This week the Daegu International Contemporary Music Festival opens. It’s run by the Daegu Young Musicians’ Society and looks great! It starts on Wednesday, June 23rd and runs until Friday. The venue is Daegu Citizens’ Hall. Here is this year’s program:———- Tickets Single concert: 20,000won 1 day pass: 40,000won 3 day pass: 100,000won Easiest way … Continue reading
Hero, traitor, iconoclast, prisoner, exile: Enigmatic Korean composer Isang Yun has been many things. Almost two decades after his death, a German-made film goes searching for the truth behind the musician. Watch the trailer here Maria Stodtmeier’s recent documentary, “In Between: Isang Yun in North and South Korea,” investigates the many misconceptions surrounding the enigmatic composer and … Continue reading
Young composer Kim Eunsung won the Mendelssohn composers competition back in December. His winning piece is called “mobile Elemente” and is for piano trio. This hasn’t gotten (almost) any coverage in English (or Korean it seems!), so I thought I would mention it. Originally from Pohang, a city in the south-east of Korea, Kim studied … Continue reading
The Metropolitan Museum of Art – Digital Buddha, Friday, January 31st. In celebration of the Met’s landmark exhibition Silla: Korea’s Golden Kingdom, Met Museum Presents DIGITAL BUDDHA, a multimedia performance video with Jin Hi Kim (Komungo) and Gerry Hemingway (Percussion). Continue reading
This is so cool! I wish I were eight again. Read about this program to get kids composing: ““Very Young Composers” is …” “여러 나라를 다니면서 아이들의 개성은 모두 다르다는 것을 알게 되었습니다. 심지어 자신이 좋아하는 음표나 화음까지 달랐습니다. 아이들의 독특한 개성은 상상력과 창의력의 중요한 바탕이 되는데, 내적인 생각을 외적으로 표출하고 나타냄으로써 그것을 더욱 … Continue reading
“예전에는 공연 도중에 나가는 사람도 있었어요. 해를 거듭하면서 이제 조금씩 고정관객들이 생기고 있죠. 물론 정명훈 선생님의 말러 공연과는 비교도 할 수 없지만요.(웃음)” Classical music composer Chin Unsuk talks about growing Korean audiences and the importance of the contemporary music series Ars Nova with the Seoul Philharmonic. From a recent article by reporter Lee Hye-won for … Continue reading
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