Minho Yoon: In Paradisum For Viloin And Piano
CLUTCH Concert, at Bates Hall, The University of Texas at Austin, 
Nov. 12, 2014
Violin: Dawon Suh, Piano: Shinhye Kim

In Paradisum for Violin and Piano
On the morning of April 16, 2014, the ferry named Sewol sank during a trip on the frigid Yellow Sea. During the tragic accident occurred, Sewol had more than 400 passengers on board. The passengers were mainly high school students. About 300 people died because of this tragedy. At that time, all Koreans were lamenting the calamity and grieving for precious lives. When I encountered this tragic news from South Korea, I was shocked and felt deep sorrow at the death of people. I had nothing to do but wrote a music to express my condolences on the catastrophe. The title of piece, In Paradisum (into paradise), comes from the last movement of Fauré's Requiem. Like its text, In Paradisum deducant the Angeli (May the angels escort you into paradise), I pray that the innocent victims of the ferry accident have a rest in peace through this piece.
...they may rest from their labors... Rev. 14:14

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Minho Yoon(MM) is a composer, arranger, and pianist. He is currently pursuing DMA in composition at the University of Texas at Austin. He holds Master's degree in composition from the University of Texas at Austin and Bachelor's degree in composition from Hanyang University at Seoul, Republic of Korea. He served 2 years military service as a composer at the Republic of Korea Army Headquarter Band. He is both a pianist and a composer at Piano Quartet 'Breathe' in Seoul, South Korea and is a composer at Levi Ensemble in Busan, South Korea. His original works for solo instrument, vocal, chamber and arrangement pieces are performed several times in South Korea and the United States. At UT Austin, he studied composition with Dr. Donald Grantham and Dr. Yevgeniy Sharlat. Now he studies with Dr. Dan Welcher.

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