[Photo &] Seong-jin Cho, Yun-Chan Lim, Sunwook Kim, and Yekwon Sunwoo's Piano Performance... Over 2 Hours of 'The Century's Ensemble'

Four world-renowned pianists representing Korea took the stage. This was at the 25th anniversary memorial concert for Jeong Joo-young, the founder of Hyundai.

Hyundai Motor Group announced on the 26th that it held the '25th Anniversary Memorial Concert for Jeong Joo-young in Asan: The Continuing Resonance' at the Seoul Arts Center Concert Hall on the 25th. This performance garnered immense attention from the classical music community even before it began, featuring an unprecedented lineup of Sunwook Kim, Yekwon Sunwoo, Seong-jin Cho, and Yun-Chan Lim.

The concert program was filled with repertoires honoring the life and spirit of challenge of the deceased. In Part 1, Sunwook Kim and Seong-jin Cho opened the performance by sitting side by side at one piano to play Schubert's 'Fantasy for Four Hands'. Following that, Yekwon Sunwoo and Yun-Chan Lim overwhelmed the audience with a duet of Rachmaninoff's 'Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos'.

In Part 2, all four pianists took the stage to present Wagner's 'Tannhäuser Overture' and Liszt's 'Hexameron' in a version for four pianos. The grand harmony created by these masters, each with their unique personalities, provided the audience with a deep resonance.

The performer and conductor, Sunwook Kim, expressed, "It was meaningful to share the weight of the deceased's life and era with the audience through music that lasts longer than words," and added, "The stage created by the trust among the four pianists will be remembered for a long time."

About 2,500 people attended the event, including key figures from politics, business, and the cultural arts community, as well as employees of Hyundai Motor Group. Among them were Chairman Eui-sun Chung of Hyundai Motor Group, Speaker Woo Won-sik, Kim Yong-beom, Head of the Presidential Office Policy Office, Minister Choi Hwi-young of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and business leaders such as Shin Dong-bin, Chairman of Lotte Group, Honorary Director Hong Ra-hee of the Leeum Museum, and Lee Seo-hyun, President of Samsung C&T.

Chairman Eui-sun Chung, who personally planned this concert, recalled, "A few years ago, I discussed a four-piano concert with pianist Sunwook Kim," and added, "If I had asked my grandfather, he would have said, 'What are you hesitating for? Just do it!'" He continued, "My grandfather's beliefs and challenges always started with 'people'," expressing his hope that this concert would be a moment to reflect on the deep resonance he left behind.