On the occasion of the concert tour of Maestro Krzysztof Penderecki and Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra, which takes place from 28th October to 1st November in Korea, a Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki is joining the tour presenting Chopin Piano Concerto in E minor. The OPUS corporation invites you to this unforgettable musical journey at a discounted price.
Concert Information
Praised by Yehudi Menuhin who was the first guest conductor, Sinfonia Varsovia will give its first concert in Korea.
Under the direction of K.Penderecki, artistic director and conductor at the same time, the orchestra will launch its musical tour in Busan on 28th October, followed by 2 concerts in Seoul Arts Center from 29th to 30th October and the last concert on 1st November in Daegu.
Known as one of the best living composers, Penderecki is highly acclaimed as a conductor as well, directing many famous orchestras such as Berlin Philharmoniker, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and New York Philharmonic orchestra.
On the occasion of the first tour in Korea, the orchestra will present various pieces such as Penderecki’s “Sinfonietta per Archi”, “Ciaconna”, Chopin’s “Piano Concerto no.1”, Beethoven’s Symphony no.7 and Dvorak’s Symphony no.7. Especially on 30th October, “Marimba Concerto” by Jeajoon Ryu, apprentice of Penderecki, will be played by Marimbist June Moonkyung Hahn, adding more significance to this concert tour.
Jan Lisiecki, one of the most sought-after young pianists in Europe, joins the tour as well. He will present Chopin’s piano concerto in E minor, which he has already performed with Sinfonia Varsovia at the Chopin Festival, celebrating 200 years since the birth of Chopin, when he was only 13 years old. Commended by the BBC Music for his “mature musicality and sparkling technic”, his performance promises full of emotion to the audience.
Lastly, Marimbist June Moonkyung Hahn, who will play Jeajoon Ryu’s Marimba concerto on 30th October, displays her amazing artistic skills.
In March 2016, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra recorded Ryu’s Marimba Concerto with June and a few more concerts are organized with prestigious European orchestras.
Jan Lisiecki was born and raised in Canada by Polish parents. He graduated from Western Canada High School and went on to study for a Bachelor of Music degree at the Glenn Gould School of Music in Toronto on a full scholarship. In October 2011 he signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon, releasing the first recording in the series in May 2012 - Mozart’s Piano Concertos. He has been awarded prestigious awards in his native Canada, including the 2010 Revelations Radio-Canada Musique and the 2011 Jeune Artiste des Radios Francophones, along with numerous international honours. Highlights of the last few years include his debut with Claudio Abbado and Orchestra Mozart, his BBC Proms debut at London’s Royal Albert Hall and engagements with Orchestre de Paris and New York Philharmonic. Jan Lisiecki has also received many prestigious awards, including most recently the Leonard Bernstein. Award of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival and Gramophone＇s Young Artist of the Year Award in 2013.
June MoonKyung Hahn
- First prize winner at the Paris International Marimba Competition, Young Talent Award in the World Marimba Competition in Shanghai, China.
- Won the second prize as well as ＇Best Interpretation＇ award in the International Competition of Contemporary Chamber Music in Krakow, Poland.
- Collaborated with Charles Wuorinen, Alan Gilbert, Jeff Milarsky, Itzhak Perlman, Nicholas McGegan, Marin Alsop, Joel Sachs, and Vladmir Jurowski.
- Recorded with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Krzysztof Pendrecki
- Poland’s greatest living composer and conductor.
- Artistic director of the Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra.
- Conducted many prestigious orchestras such as Vienna Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmoniker, Israel Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Chicago symphony orchestra.
- A Holder of the Grand Cross for Distinguished Services of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and Chevalier de Saint Georges, Austrian Medal for Science and Art, Prize of the International Music Council UNESCO for Music and the Order of Cultural Merit of the Principality of Monaco and many more.
- Awarded the Primetime Emmy Award of the Academy of Television Arts ＆ Sciences, the Japanese Praemium Imperiale (2004) and the Grand-Croix de l’Ordre “Pro Merito Melitensi” (2011)
SINFONIA VARSOVIA
In 1984, after a successful performance with the legendary violinist and conductor, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, the Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra has been recognized as one of the best orchestras in Europe.
The orchestra was soon invited to perform in the world’s most celebrated concert halls, including New York’s Carnegie Hall, Theatre des Champs Elysees in Paris, the Barbican Centre in London, Vienna’s Musikverein. Sinfonia Varsovia has also performed with many distinguished soloists as Yuri Bashmet, Boris Berezovsky, Gautier CapuconJose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Gidon Kremer, Mischa Maisky, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Mstislav Rostropovich and Frank Peter Zimmermann. The orchestra boasts a discography of more than 270 albums, recorded for famous international labels: Decca, Denon Nippon Columbia, Deutsche Grammophon, EMI, Naive, Naxos, Sony, Virgin Classics and many other Polish labels.
Krzysztof Penderecki became the orchestra’s musical director in 1997 and its artistic director in July 2003, a position he still holds, often also working together with the ensemble as its conductor.
On the occasion of the concert tour of Maestro Krzysztof Penderecki and Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra, which takes place from 28th October to 1st November in Korea, a Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki is joining the tour presenting Chopin Piano Concerto in E minor. The OPUS corporation invites you to this unforgettable musical journey at a discounted price.
Concert Information
Praised by Yehudi Menuhin who was the first guest conductor, Sinfonia Varsovia will give its first concert in Korea.
Under the direction of K.Penderecki, artistic director and conductor at the same time, the orchestra will launch its musical tour in Busan on 28th October, followed by 2 concerts in Seoul Arts Center from 29th to 30th October and the last concert on 1st November in Daegu.
Known as one of the best living composers, Penderecki is highly acclaimed as a conductor as well, directing many famous orchestras such as Berlin Philharmoniker, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and New York Philharmonic orchestra.
On the occasion of the first tour in Korea, the orchestra will present various pieces such as Penderecki’s “Sinfonietta per Archi”, “Ciaconna”, Chopin’s “Piano Concerto no.1”, Beethoven’s Symphony no.7 and Dvorak’s Symphony no.7. Especially on 30th October, “Marimba Concerto” by Jeajoon Ryu, apprentice of Penderecki, will be played by Marimbist June Moonkyung Hahn, adding more significance to this concert tour.
Jan Lisiecki, one of the most sought-after young pianists in Europe, joins the tour as well. He will present Chopin’s piano concerto in E minor, which he has already performed with Sinfonia Varsovia at the Chopin Festival, celebrating 200 years since the birth of Chopin, when he was only 13 years old. Commended by the BBC Music for his “mature musicality and sparkling technic”, his performance promises full of emotion to the audience.
Lastly, Marimbist June Moonkyung Hahn, who will play Jeajoon Ryu’s Marimba concerto on 30th October, displays her amazing artistic skills.
In March 2016, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra recorded Ryu’s Marimba Concerto with June and a few more concerts are organized with prestigious European orchestras.
Jan Lisiecki was born and raised in Canada by Polish parents. He graduated from Western Canada High School and went on to study for a Bachelor of Music degree at the Glenn Gould School of Music in Toronto on a full scholarship. In October 2011 he signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon, releasing the first recording in the series in May 2012 - Mozart’s Piano Concertos. He has been awarded prestigious awards in his native Canada, including the 2010 Revelations Radio-Canada Musique and the 2011 Jeune Artiste des Radios Francophones, along with numerous international honours. Highlights of the last few years include his debut with Claudio Abbado and Orchestra Mozart, his BBC Proms debut at London’s Royal Albert Hall and engagements with Orchestre de Paris and New York Philharmonic. Jan Lisiecki has also received many prestigious awards, including most recently the Leonard Bernstein. Award of the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival and Gramophone＇s Young Artist of the Year Award in 2013.
June MoonKyung Hahn
- First prize winner at the Paris International Marimba Competition, Young Talent Award in the World Marimba Competition in Shanghai, China.
- Won the second prize as well as ＇Best Interpretation＇ award in the International Competition of Contemporary Chamber Music in Krakow, Poland.
- Collaborated with Charles Wuorinen, Alan Gilbert, Jeff Milarsky, Itzhak Perlman, Nicholas McGegan, Marin Alsop, Joel Sachs, and Vladmir Jurowski.
- Recorded with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Krzysztof Pendrecki
- Poland’s greatest living composer and conductor.
- Artistic director of the Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra.
- Conducted many prestigious orchestras such as Vienna Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmoniker, Israel Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Chicago symphony orchestra.
- A Holder of the Grand Cross for Distinguished Services of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and Chevalier de Saint Georges, Austrian Medal for Science and Art, Prize of the International Music Council UNESCO for Music and the Order of Cultural Merit of the Principality of Monaco and many more.
- Awarded the Primetime Emmy Award of the Academy of Television Arts ＆ Sciences, the Japanese Praemium Imperiale (2004) and the Grand-Croix de l’Ordre “Pro Merito Melitensi” (2011)
SINFONIA VARSOVIA
In 1984, after a successful performance with the legendary violinist and conductor, Sir Yehudi Menuhin, the Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra has been recognized as one of the best orchestras in Europe.
The orchestra was soon invited to perform in the world’s most celebrated concert halls, including New York’s Carnegie Hall, Theatre des Champs Elysees in Paris, the Barbican Centre in London, Vienna’s Musikverein. Sinfonia Varsovia has also performed with many distinguished soloists as Yuri Bashmet, Boris Berezovsky, Gautier CapuconJose Carreras, Placido Domingo, Gidon Kremer, Mischa Maisky, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Mstislav Rostropovich and Frank Peter Zimmermann. The orchestra boasts a discography of more than 270 albums, recorded for famous international labels: Decca, Denon Nippon Columbia, Deutsche Grammophon, EMI, Naive, Naxos, Sony, Virgin Classics and many other Polish labels.
Krzysztof Penderecki became the orchestra’s musical director in 1997 and its artistic director in July 2003, a position he still holds, often also working together with the ensemble as its conductor.
