Walt Disney Concert Hall
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I've got a listing in my inbox for upcoming LA Philharmonic concerts, and it's the kind of thing that makes me weep, because we used to have great festivals at the San Francisco Symphony. They are no more, and now we've got the aimless 2025-26 season coming up and I'm wishing I lived in Los Angeles. (As my friend Mr. CKDH once said to me, "LA is a great place to live, but you wouldn't want to visit." I kinda disagree–I love visiting LA–while also understanding what he means.)
Anyway, the Seoul Festival is finally coming to WDCH. It was originally scheduled for the spring of 2021, and you know what was going on then. I'm sure you can tell that it's a series of concerts and events focussed on (South) Korean composers, performers, and music. It makes so much sense for the LA Phil to do, considering that Los Angeles has the largest population of Koreans outside Korea.
You can see the full listings on the LA Phil's web site, but let me just say that the festival includes a chamber music concert by the LA Phil New Music Group curated by the great composer Unsuk Chin; works by composers Kay Kyurim Rhie and Texu Kim on an orchestral program curated by Chin and conducted by Hankyeol Yoon; Chin's Clarinet Concerto on another program conducted by Hankyeol Yoon; and a chamber music concert featuring the Novus String Quartet and pianist Do-Hyun Kim.
It promises to be quite a series.
1 comment:
Entire disagreement with Mr. CKDH. It is the exact opposite: I love to visit LA, and I've even gone there just for particular concerts, but the idea of living there repels me, even though I'd be able to attend many more concerts. I just don't like the place - the congestion and the precarious feeling - which the Bay Area doesn't do to me.
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