Violinist Nam Yun Kim, one South Korea s most eminent violin teachers, died on Sunday at the age of 73.
A native of Seoul, Kim studied violin with Young Woo Choi, then came to the United States and studied at the Juilliard School of Music with Ivan Galamian and Felix Galimir. She won first prize in the 1974 Tibor Varga International Violin Competition and was invited to perform internationally at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center and Sydney Opera House and other major concert halls in Europe and Asia. She also performed with major orchestras throughout the world including St. Petersburg Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, Zagreb Radio Symphony and many others worldwide.
Many of her students have become highly accomplished artists, among them are concert violinist Chee-Yun Kim, multi-award-winning violinist/violist Yura Lee, 2010 Indianapolis competition first prize winner Clara-Jumi Kang, 2015 Queen Elisabeth Competition winner Ji-Young Lim, 2017 Isang Yun In
12 Apr 2021 / 20:49 H.
KUALA
LUMPUR: A businessman who made headlines after he escaped from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) building in October last year, was arraigned in the Sessions Court here on money laundering charges involving over RM2.1 million.
Goh Leong Yeong (
right), or better known as Alvin Goh, 33, and his brother Goh Yeong Hui, 28, pleaded not guilty after all the seven charges against them were read before Judge Datin Sabariah Othman.
The two directors of Malaysia House of Internet Sdn Bhd were alleged to have received RM2,144,000 in proceeds from illegal activities, in their company’s Public Bank Berhad account from two Chinese nationals, at Public Bank Berhad, Jalan Bukit Bintang, here between Sept 9 and Nov 7, 2019.