Percussionist Park Hyeji, Winner of the Geneva International Competition, to Hold Solo Recital on the 27th of Next Month

October 27 Solo Recital at Perigee Hall
Featuring 'La Campanella' Marimba Version and More

"I consider myself a poor dancer, but to challenge that limitation, I practiced and performed this piece (Company Kahlua's 'This Is Not a Ball') for the first time this year."

Percussionist Park Hyeji Solo Recital Poster. [Photo by The Bridge Company]

Hyeji Park, the first Korean percussionist to win the Geneva International Music Competition in the percussion category, will hold a solo recital.

On October 27th, Park announced that she will showcase the charm of various percussion instruments such as marimba, maracas, drums, and body percussion through her solo recital 'Modern Percussion' at Perigee Hall in Seocho-dong, Seoul.

Park, who started playing percussion at the age of 15, became the first Korean to win the percussion category at the 2019 Geneva International Music Competition. Not only did she win first place, but she also swept six special awards?the Audience Award, Youth Audience Award, Geneva Student Audience Award, Yamaha Young Artist Award, Juicy Concert Award, and Burghardt Marimba Award?making her a '7-time champion' in the history of the Geneva Competition. Last year, she was also selected as an artist for the global percussion company Malletech.

On this stage, Park will perform a diverse program ranging from rarely heard pieces such as Christos Hatzis's 'Utility Lights for 5-Octave Marimba and Tape,' Thierry de Mey's 'Silence Must Be,' and Company Kahlua's 'This Is Not a Ball,' to familiar pieces famous as film music like 'Over the Rainbow' and 'La Campanella.'

In particular, Park will present Liszt's 'La Campanella,' notorious for being difficult even for pianists, on the marimba. The piece was dedicated to Park by her fellow percussionist and arranger Sangjun Lee while she was studying in Germany, and to date, Park is the only one who possesses this score.

This year, the piece 'This Is Not a Ball' by Company Kahlua, which she is performing on stage for the first time, is like watching a short play.

Regarding this piece, Park said, "A percussionist must be good at everything. Even singing and dancing well are necessary. In this piece, if you feel like laughing, don't hold it back?feel free to laugh. Laughter will also be part of the performance."

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