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IOL News
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- IOL News
KZNPO opens early spring season
The KZN Philharmonic is presenting a two-concert Early Spring Season featuring a joyous selection of music that includes old favourites and new horizons. The opening concert on August 28 features Brandon Phillips, has resident conductor of the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra on the podium with Japanese pianist Keigo Mukawa as soloist. Mukawa won the third prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2021, and the second prize at the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition in 2019 and is currently performing in a wide range of solo and chamber music based in Japan and Europe. He has a reputation for performances that explore the stylistic beauty and diverse tone quality of each composer.
Korea Herald
31-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Korea Herald
Teenage virtuoso Kim Sae-hyun wins Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition
South Korean pianist Kim Sae-hyun has won the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition, the Kumho Asiana Cultural Foundation said Monday. The 17-year-old virtuoso performed Rachmaninoff's Concerto No. 3, Op. 30, with the Orchestra of the Republican Guard, conducted by Bastien Stil, in the final round Saturday, competing against four other finalists. Kim made his debut in 2018 through the Kumho Prodigy Concert. In July 2023, he claimed the First Prize, Audience Prize and Junior Jury Prize at the Cleveland International Piano Competition for Young Artists. Most recently, he was also named a 2024 YoungArts Winner with Distinction in Classical Music (Piano). Kim has performed at prestigious venues, including Jordan Hall, Salle Cortot, Seoul Arts Center and Yamaha Hall Ginza, over the past decade, appearing as a soloist with the Canton Symphony and Korean Symphony orchestras. Currently, the pianist is enrolled in the Harvard/NEC dual degree program, where he is simultaneously pursuing a Bachelor of Arts at Harvard College and a Master of Music at the New England Conservatory. Established in 1943 by pianist Marguerite Long and violinist Jacques Thibaud, the international classical competition is held triennially in France. Previous winners of the piano competition include Lim Dong-hyek in 2001 and Lee Hyuk, who was a co-winner in 2022. (Yonhap)
