Ukrainian pianist Dmytro Choni is internationally recognized for his technically impeccable pianism, stupendous virtuosity, clarity of articulation and finest sensitivity. In recent years he garnered international attention by winning numerous awards, including the bronze medal at the 2022 Van Cliburn Competition and fourth prize at the 2021 the Leeds International Piano Competition. His debut solo album on for Naïve Classiques features works by Claude Debussy, Lowell Liebermann, Franz Liszt, and Valentin Silvestrov. Choni describes the program as relating “a narrative of travel between the two opposing worlds of Dante’s The Divine Comedy.” Hell is represented in Liebermann’s Gargoyles and Liszt’s Dante Sonata, while Paradise is symbolized in the divine music of Silvestrov’s 3 Bagatelles and Debussy’s Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut and L’Isle Joyeuse. Dmytro Choni makes his Chicago debut on the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts on April 30.