Four Hands, Two Sonatas

Four Hands, Two Sonatas (포핸즈) is a South Korean tvN drama about two young pianists from completely different worlds who meet at an elite arts high school and find their lives tangled together through the music.

Kang Bi-oh (Song Kang) is the prodigy. He has an impressive academic and performance record and is already discussed as a contender for the biggest international competitions. Choi Jeong-yo (Lee Jun-young) comes from a hard family background and had let his own talent go. Arriving at the school, he runs into the pianist he was once completely taken with.

Hong Jae-in (Jang Gyu-ri) is a viola major with a sharp ear. She has been drawn to Bi-oh's music since childhood and is looking for music that actually reaches her. Her position beside the two pianists completes the central trio of the story.

Bi-oh's playing is polished and disciplined, while Jeong-yo's is driven by feeling, and the series builds its drama from that contrast inside a competitive musical environment. Rivalry, friendship, ambition and romance all run between the three as auditions and performances arrive.

Park Hyeon-seok directs from a script by Shin Yi-won, across twelve episodes. Piano performance and orchestra material sit at the centre of the story, in place of the usual campus-romance backdrop.