CHUNG WHUN MYUNG/PIANO

Descripción

THE ECM NEW SERIES DEBUT OF MYUNG WHUN CHUNG FEATURES THE WIDELY-CELEBRATED CONDUCTOR AS PIANIST. RECORDED AT VENICES TEATRO LA FENICE IN JULY 2013 THE ALBUM MARKS THE FIRST OCCASION THAT CHUNG HAS RECORDED SOLO. IN A PERFORMERS NOTE HE DESCRIBES THE ALBUM AS A GIFT FOR YOUNGER LISTENERS AS WELL AS A PERSONAL THANKS TO THOSE WHO SHARE HIS LOVE OF THIS MUSIC. CHUNGS TOUCH AND SENSITIVITY FOR DYNAMICS CAST A NEW LIGHT ON FAMILIAR PIECES BY DEBUSSY CHOPIN BEETHOVEN TCHAIKOVSKY SCHUBERT SCHUMANN AND MOZART AS THEY ARE EXPERIENCED IN A GENTLY FLOWING SEQUENCE WHICH ALSO SERVES TO HIGHLIGHT AFFINITIES BETWEEN THE COMPOSITIONS. ALTHOUGH CONDUCTING NOW FULLY OCCUPIES HIS PROFESSIONAL LIFE CHUNG (BORN 1953 IN SEOUL) MADE HIS DEBUT AS PIANIST WITH THE SEOUL PHILHARMONIC AT THE AGE OF SEVEN. HE LATER STUDIED THE PIANO WITH MARIA CURCIO THE LAST AND FAVOURITE PUPIL OF ARTUR SCHNABEL. IN 1974 HE WAS A PRIZE WINNER IN THE TCHAIKOVSKY COMPETITION. HE THEN BEGAN HIS CAREER PLAYING PIANO TRIOS WITH HIS SISTERS KYUNG WHA CHUNG AND MYUNG WHA CHUNG.