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Violinist Chung Kyung-wha begins her tour around 10 cities in Korea on April 9 with Ansan as her first stop. This is Chung's first time giving a concert entirely for classical music audiences outside Seoul. ¡°The Chung trio concert last year performed in various regional cities including Tongyeong, but this time I am not performing in Seoul at all,¡± says Chung. ¡°I always found it unfortunate that unlike the small towns in Europe where there are a lot of opportunities to enjoy high quality music, Korea's regional cities have none.¡±
Chung reconstituted the chamber orchestra for this tour, the first time in eight years since she first put it together in 1997 in celebration of the 30th anniversary of her debut on the world stage. Fifteen artists including Kim Jung-mi, Kim Dae-hwan, Lee Yoon-hee, Ham Ji-min, Moon Ju-yeoung (violin), Na In-hee, Yang Ji-uk (cello), Wang Ju-cheol (double bass) and Hur Jin-sun (harpsichord) participate. ¡°As I get older I feel a growing need to perform together with younger players and communicate with them musically,¡± says Chung.
Chung chose Bach for this tour, planning the program around the composer's Violin Concertos no. 1 and 2 and Violin Concerto d minor. Though the d minor was originally composed for the violin, it is mostly known as a concerto for harpsichord (BWV 1052). But Chung will play the original violin version. ¡°Though Bach is a composer of 300 years ago, he has the ability to enthrall everyone from the Baroque period to the present. I think Bach is a composer beyond time,¡± said Chung.
Chung will soon release her ¡°best" album on EMI. Besides Concerto no. 1 in E Major and ¡°Spring¡± from Vivaldi¡¯s ¡°Four Seasons,¡± it also features music by Dvorak accompanied by the pianist Itamar Golan, and music by Kreisler and Schubert among others. ¡°I want to record all of Bach¡¯s music in the future, but I haven¡¯t decided on a specific repertory yet. I also want to try playing partitas for unaccompanied violin or sonatas, but every time I come to face Bach¡¯s music I drop my head and feel myself become as small as a grain of sand,¡± Chung said.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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