Sejong Center to host prelude concert ahead of Beethoven, Brahms anniversary year
The Sejong Center for the Performing Arts will host conductor Chung Myung-whun, pianist Kim Sun-wook and the KBS Symphony Orchestra early next month in a program of Beethoven and Brahms, billed as a preview of a wave of tribute concerts expected worldwide next year. The concert, to be held on Oct. 4 at 5 p.m. and is part of the venue's Sejong Orchestra Series, comes as Chung prepares to become…
The Sejong Center for the Performing Arts will host a prelude concert on October 4 featuring conductor Chung Myung-whun, pianist Kim Sun-wook, and the KBS Symphony Orchestra. This event serves as a preview of a series of tribute concerts planned globally in the upcoming year. The concert, part of the Sejong Orchestra Series, will take place at 5 p.m. following Chung's appointment as music director of Teatro alla Scala in Milan in 2027, marking the first time an Asian will lead the 247-year-old Italian opera house.
Prior to this, Chung was appointed as the 10th music director of the KBS Symphony Orchestra in January. Kim will perform as soloist for Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3, followed by Chung leading the orchestra in Brahms' Symphony No. 2. The two Korean musicians have collaborated for nearly two decades, with a notable recording of Beethoven's Emperor Concerto with the Seoul Philharmonic under Chung in 2013, which was Kim's label debut.
This collaboration followed Kim's breakthrough win at the Leeds International Piano Competition in 2006, propelling him to international acclaim.
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