The Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra is scheduled for a series of concerts in March.
The orchestral strains of classical music will ring in a warm spring, as the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra readies for its fans a series of concerts this March.
On March 14, the ensemble will bring to the ears of concert-goers masterpieces by Dvorak and Brahms. The show will take place at the Seoul Arts Center in southern Seoul.
Two young musicians from Israel will also be on stage: conductor Lahav Shani and pianist Boris Guilburg.
Conductor Lahav Shani (left) from Israel leads the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra on March 14. Accompanying the orchestra is Israeli pianist Boris Guiltburg (right).
The Israeli conductor will lead the orchestra through Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, “From the New World,” his final symphony and his most well-known piece. An Israeli pianist will also join the ensemble to play Braham’s Piano Concerto No. 1. Both musicians are known for having studied under the same teacher, Arie Vardi, one of Israel’s most-lauded pedagogues.
On March 20, the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in central Seoul is set to play host to a feast of chamber music. The March 20 show will focus on the works of chamber music composer Gabriel Faure, often dubbed the “father of modern French music.”
Accompanying the ensemble will be its first violin associate concertmaster Wayne Lin, violist Huang Hung-wei, cellist Joo Yeon-sun and pianist Jee James. The concert will begin with “String Trio” by well-known French composer Jean Françaix. Faure’s only string quartet, String Quartet in E minor, and his Piano Quintet No. 1 in D minor will also be showcased.
Musical director and conductor Antoni Wit of the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra will lead the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra at the Seoul Arts Center on March 24.
The final of the orchestra’s spring concerts will take place again at the Seoul Arts Center on March 24. Under the title of, “The Heroic Symphony,” the concert will feature musical director and conductor Antoni Wit of the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. The Polish conductor has earned the nickname the “Herbert von Karajan of Poland” since he has released collections of both Mahler’s and Tchaikovsky’s symphonies with the Hong Kong-based Naxos Records label.
Under the baton of Antoni Wit, Elsner’s “Overture to Leszek Bialy,” Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto and Beethoven’s Symphony No.3, “Eroica,” will be brought to life. Violinist Valeriy Sokolov from Ukraine will collaborate with the orchestra, too.
Ukrainian violinist Valeriy Sokolov is scheduled to collaborate with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra on March 24.
By Sohn JiAe
Korea.net Staff Writer
Photos: the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra
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