KBS Symphony Orchestra to Participate in Edinburgh Festival, UK on 11th Next Month... Collaboration with Han Jaemin

Part of 'Focus on Korea' Introducing 5 Korean Performances

The KBS Symphony Orchestra will take the stage at the Edinburgh International Festival in the United Kingdom.

KBS Symphony Orchestra Music Director Pietari Inkinen (left in photo), cellist Han Jaemin. [Photo by KBS Symphony Orchestra]

On the 20th, the KBS Symphony Orchestra announced that it will participate in the Edinburgh International Festival in the UK together with cellist Han Jaemin.

The Edinburgh Festival, held every August in Scotland, UK, is the world's largest performing arts festival. This year, over 2,000 artists from 48 countries will perform more than 300 shows.

“Focus on Korea,” a special Korean week at the Edinburgh Festival commemorating the 140th anniversary of Korea-UK diplomatic relations, is the main program of the “2023 Korea Season,” hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and jointly organized by the Korean Cultural Centre UK and the Korea Foundation for International Cultural Exchange. The KBS Symphony Orchestra, Novus Quartet, and pianist Son Yeol-eum will perform on stage.

The KBS Symphony Orchestra is participating in the Edinburgh Festival by official invitation from the Korean Cultural Centre UK. Music director Pietari Inkinen will conduct, and cellist Han Jaemin will perform as soloist.

The performance will begin with Dvo??k’s Cello Concerto. Soloist Han Jaemin rose as a promising figure in the Korean classical music scene after becoming the youngest winner at age 15 at the 2021 George Enescu International Competition and winning the 2022 Isang Yun International Music Competition with overwhelming skill.

The orchestra will then perform Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5, which conveys tragic emotions and a message of overcoming adversity. The KBS Symphony Orchestra completed a preliminary review of the program through a recording session with Music Director Inkinen in March.

A KBS Symphony Orchestra official said, “As this is our first overseas tour with the music director, we focused on demonstrating the orchestra’s capabilities to the local audience,” adding, “We will prepare responsibly as representatives of Korea.”

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