Hae-Sun Kang - violin
Hae-Sun Kang's supernatural stamina and precision, together with her spotless intonation, an exquisite, crystal-clear beauty of sound and a phenomenal musical creativity, are a revelation for me.
Unsuk Chin
Hae-Sun Kang is one of the most sought-after violinists on the international contemporary music scene. She is highly regarded by audiences and composers alike, as evidenced by the ever-growing number of works that have been specifically written for her.
She began playing the violin at the age of three in her home country of South Korea. At the age of 15 she moved to Paris to continue her studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique, where she herself is now a teacher. She gained further inspiration from Yfrah Neaman, Franco Gulli, Wolfgang Schneiderhahn, Herman Krebbers, Josef Gingold and Yehudi Menuhin, and won prizes at several major international violin competitions, including Rodolfo Lipizer (Italy), the ARD Music Competition Munich, Carl Flesch (London) and Yehudi Menuhin (Paris).
In 1993 she was appointed concertmaster of the Orchestre de Paris, where her playing caught the attention of Pierre Boulez. In the following year, she joined the Ensemble InterContemporain as solo violinist.
Hae-Sun Kang has premiered many important works for her instrument, including violin concertos by Pascal Dusapin, Ivan Fedele and Michael Jarrell (Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra). She is regularly invited to perform the violin concerto of fellow Korean Unsuk Chin and has played the violin concertos of Matthias Pintscher and Beat Furrer with the Orchestre National de Belgique and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. In 1997, she premiered Pierre Boulez' Anthèmes II for solo violin and electronics in Donaueschingen. Since then she has performed this work, which she also recorded for Deutsche Grammophon, in concert halls and at festivals all over the world, including Salzburg, Helsinki, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Cité de la Musique Paris and New York's Carnegie Hall.
In her solo recitals Hae-Sun Kang frequently presents new pieces written especially for her, most recently Marco Stroppa's Hist Whist for violin and chamber electronics (Printemps des Arts de Monaco, 2008), Beat Furrer's new work for solo violin (Ultraschall Festival Berlin, 2007), Unsuk Chin's Double Bind? (Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord Paris, 2007) and - in two solo concerts in the series Festspiel+ at the Munich Opera Festival 2008 - Georges Aperghis' solo work The Only Line.
In the current season, Hae-Sun Kang again takes the stage in orchestral concerts as well as solo recitals. Highlights include the world premiere at the Messiaen Festival of a new work for solo violin written for her by Dai Fujikura, as well as a performance of Philippe Leroux's violin concerto (d')aller in Toulouse. She will join conductor Ludovic Morlot to give the French premiere of the violin concerto Synapse by Philippe Manoury with the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, and return to Seoul to perform the Korean premiere of the work with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra.
Unsuk Chin
Hae-Sun Kang is one of the most sought-after violinists on the international contemporary music scene. She is highly regarded by audiences and composers alike, as evidenced by the ever-growing number of works that have been specifically written for her.
She began playing the violin at the age of three in her home country of South Korea. At the age of 15 she moved to Paris to continue her studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique, where she herself is now a teacher. She gained further inspiration from Yfrah Neaman, Franco Gulli, Wolfgang Schneiderhahn, Herman Krebbers, Josef Gingold and Yehudi Menuhin, and won prizes at several major international violin competitions, including Rodolfo Lipizer (Italy), the ARD Music Competition Munich, Carl Flesch (London) and Yehudi Menuhin (Paris).
In 1993 she was appointed concertmaster of the Orchestre de Paris, where her playing caught the attention of Pierre Boulez. In the following year, she joined the Ensemble InterContemporain as solo violinist.
Hae-Sun Kang has premiered many important works for her instrument, including violin concertos by Pascal Dusapin, Ivan Fedele and Michael Jarrell (Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra). She is regularly invited to perform the violin concerto of fellow Korean Unsuk Chin and has played the violin concertos of Matthias Pintscher and Beat Furrer with the Orchestre National de Belgique and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. In 1997, she premiered Pierre Boulez' Anthèmes II for solo violin and electronics in Donaueschingen. Since then she has performed this work, which she also recorded for Deutsche Grammophon, in concert halls and at festivals all over the world, including Salzburg, Helsinki, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Cité de la Musique Paris and New York's Carnegie Hall.
In her solo recitals Hae-Sun Kang frequently presents new pieces written especially for her, most recently Marco Stroppa's Hist Whist for violin and chamber electronics (Printemps des Arts de Monaco, 2008), Beat Furrer's new work for solo violin (Ultraschall Festival Berlin, 2007), Unsuk Chin's Double Bind? (Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord Paris, 2007) and - in two solo concerts in the series Festspiel+ at the Munich Opera Festival 2008 - Georges Aperghis' solo work The Only Line.
In the current season, Hae-Sun Kang again takes the stage in orchestral concerts as well as solo recitals. Highlights include the world premiere at the Messiaen Festival of a new work for solo violin written for her by Dai Fujikura, as well as a performance of Philippe Leroux's violin concerto (d')aller in Toulouse. She will join conductor Ludovic Morlot to give the French premiere of the violin concerto Synapse by Philippe Manoury with the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, and return to Seoul to perform the Korean premiere of the work with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Photo: Aymeric Warmé-Janville
Photo: Aymeric Warmé-Janville
Photo: Aymeric Warmé-Janville