Tchaikovsky never held back. He asked for his Fifth Symphony to be performed con desiderio e passione – ‘with desire and passion’ – and when guest conductor Ben Glassberg joins the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Cadogan Hall, we can promise exactly that. With its heartfelt melodies and blazing colours, we love playing Tchaikovsky’s Fifth as … [Read More]
Category: Western classical music
Selected publications
- Anthology: Contemporary Korean Music in Context: Bridging Tradition, Modernity, and the Global Stage ed Madlen Poguntke, Anna Yates-Lu, HeeSook Oh , Palgrave 2026
- Min Kym: Gone: A Girl, a Violin, a Life Unstrung, Viking 2017
- Nicholas Harkness: Songs of Seoul: An Ethnography of Voice and Voicing in Christian South Korea, University of California Press 2013
- Kim Choon-mee: Harmonia Koreana: A Short History of 20th century Korean Music, Hollym 2011
Korean musicians in the Wigmore 2026 Autumn season
Sun 27 Sep 2026, 11.30am: Hyeyoon Park (violin) With Juho Pohjonen (piano) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Op. 24 ‘Spring’ Benjamin Britten (1913-1976): Suite Op. 6: IV. Lullaby | II. March | V. Waltz Edvard Grieg (1843-1907): Violin Sonata No. 3 in C minor Op. 45 Hyeyoon Park’s debut concerto … [Read More]
Korean soloists at the 2026 BBC Proms
Three Korean soloists perform concertos at this year’s Proms, including Yunchan Lim who opens the festival. 17 July (First Night): Yunchan Lim (piano) Dalia Stasevska and massed BBC forces launch the 2026 season with an American accent. The widescreen vision of Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man zooms in to teeming city streets in Gershwin’s … [Read More]
Music for Coloratura Soprano, with Jiho Park (soprano) and Sooyeon Baik (piano)
Jiho Park (soprano) and Sooyeon Baik (piano) perform music by Handel, Delibes, Donizetti and Schubert and art songs from their native Korea Clapham Chamber Concerts continues its 2025-6 season of concerts on Friday 15 May. This programme, which will surely appeal to opera lovers and song aficionados alike, will delve into the extensive repertoire for … [Read More]
Seong-Jin Cho plays Tchaikovsky 1
The star pianist joins forces with his regular collaborator and ‘musical soulmate’ Santtu-Matias Rouvali, and the outstanding Philharmonia Orchestra. First comes Borodin’s atmospheric musical picture of a caravan of merchants and their camels crossing the steppe, with gorgeous moments in the spotlight for some of the Philharmonia’s woodwind principals. Then it’s time for Tchaikovsky’s First … [Read More]
Danny Koo performances in Brighton, London and Aldeburgh
Classical violinist and crossover artist Danny Koo returns to England with a wide range of genres and venues. Danny Koo Live at Sunset Sunday 10 May 2026, 8:30pm – 9pm Brighton i360 | £30 including a glass of bubbles | Book tickets A truly one of a kind performance from internationally acclaimed violinist Danny Koo, … [Read More]
Sumi Jo in Mad for Love – 40th Anniversary Celebration Concert
Renowned soprano Sumi Jo, accompanied by pianist Malcolm Martineau, is joined by guest baritone Edward Nelson for a 40th-anniversary celebration of song and opera at the Cadogan Hall on 12 March. Their recital spans Vivaldi, Donizetti, Delibes, Bellini, Duparc, Lehár, Korngold, Rossini, Rodgers & Hammerstein, and more, pairing virtuosic vocal displays with expressive poetry and … [Read More]
Yunchan Lim plays Schubert and Scriabin
Yunchan Lim’s meteoric rise began in 2022 when he became the youngest ever winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and has been confirmed since with a succession of revelatory concert performances and recordings. He explores the world of Romantic sonatas this lunchtime, following Schubert’s D major “Gasteiner” Sonata from 1825 with three turn-of-the-century … [Read More]
Spotlight on Seong-Jin Cho at LSO St Luke’s
The second BBC lunchtime recital as part of Seong-Jin Cho’s season with the LSO: Frédéric Chopin Waltz in E minor Op posth Waltz No 4 in F major Op 34 No 3 Waltz No 6 in D-flat major Op 64 No 1, ‘Minute’ Waltz No 9 in A-flat major Op 69 No 1 Waltz No … [Read More]
Da-Hee Kim performs 24 Preludes for Piano by Nicholas Scott-Burt (London premiere)
Da-Hee Kim will be giving the London Premiere of 24 Preludes for Piano by Nicholas Scott-Burt (complete) on 16 March In his 24 Preludes for Piano, composed between 2019-2020, Scott-Burt takes a post-modern approach to the long-standing tradition of presenting a cycle of works in all 24 major and minor keys. He follows in the … [Read More]
Yeol Eum Son plays Bartok and Finzi at the Barbican
A magical bird, a dream of England, and the sheer magic of pianist Yeol Eum Son, as Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra bring a blaze of colour to the Barbican. A monsoon downpour and a cascade of flame: elemental forces are in play as Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra continue their … [Read More]
Laura Bowler: The White Book UK Premiere
British composer Laura Bowler’s new work for voice and orchestra is based on Booker and Nobel Prize-winning author Han Kang’s The White Book – a poetic meditation on colour, grief and the human spirit. The UK premiere of this work will take place at the Barbican on 4 March, with a follow-up performance on 5 … [Read More]
Spotlight on Seong-Jin Cho at LSO St Luke’s
Two concerts featuring Seong-Jin Cho at LSO St Luke’s: BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Friday 13 February 2026, 1pm Donghoon Shin: My Shadow Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet in G minor Andrej Power violin Julián Gil Rodríguez violin Eivind Ringstad viola David Cohen cello Chris Richards clarinet Seong-Jin Cho piano The Concert Shadows, echoes and deep … [Read More]
Seongjin Cho plays Chopin at the Barbican
Bask in the Romantic flavours of Borodin’s folk-inspired Second Symphony, Stravinsky’s sublime neo-Classical homage to Tchaikovsky, and dazzling, deeply-felt Chopin. Programme Igor Stravinsky: Divertimento from ‘The Fairy’s Kiss’ (rev 1949) Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No 2 Alexander Borodin: Symphony No 2 Performers London Symphony Orchestra Gianandrea Noseda: conductor Seong-Jin Cho: piano Inspired by a number … [Read More]
KCC New Talents – Hwanhee Kim (piano)
Successfully selected from the KCCUK’s New Talents Open Call, the Korean Cultural Centre UK is proud to present pianist Hwanhee Kim this Autumn. This performance will focus on Kuk-jin Kim (1930-2020) whose work represents a groundbreaking and deeply personal synthesis of Gugak (Traditional Korean Music) with Western classical forms. Programme J.S. Bach (arr. F. Busoni) … [Read More]
Shostakovich & Stravinsky at the Barbican, with Clara-Jumi Kang
Stravinsky and Gubaidulina breathe vivid, visceral life into Russian fairy tales, plus Shostakovich’s most beautiful and riveting concerto. In her 1971 Märchen – Poem, Sofia Gubaidulina uses music of transcendent beauty to conjure a stick of chalk that dreams of life outside the classroom drawing beautiful landscapes. Stravinsky’s 1910 ballet paints an equally fantastical world … [Read More]