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Hannibal Lecter plays Paganini – definitely NOT part of K-Music 2013

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by Philip Gowman on 18 June, 2013

in Concert reviews | Event reports and reviews | South Bank | Western classical music

Thanks to the pre-concert publicity, anyone going to an Amadéus Leopold gig knows they are in for something to entertain the eyes as well as the ears. So it came as no surprise that among the gothic paraphernalia on the stage of the Queen Elizabeth Hall for his performance as part of Yoko Ono’s Meltdown [...]

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Jong-Gyung Park plays Mozart’s 25th Piano Concerto

by Philip Gowman 16 June 2013
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News of an upcoming concert featuring the Korean pianist Jong-Gyung Park: The Lambeth Orchestra 29 June 2013, 7.30pm St Gabriel’s Pimlico, 30 Warwick Square London SW1V 2AD Beethoven: Symphony No 8 Mozart: Piano concerto No 25 Mozart: Symphony No 40 Jong-Gyung Park (piano) Haverhill Competition winner 2011 Tickets: Adults £12, concessions £10, children £1. To [...]

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“Rising Stars” lunchtime classical recitals at the KCC

by Philip Gowman 4 June 2013
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As part of the K-music festival the KCC is presenting a series of lunchtime recitals by 10 Korean students from the Royal College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music. Nice to see some Korean lyric songs on the programme for Wednesday, along with some Bridge and Novello. And if I had the time [...]

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Amadéus Leopold at Yoko Ono’s Meltdown

by Philip Gowman 3 June 2013
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Violinist Yoo Hanbin, whose stage name was once Hahn-Bin and who is now rebranded after Mozart père et fils, will be appearing at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on 14 June as part of Yoko Ono’s Meltdown festival. Expect the unexpected, plus some great music-making. Amadéus Leopold Tuesday 18 June, 7.30 pm at Southbank Centre as [...]

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Jieun Jung plays work for gayageum and orchestra

by Philip Gowman 31 May 2013
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Jieun Jung will be performing Roh Tae-hwan’s “Far East Calm” Suite for Gayageum and Orchestra with Thames Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Byung-yun Yu. Date: Saturday, 15th June 2013, 7.30pm Venue: Landmark Arts Centre, Ferry Road, Teddington, TW11 9NN Ticket: £12, Concession £8 Box Office: 0208 977 7558 Links: http://landmarkartscentre.org Buy tickets online

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Bach and the Battle of the Red Cliffs: the KCC’s 5th birthday concert at the Cadogan Hall

by Philip Gowman 15 February 2013
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It is difficult to know what to make of a programme which was so obviously in two parts, and potentially likely to appeal to two completely different audiences. There will have been many who, in advance of the KCCUK’s fifth birthday concert, would have thought: “maybe I’ll just turn up for the second half”, or [...]

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The KCC’s fifth anniversary concert at the Cadogan Hall

by Philip Gowman 20 January 2013
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One of the events celebrating the KCCUK’s 5th birthday is a special concert at the Cadogan Hall. The highlight will be an abbreviated performance of one of the five surviving works of the Pansori canon, Jeokbyeokga (The Battle of the Red Cliffs), performed by the holder of Intangible Cultural Asset No 5. KCCUK 5th Anniversary [...]

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Promenade performances of Hansel & Gretel opera feature Korean student designer

by Philip Gowman 19 January 2013
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English Pocket Opera Company is putting on ‘promenade’ performances of Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel. The production is a collaboration with the BA (Hons) Performance Design and Practice course of Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design (part of University of the Arts London), including Korean Artists Association member Seyoung Jeong (정세영). Full details [...]

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Alexander Liebreich’s musical diplomacy in Pyongyang

by Philip Gowman 4 January 2013
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Great BBC feature on Alexander Liebreich and his musical diplomacy with the Munich Chamber Orchestra in Pyongyang. http://bbc.in/100eliE. A briefer feature can be found on iPlayer here. LKL interviewed him in Tongyeong in 2012 when we visited the Tongyeong International Music Festival, of which he is artistic director. And a one-hour long documentary about his [...]

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Joyce Yang UK debut piano recital in Cambridge

by Philip Gowman 3 January 2013
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Joyce Yang is not a name I had come across before. But she won a silver medal at the Van Cliburn competetion, and she is appearing in a series of piano recitals in Cambridge – the Cambridge International Piano Series – which includes some seriously big names: Barry Douglas, Peter Donohoe and Martin Roscoe. The [...]

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Sunwook Kim at the Frant Festival of Music 2013

by Philip Gowman 3 January 2013
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Leeds Piano Competition Winner Sunwook Kim will be playing at the Frant Festival of Music 2013. Date: Fri 25th January 2013, 7.30 pm Venue: Frant Church: High Street Frant, Nr. Tunbridge Wells, TN3 9DX Music by Bach, Beethoven and Brahms Tickets £12 from Frant Stores or tel. 01892 750665/750845 In aid of the conservation of [...]

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Grace Yeo performs at the Purcell Room

by Philip Gowman 17 November 2012
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A recital by pianist Grace Yeo, award winner of the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund, who recently had her debut at the Wigmore Hall. The recital is at the Purcell Room on Monday 3 Dec 2012 at 7:45pm. Admission is FREE but ticketed – call FREEPHONE 0800 652 6717 to reserve your free tickets. Programme: Brahms: [...]

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Grace Yeo’s Wigmore debut

by Philip Gowman 10 October 2012
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Grace Yeo has been a regular lunchtime recitalist for a number of years. So it’s nice to see her making her debut at the Wigmore Hall on 4 November. The interesting programme includes a UK premiere of two pieces by the modern Korean composer Uzong Choe. Grace Yeo, piano Kirckman Concert Society Series Date: 4 [...]

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Yunhee Choi and Hun Ouk Park at the Steinway Studios

by Philip Gowman 2 October 2012
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News of an upcoming recital at the Steinway studios. Nice programme. Yunhee Choi (piano) and Hun Ouk Park (violin) Steinway Hall 44 Marylebone Lane, W1U 2DB Thurs 11 Oct, 2012 6.30PM Programme Arvo Pärt: Fratres César Franck: Sonata for violin and piano in A major Arvo Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel Yunhee Choi, pianist Yunhee Choi, [...]

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Sarah Chang plays Barber at the Cadogan Hall

by Philip Gowman 29 September 2012
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I’m always grumbling that Sarah Chang never plays anything apart from Bruch which she comes to London. And when she plays something more interesting, there’s often a clash with another compelling Korean cultural event. Earlier this year I couldn’t go to her Shostakovich because E J-yong needed to be interviewed. So I wonder what will [...]

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Recommended event this week: Beautiful Mind charity honours Paralympians

by Philip Gowman 3 September 2012
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As we approach the end of All Eyes on Korea, the 100-day festival of Korean culture coinciding with the Olympics, South Korea is putting on one final spurt of energy to honour the paralympians. At the Thames Festival this weekend the Korean Village will be screening Marathon – a film about an autistic athlete. I’m [...]

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Battle of the Divas: Shining K-Classics at the Festival Hall

by Philip Gowman 9 August 2012
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Maestro Seigerstam eased himself onto the platform looking like a cross between Brahms and a benign troll, long white beard resting on a generous stomach, long white hair reaching down the back of his tailcoat. With a waggle of his baton, the woodwind started playing Tchaikovsky’s Romeo & Juliet Overture and the Shining K-Classics concert [...]

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Concert notes: HJ Lim at the Wigmore

by Philip Gowman 4 August 2012
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She strode onto the stage in her trademark silk trouser suit, casually tossed a handkerchief into the piano and launched immediately into the intensity of the first of Rachmaninov’s Etudes Tableaux Op 33. HJ Lim’s debut at the Wigmore had departed. As when a bus driver puts his foot on the accelerator before his passengers [...]

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Shining K-Classics at the Royal Festival Hall

by Philip Gowman 22 July 2012
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The last of the All Eyes on Korea musical events is of Western classical music, featuring two of Korea’s best-loved classical stars: Shining K-Classics Date: 31 July 2012, 7:30pm Venue: Royal Festival Hall Violinist Sarah Chang and soprano Sumi Jo, Korea’s foremost classical musicians, will perform with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Leif Segerstam at the [...]

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Rachmaninov, Flamenco and Han: LKL meets pianist HJ Lim

by Philip Gowman 12 July 2012
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LKL is surprised four times in the space of a twenty minute interview with Korean pianist HJ Lim, and ends up an even bigger fan than before. Having enthusiastically listened to HJ Lim’s industry debut at Abbey Road Studios in May, and having purchased her boxed set of the complete Beethoven piano sonatas, we’re really [...]

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HJ Lim’s Wigmore debut

by Philip Gowman 12 July 2012
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Korean pianist HJ Lim has her official London debut at the Wigmore Hall on 20 July 2012. Expect passion and nostalgia in her Rachmaninov, and an explosive opening to her Hammerklavier. LKL heard her at Abbey Road studios earlier this year, and got a chance to interview her this week. We’ll be in the front [...]

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