pierre Boulez Saal and the Konzerthaus in Berlin, the Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall, the Alte Oper in Frankfurt, deSingel in Antwerp, Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles, and the Seoul Arts Center.

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