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Final competitors in Seoul International Music Competition
Competitors who passed the semifinal round of the Seoul International Music Competition are: Sohn Jeung-beum (Korea) Sara Daneshpour(USA) Charles Richard-Hamelin (Canada) Han Chi-ho (Korea) Kim Jongyun (Korea) Kim Heejae (Korea) I hope the judging has been impartial (or as much as it can be). The finals will be on this Saturday and Sunday at the … Continue reading
Contestants Announced for DCS International Piano Competition: 5 Korean pianists included
Contestants Announced for DCS International Piano Competition 2014 » DCS International Piano Competition. >>>>Pianist Lee Soeun comes in third place. Lee’s choice of the Mendelssohn G minor Concerto posed far fewer technical challenges [compared to Lizhen Wu’s second prize performance of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2]. Apart from a slow movement that plodded a bit, though, she … Continue reading
2014 Seoul International Music Competition: Piano
Something to look forward to if you enjoy cheering on young musicians: The 10th Seoul International Music Competition (10회 서울국제음악콩쿠르) will be held from March 18th to 30th. This year’s category is piano. It is held annually for piano, violin, and voice, in rotation. (Cellists and violists don’t cry please). It’s on at the Seoul … Continue reading
Angela Park Cello Recital: Beethoven, Schumann and more
Cellist Angela Park (Park Jean-young, 박진영) will give a recital of Beethoven sonatas, and more., on February 28th. It is another of Park Chang-soo’s The House Concerts (하우스콘서트) that I introduced before here. The program is likeable late Classical and Romantic fare: Beethoven Cello Sonata No.1 in F Major, Op.5; Tchaikovsky Pezzo Capriccioso for Cello … Continue reading
Lim Dong Hyek and Park Juwon in Jeonju
In February, two talented young soloists are giving concerts in Jeonju, at the Sori Arts Center of Jeollabuk-do. First, pretty-boy virtuoso pianist Lim Dong Hyek (임동혁) is performing a recital on February 11th (Tuesday). The program will include: Debussy’s “Claire de Lune” from Suite Bergamasque; Bach’s Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564; … Continue reading
Kids can compose: Very Young Composers project in Iksan, Gimhae, etc
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
The House Concert: Chamber music in Seoul
Despite the location–uberwealthy Dogok-dong, an area of Gangnam-gu in Seoul–Park Chang-soo’s The House Concerts (하우스콘서트) are inexpensive, simple and welcoming. Almost every week for the past ten years Park, a pianist himself, has hosted chamber music concerts (house concert, get it?) covering a variety of genres—traditional Korean music (국악, etc), Jazz, classical music, experimental, and … Continue reading
8th Daewon Music Awards winners
Last week the winners of the 8th Daewon Music Awards, a major classical music competition in Korea, got their prizes at a ceremony in Seoul. Grand Prize: violinist Chung Kyung-wha, Special Contribution Prize: the late SeAH Group Chair Lee Woon-hyung, Performance Prize: bass-baritone Samuel Youn, Encouragement Prize: violinist Lee Soo-been Learn more about them > … Continue reading
7th Jeju International Brass & Percussion Competition
Information is just up about the 7th Jeju International Brass & Percussion Competition (제주국제관악제, 濟州國際管樂祭). A brass and percussion competition in Jeju-do? Well yes. It will be on from Aug. 8th (Fri) through 16th (Sat), 2014 in Jeju-do, the sunny (and windy) subtropical island south of the Korean peninsula. Applications are due on May 31st. … Continue reading
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