Sungbin Cho – Partita No. 1

Exceptional young guitarist Sungbin Cho, winner of the London International Guitar Competition in 2021, performs Stephen Dodgson’s Partita No. 1 in the first of two concerts comprising a complete evening: ‘The Big Night of the Guitar’.

Graduating with a BMus from the Korea National University of Arts, Sungbin Cho subsequently served in the Republic of Korea Air Force where he completed his two-year military service before entering the Royal Academy of Music to undertake an MA in Performance, with Michael Lewin. He is the first Korean national to play classical guitar at the RAM.

Programme

Sonatina by Federico Moreno Torroba  (1891-1982)

1. Allegretto
2. Andante
3. Allegro

Drei Tentos by Hanz Werner Henze (1926-2012)

1. Du schönes Bächlein
2. Es findet das Aug’ oft (Allegro rubato)
3. Sohn Laios (Lento)

A Light Went Out by Litha Efthymiou

Partita no.1 for guitar – Stephen Dodgson (1924-2013)

1. Allegretto con moto
2. Molto Vivace
3. Adagio
4. Allegro

2 Spanish Dances from ’12 Danzas Españolas’ by Enrique Granados (1867-1916)

• No. 4 Villanesca
• No. 3 Fandango