European Romantic Music to Soak Up Autumn: '2nd Autumn Chamber Music Festival'

Held on the 20th and 23rd of next month at Lotte Concert Hall and Yesul-ui Jeondang

[Asia Economy Reporter Byunghee Park] The 2nd Autumn Chamber Music Festival, an indoor music festival that will color the fall of 2020, will be held on October 20 and 23 at Lotte Concert Hall and the Seoul Arts Center.

This year's Autumn Chamber Music Festival (hereinafter 'the Festival') is themed 'From 1800s,' featuring works by composers who were at the pinnacle of 19th-century European Romantic music.

The first day of the Festival, October 20, will take place at Lotte Concert Hall under the subtitle 'Leipzig Musical Gazette,' performing works by German composers who lived in the 1800s. The program includes Weber's Trio for Piano, Flute, and Cello, Brahms' String Sextet No. 1, Bruch's Piano Trio, and Schumann's Piano Quintet. German music of the 1800s was at the height of Romantic music and played an important role in classical history as this music spread throughout Europe.

The second stage of the Festival will be held on October 23 at the IBK Chamber Hall of the Seoul Arts Center under the subtitle 'Inspiration.' The program consists of works by Eastern European composers, including Dvo??k's Trio for Two Violins and Viola, Suk's Piano Quartet, Liszt's Piano Trio, and Dohn?nyi's Piano Quintet.

Last year's 1st Autumn Chamber Music Festival featured numerous overseas performers such as Norbert Anger, Florian Ulrich, Diyang Mei, and Adrien Boisseau who visited Korea to perform. However, this year's Festival will feature young Korean performers instead of overseas artists due to the spread of COVID-19.

Artistic Director Yushin Park, who also serves as the artistic director of the Pohang International Music Festival, is a young cellist expanding the horizons of Korean chamber music. Violinists Jaeyoung Kim and Youngwook Kim, members of the Novus Quartet; violist Sangjin Kim, music director and conductor of the Seoul Chamber Orchestra and professor at Yonsei University College of Music; next-generation violist Hanna Lee; cellist Minji Kim, who trains students at Seoul National University and serves as principal of the Cellista Cello Ensemble; pianist Taehyung Kim, who has already gained attention on the world stage; pianist Jongdo Ahn, winner of the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition; and flutist Sunghyun Cho, principal flute of the Cologne Philharmonic and the youngest professor appointed at Yonsei University College of Music, will all participate.

Tickets for the 2nd Autumn Chamber Music Festival will be available for reservation from the 16th through Interpark Ticket, Lotte Concert Hall, and the Seoul Arts Center.

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