Clara Jumi Kang to Hold Solo Recital at Mapo Art Center on the 16th

The First Stage of Mapo Cultural Foundation's M Sonata Series

Violinist Clara Jumi Kang will take the first stage of Mapo Cultural Foundation's classical planned performance series, '2023 M Sonata Series.'

Violinist Clara Jumi Kang. [Photo by Mapo Cultural Foundation]

According to Mapo Cultural Foundation on the 8th, Clara Jumi Kang will hold a solo recital on the 16th at the Art Hall Mac of Mapo Art Center in Seoul. She plans to deliver the resonance of the bow and strings intact through unaccompanied violin performance.

The M Sonata Series is a relay recital program featuring top-tier performers introduced by Mapo Cultural Foundation since last year. This year's M Sonata Series will continue with pianist Yoon Hong-chun in August and chamber music group Club M following Clara Jumi Kang's performance.

Kang Jumi, a second-generation Korean-German musician, studied at The Juilliard School, Korea National University of Arts, and the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich. She won the Seoul International Competition in 2009 and the Indianapolis and Sendai Competitions in 2010. She received the Daewon Music Award in 2012 and the Kumho Musician Award in 2015. Last year, she debuted on the BBC Proms stage in the UK and signed an exclusive contract with the world-renowned classical management company Intermusica.

In this performance, Kang Jumi will play Sonata No. 1 and Partita No. 2 from Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, known as the "Bible of the Violin," in the first part. In the second part, she will perform Ysaye's unaccompanied violin Sonatas Nos. 3, 5, and 6, as well as Nathan Milstein's "Paganiniana."

A representative of Mapo Cultural Foundation said, "An unaccompanied violin recital is a performance where the violinist on stage fills the entire concert relying solely on their instrument from beginning to end, allowing the audience to fully experience the performer's interpretation and skill." They added, "Through the M Sonata Series, we can look forward to the many emotions and colors that Kang Jumi will express with the violin."

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