Bucheon Art Center's First Pipe Organ Performance on the 17th

French Organ Duo Werner and Meckler Recital
Bruce Liu on the 13th · Gidon Kremer Performance on the 25th

Bucheon Art Center, which officially opened on the 19th of last month, will present its first pipe organ performance on the 17th. The stage will also feature pianist Bruce Liu, the winner of the 2021 Chopin Competition, and violin maestro Gidon Kremer. These are planned performances to be showcased over three months in celebration of the opening of Bucheon Art Center.

The French organ duo Verne and Meckler will hold the first solo recital on Bucheon Art Center's 4,576-pipe organ.

Authentic organist Olivier Verne and Cedric Meckler, who holds doctorates in medicine and neuroscience, formed the organ duo in 2006. They have expanded the realm of organ performance by premiering works from the Bach family and arranging Rameau's compositions for organ duo. Their complete Mozart organ works were selected by 'Le Monde de la Musique,' one of Europe's top three music magazines, and their complete Mendelssohn organ works received the 'Diapason d'Or' award.

The Verne and Meckler duo will perform classical masterpieces arranged for organ duo at the Bucheon Art Center concert. They will present Rameau's "Chaconne," Bach's "Chaconne BWV 1004," Dukas' "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," and Ravel's "Bol?ro," among others.

Bucheon Art Center [Photo by Bucheon Art Center]

Prior to this, on the 13th, Bruce Liu will perform Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 in collaboration with the Vienna Symphony. The conductor will be Jang Hanna, who has successfully transitioned from cellist to conductor. Since 2017, Jang Hanna has served as the principal conductor and artistic director of the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra in Norway, and was appointed principal guest conductor of the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra in Germany last year and this year.

The Vienna Symphony, founded in 1900, visited Korea last year to commemorate the 130th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Korea and Austria, and returned to Korea again this year.

Conductor Jang Hanna and the Vienna Symphony will perform Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" in addition to the concerto with Liu.

Pianist Bruce Liu [Photo provided by WCN, ?Yanzhang]

World-renowned violinist Gidon Kremer will take the stage with the KBS Symphony Orchestra on the 25th.

Gidon Kremer is recognized as a violinist by fellow violinists and is regarded as the greatest violinist of this era by the British music magazine 'BBC Music Magazine.'

Kremer will perform the violin version of the "Cello Concerto," originally arranged by composer Robert Schumann for the 19th-century leading violinist Joseph Joachim. The conductor will be Yoel Levi, who has led the KBS Symphony Orchestra as its 8th principal conductor since 2014.

Conductor Levi and the KBS Symphony Orchestra will also perform Wagner's opera overture "Tannh?user" and Stravinsky's ballet music "The Firebird" in addition to the collaboration with Kremer.

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