"Spring In Hometown" by Han-Ki Kim, Kyung Sun Lee, violin solo and others 고향의 봄, 김한기 편곡, 이경선 바이올린 솔로

Sejong Cultural Society
20th Anniversary Special Concert
Galvin Recital Hall, Northwestern University
February 4, 2024
Spring In Hometown by Han-Ki Kim,
Kyung Sun Lee, violin solo
Kay Kim, piano; Sean Jang, first fiolin; Conan Chang, second violin
Hanna Jang, viola; Yunjin Ro, cello
PROFILE:
Kyung Sun Lee, violin. (이경선, 바이올린)
Korean leading violinist Kyung Sun Lee has captured numerous prizes, including the Tchaikovsky Competition(1994), the Queen Elizabeth Competition(1993), the Washington International Competition(1991), and the Montreal International Competition(1991). After becoming Assistant Professor of Violin at the Oberlin Conservatory in the fall of 2001, then Associate Professor at the University of Houston in the fall of 2006, she was a Professor at Seoul National University from 2009 to 2022. She has taught for two summers at the Aspen Music Festival and has been invited to play at the Seattle and the Marlboro Chamber Music Festivals.
Lee has been invited as a faculty at the Bowdoin International Music Festival and the Heifetz International Institute in 2022. Lee is a former member of the acclaimed KumHo/Asiana String Quartet, with whom she toured worldwide. In recent years, she has also been in demand as a judge of violin competitions, including the International Tibor Junior Competition in Switzerland, the Singapore International Competition, and the Johaim International Competition in Hannover, Germany. Kyung Sun Lee studied at Seoul National University, Peabody Conservatory, and Juilliard. Her teachers included Sylvia Rosenberg, Robert Mann, and Dorothy Delay. She plays a Joseph Guarnerius violin dating from 1723, and she is the artistic director of Changwon International Chamber Music Festival and Seoul Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra. From January 2023, Kyung Sun Lee was named the Dorothy Richard Starling Chair in Violin Studies at Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University.
Yunjin Ro is a versatile cellist who performs as a soloist, educator, and orchestral musician in both the United States and South Korea. She currently plays with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra and the Peoria Symphony Orchestra as an assistant principal. Ro began her musical journey with piano at five and switched to cello a year later.
At 18, she was honored with the rare distinction of early admission to Seoul National University, graduating with top honors. She then pursued her master’s degree at Peabody Conservatory and her doctoral degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with full scholarships.
PROGRAM NOTE:
Spring of Home Country (Han-Ki Kim): ("고향의 봄", 김한기편곡)
“Spring of Home Country” can be said to be a work of variation in a word, and it was composed with the theme of the melody of Nanpa Hong, who played an important role in spreading Western music in Korea in the early 1900s.
The nursery rhyme “Spring of Home Country” was composed in 1929 and is a familiar melody to all Koreans, young and old. The poem is about the beautiful and nostalgic nostalgia of the village where I lived as a child. Following the lively prelude in 4/4 time, the first violin plays the theme in an atmosphere as if reading a poem, followed by the first variation composed of splendid dispersion chords. Variations 2 and 3 are played by intersecting the parts with “Jajinmori” and “Gutgeori,” which are unique Korean rhythms. In the 4th variation, the slow-expanded theme contrasts with the fast tones of the first violin up and down. Then, the 5th Variation of the Cadenza character is played, and the final 6th Variation of the majestic character and a short coda decorate the end. In this score, short sentences suitable for the musical situation were also written so that the performer could feel the Korean sentiment more concretely.
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