The Hic Et Nunk music festival, which strives to focus on subtly changing trends in the classical music world, is set for its sixth edition next month. From Nov. 9-22, Hic Et Nunk, a Latin phrase that means "here and now," will present six main programs with its organizer Sejong Soloists, featuring emerging Korean musicians as well as acclaimed international musicians like tenor Ian Bostridge and saxophonis.
Posted : 2021-04-25 17:41
Updated : 2021-04-25 17:43
Chung Myung-whun, the conductor and pianist, speaks during a press conference for his new album, Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms: Late Piano Works, and his recital at Cosmos Art Hall, Seoul, Thursday. Yonhap
By Park Ji-won
The cover image of Chung Myung-whun s piano album, Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms: Late Piano Works / Courtesy of Universal Music KoreaConductor Chung Myung-whun has returned with his second album, Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms: Late Piano Works, and the first recital in seven years.
Chung, who started his musical career as a pianist and became famous after winning the second prize at the 1974 International Tchaikovsky Competition, for the first time as a Korean, has built his career as a conductor and music director of international orchestras, such as the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as being a member of the Chung trio. With the album including the most famous pi