All posts tagged "Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra"

  • Conductor Chung Myung-whun speaks during a press conference in Seoul, Thursday. (AP-Yonhap)
    Seoul Philharmonic to perform in London

    By Do Je-hae The last time Chung Myung-whun stood on the podium of London’s Royal Albert Hall for the BBC Proms was at a 2002 performance with the “Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France,” a Paris-based ensemble he...

    • Posted January 17, 2014
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  • Chung Myung-whun plays the piano during a news conference in southern Seoul on Tuesday. (Yonhap)
    Chung Myung-whun releases his first piano album at age of 60

     ”It’s mostly for my two grandchildren…to tell them who I am” By Chung Hyun-chae Chung Myung-whun is now among Asia’s most acclaimed conductors, so it’s easy to forget he began his musical career as a pianist, making...

    • Posted December 24, 2013
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