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Ensemble 212 – Cultural Convergences: Inspired by the Land of the Morning Calm

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Date(s) - 03/06/2017
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

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Kaufman Music Center

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Buy Tickets | $30 General, $25 Seniors, $20 Students

Ensemble 212 presents Cultural Convergences: Inspired by the Land of the Morning Calm, an evening of all-new music influenced by the dance, poetry, and spirituality of Korea.

This unique concert will feature a world premiere concerto specially written for New York Philharmonic violinist Joo Young Oh by Korean-American Composer in Residence James Ra. Contrasting the violin concerto are two New York premieres of concertos writtenfor Soo Yeon Lyuh, fresh off her collaboration with the Kronos Quartet and renowned for her masterful interpretations of new works written for the haegeum, a two-stringed Korean fiddle, by University of Hawaii composers Donald Womack and Thomas Osborne.

Cultural Convergences bridges the traditional and contemporary with Western and non-Western, a true reflection of our multicultural society.

Program

  • James Ra: Fountain of Grace for Chamber Orchestra (2007)
    Yoon Jae Lee — conductor
  • Donald Womack: Dancing With Spirits 혼무, Concerto for Haegeum & Orchestra (2014)
    Soo Yeon Lyuh — haegeum
    Yoon Jae Lee — conductor
    New York Premiere
– Intermission –
  • Thomas Osborne: Verses, Concerto for Haegeum & Orchestra (2012)
    Soo Yeon Lyuh — haegeum
    Yoon Jae Lee — conductor
    New York Premiere
  • James Ra: Violin Concerto No. 1 (2017)
    Joo Young Oh — violin
    Kyunghun Kim — conductor
    World Premiere

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