Seoul Arts Center, Korean Chamber Orchestra Invitation Concert... Collaboration with Im Sun-hye and Kim Hong-bak

On the 19th at the Seoul Arts Center Concert Hall

On the 19th, the Seoul Arts Center will hold the 'Seoul Arts Center 30th Anniversary Special Concert - Korean Chamber Orchestra Invitation Concert' at the Concert Hall.

This performance will be filled with the melodies of the Korean Chamber Orchestra, the longest-standing chamber orchestra in Korea. The Korean Chamber Orchestra began in 1965 as the Seoul Baroque Ensemble and is celebrating its 58th anniversary this year. In 2015, to commemorate its 50th anniversary, it successfully completed a world tour project (London Queen Elizabeth Hall, Berlin Konzerthaus, Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory Concert Hall, Vienna Musikverein), holding the record for the most overseas tours by a domestic orchestra (142 performances).

The conductor will be Choi Soo-yeol, Artistic Director of the Busan Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. Artistic Director Choi Soo-yeol also serves as the principal guest conductor of the Korean Chamber Orchestra. Soprano Lim Sun-hye and horn player Kim Hong-bak will perform as soloists.

In the first half, with horn player Kim Hong-bak as soloist, Britten's "Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings" will be performed. Composed by Britten in 1943 for horn player Dennis Brain, this piece is based on six English poems themed around "night." In the original, the tenor sings the vocal part, but soprano Lim Sun-hye will perform it, offering a fresh interpretation.

In the second half, the "Carmen Suite" by Russian contemporary composer Rodion Shchedrin will be performed. Shchedrin arranged Bizet's masterpiece opera "Carmen" for strings and percussion in 1967 and dedicated the work to his legendary ballerina wife, Maya Plisetskaya.

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