Violinist Wonhee Bae playing her favorite hometown composer Isang Yun. 
Isang Yun was born in Tongyeong, the same city where violinist Wonhee Bae spent her childhood. Because of this geographical connection, she feels very close to his music.

Isang Yun (1917-1995) was a composer originally from Korea who created a unique musical technique by combining the elements of traditional Korean music with those of Western modern music. 'Lina im Garten (1984/85)' was premiered in 1986 in Berlin by his granddaughter Lina. The composer felt strongly responsible for the fact that there were only a few modern musical pieces that could be performed by boys and girls at that time, therefore he composed these pieces. This recording presents No.5 'Das Vögelchen' from a set of five solo violin pieces.

Recorded by RCM Studio, London.

About the Performer:

Violinist Wonhee Bae

Described as a violinist with ‘uncommon musicianship, immaculate bowing, and impeccable intonation!’ -the Strad UK, August 2006, Violinist Wonhee Bae has performed as soloist with the Russian National Orchestra, Vogtland Philharmonie, Orchestra Filarmonica di Constantinescu di Ploiesti, the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, the Stanislavski Danchenko Theater Orchestra, the Romanian Bacau Philharmonic, Korean Chamber Orchestra and the Seoul Philharmonic. She has also appeared in solo recital in the Großer Saal of the Mozarteum in Salzburg as part of the Salzburg Festspiele, Baden-Baden Philharmonie Hall, Germany, on the Kumho Prodigy series, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Bing Theater, at the Sejong Arts Center, at the National Gallery in London, at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, at the Zanussi Center in Pordenone, Italy, and at the Palazzo Mazziotti in the Caserta Music Festival.

Her performances have been heard frequently on radio broadcasts in Europe, Asia, and the United States on WQXR FM in New York, KMZT and KCSN in Los Angeles, Radio Suisse Romande, MDR Figaro Rundfunk Germany, ORF-1 in Austria, and the Sunday Showcase on WHYY in Philadelphia.

Ms. Bae is the first prize-winner of the 26th Rodolfo Lipizer International Violin Competition in Italy and a top prize-winner of many major international competitions such as the Tchaikovsky International Competition for Young Musicians, International Mozarteum Sommer akademie Preisträger, the Johannes Brahms International Competition in Austria, the Markneukirchen International Competition in Germany, and the Johansen International Competition in Washington D.C.

An active chamber musician, she has performed at numerous venues internationally including the Victoria Hall in Geneva, the Beyeler Foundation in Basel, Verizon Hall in Philadelphia, Royal Academy of Arts London and the Martinue Hall in Prague. She has attended prestigious music festivals such as the IMAS festival in Switzerland under Maestro Seiji Ozawa, the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival in Lübeck, Germany, and the Ravinia Festival Steans Institute for Young Artists in Chicago, Illinois. In 2010, she was selected for the LSO (London Symphony Orchestra) String Experience Scheme. 

She graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia and is currently studying in the Royal College of Music, London with Dr.Felix Andrievsky as an ABRSM Scholar.

More information: http://wonheebae.com 

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