KBS Symphony Orchestra New Year's First Regular Concert... Pianist Im Dong-min Collaborates on 'Chopin'

On the 30th at Seoul Arts Center and on the 31st at Nowon Culture and Arts Center... Conducted by Russian Alexander Lazarev

Im Dong-min [Photo by KBS Symphony Orchestra]

[Asia Economy Reporter Byunghee Park] The KBS Symphony Orchestra's first regular concert of the new year will be held on the 30th at the Seoul Arts Center Concert Hall and on the 31st at the Nowon Culture and Arts Center.

At the 750th regular concert, the KBS Symphony Orchestra will perform Liszt's symphonic poem No. 5 "Prometheus," Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2, and Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 1 "Winter Day Fantasy."

Pianist Dongmin Lim will collaborate for the performance of Chopin's Piano Concerto. Lim is a Chopin specialist who won first place at the 2nd International Young Chopin Competition in 1996 and tied for third place at the 15th International Chopin Competition in 2005. He is currently a professor in the Department of Instrumental Music at Keimyung University, nurturing future musicians.

The conductor will be the Russian maestro Alexander Lazarev. Lazarev graduated from the Moscow State Conservatory and the Saint Petersburg Conservatory. He won the USSR Conducting Competition in 1971 and the Berlin Karajan Conducting Competition in 1972. From 1987 to 1995, he served as the principal conductor and artistic director of the Bolshoi Theatre. Between 1992 and 1995, he was the principal guest conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and from 1997 to 2005, he was the principal conductor of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, where he conducted the complete symphonies of Shostakovich. Recently, he has worked as a guest conductor with the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic.

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