bergenPAC presents Chopin Competition Winner Seong Jin-Cho 10/19

Bergen Performing Arts Center located at 30 North Van Brunt Street in Englewood, New Jersey presents Seong Jin-Cho, part of the 2016-17 Classical Arts Series-Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at 7:30PM. Purchase tickets atwww.ticketmaster.com or Box Office at 201.227.1030 or for subscription services only, call 201-816-8160 x24.

Seong-Jin Cho was brought to the world's attention in October 2015 when he won First Prize at the Chopin International Piano Competition in Warsaw. Four years before he had won Third Prize at the Tchaikovsky competition, aged only 16. In September, 2008 at the age of 14, he won the First prize at the sixth Moscow International Frederick Chopin Competition. In November, 2009 he won the First prize at the seventh Hamamatsu International Piano Competition in Japan (youngest winner in its history).With his overwhelming talent and natural musicality, Seong-Jin Cho is rapidly embarking on a world-class career and is considered one of the most distinctive artists of his generation.

Seong-Jin Has performed with some of the world's major orchestras including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Mariinsky Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra, Radio France Philharmonic, NHK Symphony Orchestra, under renowned conductors such as Myung-Whun Chung, Lorin Maazel, Marek Janowski, Mikhail Pletnev, Valery Gergiev, and Vladimir Ashkenazy.

Seong-Jin Cho is part of the bergenPAC 2016-2017 Classical Arts Series with subscription services. For a low annual subscription fee of $20, Cultural Arts Series subscribers receive the following benefits:

· 20% discount on series ticket prices

· priority seating for select performances

· VIP support-contact Subscription Manager directly for assistance

· advance notice- receive advanced email notices of new shows added before the general public

· easy ticket exchanges- exchange tickets for series' performances free of charge for up to 24 hours prior to performance

· VIP access- entry into the Drapkin Cabaret & Lounge for series' performances, when available

Guidelines for the subscription service are as follows: Subscription fee does not include cost of tickets. Tickets to a minimum of four performances must be ordered when purchasing your subscription. $20 Subscription fee waived for PACCESS Red Level Members and above. Restrictions apply. Offer cannot be combined with any other promotional offers. Offer is not retroactive to previously purchased tickets. Offer may be modified and can be revoked at any time. Artists, programs, dates, and ticket prices are subject to change.

To subscribe and order tickets, call the Subscription Manager at (201) 816-8160 x24 or email classicalarts@bergenpac.org.