503rd KAIST Culture Festival Notice-4.3(Friday)

"BONG IHN KOH Cello Solo Recital"
Tchaikovsky International Youth Concours Winner 
April 3,2009(Fri.) 7PM / KAIST Auditorium

Having received first prize at the Tchaikovsky International Youth Competition, cello category in 1997, and the Landgrave von Hesse prize at the Kronberg Cello Master's Class in 2000, Bong Ihn Koh began to surface as a star cellist in Europe. Performing with world famous musicians and participating in various performances, Bong Ihn Koh also held several solo recitals and concerts while studying biology at Harvard University. He majored biology and music through a joint program at Harvard/New England Conservatory (NEC), graduated from Harvard in June 2008, and is currently enrolled as a master's degree student at the New England Conservatory. Koh is engaged in research on hematopoietic stem cells at the Harvard Stem Cell Research Center. His performances are receiving rave reviews from both the local and international music communities.

Program

Adagio and Allegro for Cello and Piano in Ab Major ....................... R. Schumann

    Adagio, Langsm, mit innigem Ausdruck
      Allegro

Suite Italienne for cello and piano ................................................. I. Stravinsky

    Introduzione
      Serenata
        Aria
          Trantella
            Minuetto e Finale

                                Intermission

Sonata No. 2 in F Major Op. 99 for Cello and Piano...................... J. Brahms

    Allegro vivace
      Adagio affettuoso
        Allegro passionata
          Allegro molto

Le Grand Tango for Cello and Piano .......................................... A. Piazzolla

Cello Solo Recital - Bong Ihn Koh
Diploma Recipient of Korean National University of Arts
Diploma Recipient of Academy of Music Hanns Eisler Berlin  
Graduate of Harvard University in Biology
1996, first place in Kyunghyang Ewha Concours - cello category
1997, first place in 3rd Tchaikovsky International Youth Competition - cello category
2000, Landgrave von Hesse prize at the Kronberg Cello Master's Class
2005, 7-city tour performance in Korea-China-Japan with Tokyo Phillharmonic Orchestra
2008, performance in Pyongyang with Isang Yun Orchestra

Piano Accompaniement_ Young Woo Lee
Graduate of Seoul Ars High School
Graduate of Universität der Künste Berlin
Graduate of Universität Mozarteum Salzburg
Diploma Recipient with top grades in Konzertexamen Program at Berlin University of the Arts
Prize winner at Chosun Daily Concours
Currently) Giving lectures at Kyung Won University, Sook Myung Women's University, Han Sye University, Han Yang University

o Entrance of children under the age of 8 (preschool) is restricted. 
o Tickets will be distributed 1 hour before the performance from the information desk.
  Entrance will not be allowed once performance starts. Please be seated 10 minutes before performance.
■ Inquiry: KAIST Graduate School of Culture Technology 042-350-2904
■ Ticket Distribution: April 3rd (Friday) on a first-come-first-serve basis