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Music in PyeongChang
South Korean classical music festival From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Music in PyeongChang (MPyC; Korean: 평창대관령음악제), formerly Great Mountains Music Festival & School (대관령국제음악제), is one of South Korea's largest classical music festival held annually in Pyeongchang, Korea. It was launched by Professor Hyo Kang of the Juilliard School in 2004 and is currently led by its artistic director and cellist Sung-Won Yang.
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Programs
- Concerts
- Outreach Concerts
- Family Outreach Concerts
- MPyC Academy(Summer)
- Additional Events
Venues
The main venues for the performances are Alpensia Concert Hall and Alpensia Music Tent, both located in the Alpensia Resort in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province of Korea. Alpensia Concert Hall was built in 2010 and seats nearly 600 people, which makes it more suitable for chamber music performances. The 1000-seat Music Tent was completed in 2012. Master classes and Student Recitals are carried out in Pyeongchang Hall, located within the first floor of Alpensia Convention Center.
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Artistic Directors
- 2004–2010: Hyo Kang
- 2011–2017: Myung-Wha Chung & Kyung-Wha Chung
- 2018-2022 : Yeol Eum Son
- 2023-Present : Sung-Won Yang
Themes
The festival is programmed around a different theme each year.
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World Premieres
The programs of Music in PyeongChang often feature premieres of pieces by major composers from Korea and abroad.
- 2005 Behzad Ranjbaran: Awakening
- 2005 Jin Hi Kim: One Sky
- 2006 Sukhi Kang: Pyeongchang Four Seasons for Violin solo and 14 strings
- 2007 Gordon Shi-Wen Chin: Haiku for voice and strings
- 2008 Jay Greenberg: Four Scenes
- 2012 Mikhail Fokine: Saint-Saëns - Le cygne from Le Carnival des animaux"The Dying Swan"
- 2012 Younghi Pagh-Paan: Hang-Sang V
- 2012 Younghi Pagh-Paan: Chohi and Her Imaginary Dance
- 2013 Richard Danielpour: Songs of the Wandering Darveesh
- 2013 Young Jo Lee: Mori for Cello, Daegum, and Percussion
- 2014 Jeongkyu Park: Darkness into Light
- 2015 Shinuh Lee: "Landscape" for 2 violins and viola
- 2015 Thierry Escaich: sextet
- 2016 Christopher Berg: Told Tales Sweet as Untold: Three Poems of Fernando Pessoa
- 2024 Shin Kim: Three Impromptus
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See also
References
External links
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