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...will make the journey that proved fateful for Yun, traveling to Pyongyang to perform Yun’s “Cello Concerto” as part of a festival honoring the composer, who died in 1995. The Isang Yun World Peace Concert, a rare event that brings together musicians from both North and South Korea, is a joint effort between the South’s Isang Yun Peace Foundation and the North’s Yun I Sang Music Institute. Koh will perform with the Isang Yun Orchestra and renowned Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Chung Myung-Whun...
...music that many of Koh’s competitors expressed. In what was supposed to be a competition honoring the composer’s accomplishments, Koh would be the only participant to perform one of Yun’s pieces—the challenging 1976 “Cello Concerto”—in the final rounds...
...musical language of the “Cello Concerto” is rooted in the European avant-garde tradition, yet it is also packed with references to Korean folk music. Techniques such as pizzicato and the use of glissando echo instruments native to Korea...
...reflection of his time in prison and of his life,” explains Koh. He vividly describes the ending of the concerto as a significant part of this reflection. “The cello is raging—it’s reaching for the high A with the orchestra supporting it. It sustains a G-sharp for eight measures in fortississimo with intense vibrato. It never reaches the A, though...
...struggling cello never reaches its desired destination. But the accompanying orchestra does, first by a plaintive oboe solo, then by a pair of ethereal-sounding trumpets. The pitch A then fades into silence...