<DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"> <DIV style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><BR><IMG src="/kor/bbsupload/781811649138364.jpg" width=707>&nbsp;</DIV></DIV> <DIV align=center><FONT color=#002060 size=4 face=Verdana><STRONG></STRONG></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV align=center><FONT color=#002060 size=4 face=Verdana><STRONG></STRONG></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV align=center><FONT color=#002060 size=4 face=Verdana><STRONG>Virtuoso Series ¥´ - The 687th Subscription Concert</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=center></DIV> <DIV align=center>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV align=center>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT size=2 face=Verdana><FONT size=3><STRONG><FONT color=rgb(192,0,0)>I</FONT>n the Depth of Music </STRONG></FONT><BR>Dang Thai Son, who has been praised as ¡°a genuine musician¡± and ¡°a musician of sensitivity and taste¡±, plays Mendelssohn¡¯s Piano Concerto No. 1. Lasting some 20 minutes, this Concerto requires delicate, subtle expressions of emotion and effortless singing from the piano part. Dang Thai Son, whose repertoire has mainly consisted of Chopin, Mozart, Schubert, Debussy, and Frank, will dazzle the audience again in his performance of the Mendelssohn Concerto with his famously lucid tone and musical pedaling. Dubbed ¡°Brahms¡¯s Pastoral Symphony¡±, Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D Major is as bright and idyllic as the autumn sunshine.</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT size=2 face=Verdana></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV align=center></DIV> <DIV align=center>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT size=3>Piano / Dang Thai Son</FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2>- Studied at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (with Vladimir Natason and Dmitry Bashkirov).<BR>- First Prize and Gold Medal Winner at the Xth International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (the first Asian pianist to win); </FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left>&nbsp;&nbsp; <FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2>also won special awards for the performances of the Polonaise, Mazurka, and Concerto. </FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2>- Performed with leading orchestras around the world, including the BBC Philharmonic, Staatskapelle Berlin, NHK Symphony, </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2>Prague Symphony, and Moscow Philharmonic orchestras. </FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2>- Recorded for Deutsche Grammophone, Melodya, Polskie Nagrania, CBS Sony, Analekta, Victor JVC, and the Fryderyk Chopin </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2>Institute.<BR>- Served on the juries of prestigious competitions including the International Chopin Piano Competition, Arthur Rubinstein </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2>Competition, Cleveland Competition, Clara Haskil Competition, Sviatoslav Richter Competitions, among many others. <BR>- Currently professor at the Canada Montreal University.</FONT></FONT></DIV>