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[K-CLASSIC] "It was like a car test" Park Jae-Hong's Hammer Kleiber : Review

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It's been a long time since I got excited after watching a concert program. Park Jae-hong's piano recital. He is also the winner of the Busoni Competition. The second part of the concert was filled with Beethoven's 29th Piano Sonata. Park Jae-hong's concert was held on April 1 at the ibk Chamber Hall of the Seoul Arts Center. The title of the concert is "2022 Steinway Winner Concert in Korea Park Jae-hong Piano Recital". Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 29 is well known to us as 'Hammer Kleiber.' Hammer Kleiber is a German translation of the word 'piano porte', meaning piano. In fact, Beethoven wasn't the only one who added the word 'hammer clavier' to a sonata. Nevertheless, Beethoven's Hammer Kleiber is distinguished from other sonatas. It is a vastly expanded scale. And Pianists are required to perform nearly 50 minutes. It's hard work close to torture. Beethoven spoke before he died. "It will take 50 years for the p