Hellen Kwon News
South Korean soprano and opera singer active in Germany
- coloratura soprano
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- opera singer
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2022-11-02 09:50:32
Matching pianist and page turner
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2022-06-04 05:15:00
Classical Music News of the Week, June 4, 2022
Young Concert Artists Announce Their 2022-2023 SeasonYoung Concert Artists (YCA) proudly presents its 2022-2023 New York season. The season showcases four new YCA musician debuts in New York City, four Morgan Library and Museum “Encore” performances, and a new initiative YCA on Tour which will showcase five YCA Artists in a unique program of chamber music and song. In addition, YCA will host its Season Finale, offering a diverse program showcasing seven current artists and four illustrious alumni. Finally, YCA will continue to hold its annual Final Auditions and Winners concert.Daniel Kellogg, President of YCA, remarks on the season: "It is a joy to present our extraordinary YCA artists in these New York City performances next season. The passion, creative vision, and youthful energy that they embody never fails to electrify our audiences, and it's a special experience to be able to hear these artists at the beginning of what […]
2022-05-19 06:49:56
Classical music meets video art
[…] pandemic. In fact, the visualisation makes each micro concert a real creation.’ Overall, there was a total of 25 works recorded including music by Widmann, Schumann, Beethoven, Bach, Villa-Lobos, Dutilleux and Xenakis. Kent Nagano and the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg were joined by such international performers as Klaus Florian Vogt who sang Mahler’s ‘Von der Jugend’ while Katharina Konradi, Jana Kurucová and Georg Nigl interpreted Ligeti’s avant-garde work ‘Nouvelles aventures’. Members of Staatsoper Hamburg comprised Hellen Kwon, Gabriele Rossmanith, Kristina Stanek, Kady Evanyshyn and Bernhard Hansky sang works by Bartók and Schoenberg while invited ensembles - Harvestehuder Kammerchor Hamburg and Rundfunkchor Berlin - were heard in pieces by Brahms and Schoenberg. The micro concerts are available on-line (on demand) to 22 October 2022 via the orchestra's website, their YouTube channel, and the France Musique website. Micro concerts overview Why? (34:14) [YouTube] Visuals: Luis August Krawen Music by Jörg Widmann, Robert […]
2021-07-03 05:28:00
Classical Music News of the Week, July 3, 2021
[…] will showcase the unique voices of our Music Director and Collaborative Partners through projects across varied concert formats and digital mediums; collaborate with conductors and soloists who have both never before stepped on our stage and those we welcome back with great enthusiasm; explore new works and works new to us alongside timeless classics; and most importantly join together as performers and audiences to share profound musical experiences.”For more information, visit https://www.sfsymphony.org/--San Francisco SymphonyPianist Min Kwon’s “America/Beautiful” in the Green-Wood CatacombsDeath of Classical will continue its third season of The Angel’s Share this July, with the world premiere of pianist Min Kwon’s America/Beautiful in the Catacombs of The Green-Wood Cemetery, July 8-9. America/Beautiful is a new project in which Kwon commissioned more than 70 composers to each write an individual variation for solo piano on the theme of America the Beautiful. Each interpretation offers a different vision of America during […]
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