The second of two concerts by Korean performers at the Wigmore this Sunday: Jiyeong Mun piano Sunday 27 October 2019 7:30pm The Keyboard Charitable Trust Prizewinners’ Concert Series Tickets £15 – £30 | Book tickets This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): Piano Sonata No. 31 … [Read More]
Musician: Mun Jiyeong
Chloe Mun piano recitals at St Mary’s Perivale and Steinway Hall
Two London recitals from the winner of the 2015 Busoni competition: Chloe Mun (piano) Sunday 18 June 2017, 3.00pm St Mary’s Perivale | Perivale Lane | Perivale | Middlesex UB6 8SS Wednesday 21 June 2017, 7:00pm Steinway Hall | 44 Marylebone Lane | London W1U 2DB Admission free with retiring collection. No tickets issued beforehand … [Read More]
Looking back at 2015: Culture, sport and tourism
In the first of four articles looking back over 2015, we recall some of the culture, sports and heritage stories that made the news. Heritage The historic Baekje sites were listed by UNESCO as world heritage. UNESCO also listed in their Memory of the World register some Confucian woodblock texts and records of the family … [Read More]
Chloe Mun wins 2015 Busoni Competition
Congratulations to Chloe Mun for winning the 2015 Ferrucio Busoni International Piano Competition, held in Bolzano. The Grand Final was held on 4 September. Minsoo Hong won fourth prize in the competition, while Kim Jong-yun was awarded a special prize for the best interpretation of a work by Ferruccio Busoni. The overall winner of the … [Read More]
Looking back at 2014: Culture, sport and tourism
In the first of four articles looking back over 2014, we recall some of the culture, sports and heritage stories that made the news. Arts Dansaekhwa emerged as flavour of the year. Following the MMCA exhibition in 2013 and Joan Kee’s book, Kukje Gallery had a monochrome retrospective, and dansaekhwa artists were included in MMCA … [Read More]