A developing number of Korean old style performers are venturing into the worldwide spotlight in the wake of taking top distinctions at the most sought after music challenges all over the planet.
Cellist Choi Ha-youthful, 24, stood out as truly newsworthy as of late for winning the Sovereign Elisabeth Rivalry for cello, which is thought of as one of the three most lofty challenges for traditional artists alongside the Tchaikovsky Contest in Russia and the Chopin Piano Contest in Poland.
Choi was reported as the victor on June 4 in Brussels, Belgium, subsequent to defeating Yibai Chen from China and Marcel Johannes Packs from Estonia, who positioned second and third, separately. Choi got 25,000 euros ($27,000) in prize cash.
She is the principal Korean champ in the cello classification since its creation in 2017. Before Choi, the last Korean to start things out in the Sovereign Elisabeth Contest was violin player Lim Ji-youthful, who accomplished the accomplishment in 2015.
“I felt like my heart halted when I was declared as the victor,” Choi said in her acknowledgment discourse. “I am so glad to be perceived by the crowd of the Sovereign Elisabeth Contest, who genuinely love music. While I was performing, I felt that I was essential for a live event.”
Choi, who learned at the Korean Public College of Expressions and the Kronberg Foundation in Germany, secured grants in various worldwide challenges like the Krzysztof Penderecki Contest in Poland and the Global Johannes Brahms Rivalry in Austria.
Choi isn’t the main performer making a worldwide sprinkle. On June 3, violist Park Ha-yang, 23, turned into the main Korean to bring back home the primary award at the Tokyo Worldwide Viola Contest, the main global rivalry for viola in Asia-Pacific, established by unmistakable Japanese violist Nobuko Imai. She likewise got 1 million yen ($7,500) as an honor.
The second and third awards went to Emiko Yuasa of Japan and Sao Soulez Lariviere from France, separately.
Park, an alumna of the Escuela Predominant de Musica Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain, is at present learning at Kronberg Foundation in Germany.
On May 29, Yang In-mo, 27, composed another page in history by turning into the primary Korean musician to win the XII Worldwide Jean Sibelius Violin Contest in Helsinki, Finland.
He won an award of 30,000 euros ($32,000) subsequent to beating Nathan Meltzer from the US and Dmytro Udovychenko from Ukraine. Interestingly since the send off of the challenge, Yang was likewise given a non-fungible token (NFT) prize.
“I’m glad to have a decent outcome in the wake of pouring a ton of time and exertion into rehearsing,” Yang said through his organization, Credia Music and Specialists. “I think this opposition has assisted all members with gaining from one another.”
The Global Jean Sibelius Violin Rivalry is one of the most established violin contests on the planet. This year, the complete number of candidates was 240.
Yang learned at the New Britain Studio of Music in Boston and is at present situated in Berlin. He will collaborate with the Busan Philharmonic Symphony for an exhibition at the Busan Social Center, Nov. 2
