Samsung to release pianist Seong-Jin Cho’s 8K video

Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Thursday that it will release the worldwide famous pianist Seong-Jin Cho’s live performance video in 8K ultra-high definition, collaborating with Universal Music Group.

The video features three pieces. First, Cho played George Frideric Handel’s “Suite No. 7 in B-Flat Major, HWV 440 - III. Sarabande.” This is in the album Handel Project which topped the US Billboard Classical Chart last year. 

He also performed Frédéric Chopin’s “Waltz in A Flat Major, Op. 34 No. 1” and Franz Liszt’s Consolation S. 172-3 D Flat Major.

Additionally, on Universal Music's official YouTube channel Studio Kiwa, one video will be sequentially released each day from Thursday to Saturday at 6 p.m.

Write to Ye-Rin Choi at rambutan@hankyung.com