Yeol Eum Son News
South Korean pianist
- piano
- classical music
- South Korea
- musician, composer, pianist
social networks
streaming
Last update
2024-03-19
Refresh
2024-03-15 16:06:00
Crouching composer, hidden dragon
My post describing how classical music has many Buddhist tendencies continues to reach a gratifyingly wide audience. So it is now time to confront the elephant in the shrine room - Tan Dun's Buddha Passion. Tan Dun is best-known for his soundtrack for Ang Lee's movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which was recorded at the Shanghai Radio, Film And TV Bureau Technical Center in 1999. Born in 1957 in the central Chinese district of Hunan, the Son of a military officer in the People's Liberation Army, and he studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing. In 1986 Tan Dun moved to New York City but retained strong links with China: his Symphony 1997 was commissioned for the reunification of Hong Kong with China.The Buddha Passion was inspired by Tan Dun's visit to the ancient Mogao Caves in north-west China. This UNESCO Heritage Site is the largest, oldest , and […]
2024-03-11 18:39:53
Mahlers 6:a och existentiella tankar
I förra helgen var jag på konsert och kongress för att se Son spela Mahlers 6:e symfoni. Ett stycke
2024-03-09 21:38:20
Early years Barber was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, the Son of Marguerite McLeod (née Beatty)
2024-03-07 09:16:00
The Royal Philharmonic Society Awards 2024, at the Royal Northern College of Music
L-R from top: Nicky Spence; Jasdeep Singh Degun; Roman Grigoriv, Olga Diatel and Illia Razumeiko; and Jack Capstaff at the RPS AwardsThe Royal Philharmonic Society held its awards ceremony at the Royal Northern College of Music on Tuesday night (5 March) – the first time they’ve ever done them out of London. And here are my awards for the highlights of the show: l The ceremony began with Conversation in the Forest by Keiko Abe, performed by “The Sound of Manchester” – Delia Stevens and Le Yu (aka Aurora Percussion Duo), with Andrea Vogler, David Hext, Harriet Kwong and Paul Patrick. l Most entertaining acceptance speech of the night was from tenor Nicky Spence (winner, Singer category), pointing out that he’d been up for the award more than once before and “I was beginning to think I was Pippa Middleton” and telling the tale of how his […]
or
- timeline: Composers (Asia). Performers (Asia).
- Indexes (by alphabetical order): S...