24 mai 2011
ASO debuts season with new conductor and special tribute
http://www.thetelegraph.com/articles/season-32081-alton-special.html
ALTON — Celebrating its 65th season, the Alton Symphony Orchestra will hold this season’s performances at Alton High School’s new, state-of-the-art auditorium.
The first of the four scheduled concerts will take place on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 8 p.m., with each concert featuring a different guest conductor. These four conductors are, in essence, auditioning to fill the vacancy left by Maestro Edward Dolbashian, who retired last year.
For the October concert, Yehun Kim will conduct the Orchestra’s performance of "Beethoven’s Finest." The ASO will perform Beethoven’s 7th Symphony, noted as "one of the most perfect symphonies ever written."
Kim is the assistant conductor with the Southern Illinois Symphony and a graduate-conducting student at Southern Illinos University Carbondale. This symphony also is one of Kim’s favorite pieces of music.
"The program consists of three masterpieces on which I focus three senses of music," Kim said. "Triumph over difficulty in Sibelius’ ‘Finlandia,’ passion in Bizet’s ‘Carmen Suite,’ and banquet of all senses for me, ASO, and the public in Beethoven’s Symphony Number Seven. I’m really enjoying rehearsals with ASO, and their pure passion for the music makes a deep impression on me."
October’s concert is dedicated in memory of Ella Pfeiffenberger Anschuetz, a lifelong Alton resident and ASO harpist for many years. Anschuetz died this summer at the age of 93.
"The music is challenging, and we are fortunate to have Yehun Kim as our guest conductor," ASO President Jerre Honke. "Maestro Kim pours all his energy into each rehearsal, and the orchestra has responded to his expert direction and enthusiasm by giving him our best."
Following the intermission, select members of the orchestra will join Amy Conrady Camie on harp to play the theme from Howard Hanson’s Symphony No. 2 "Romantic" in memory of Anschuetz.
"The piece was arranged ‘by permission of the composer’ when J. Mather Pfeiffenberger, Ella’s father, asked the composer for an arrangement of the theme for his family’s orchestra," Honke said. "Ella attended Interlochen Arts Camp during Hanson’s years there in the ’30s."
The ensemble also will play "Spring Song," written by Alton composer William Dawson Armstrong for Anschuetz and her sister, Mary Pfeiffenberger, who was a flautist.
More than 50 Pfeiffenberger and Anschuetz family members are expected to attend the concert.
The orchestra will host a reception for each of the four guest conductors immediately after each concert to allow the orchestra’s patrons to meet each conductor and help in deciding who will be ASO’s music director, beginning next season.
Other guest conductors will include William Shane Williams for the "Holiday with Tchaikovsky" concert scheduled in December, Leon Burke III for February’s "New World Symphony" concert, and David Peek for the "Young Artists Presentation" in April.
"The person selected should fit as both the best music director for the orchestra, as well as one who relates best to our audience," Honke said. "Each musician and listener shares a rare and precious gift when together they create an experience, not possible without each other.
"This is a very exciting time for the Alton Symphony Orchestra — the start of new traditions for us and our audiences, as well," she said. "We are excited about our new venue; the Auditorium at Alton High School is a perfect setting for our performances."
Season tickets cost $54 for adults, $45 for seniors 62 and over, $15 for students from kindergarten through 12th grade, and free to Alton High School and Lewis and Clark Community College students with a valid student ID. Tickets can be purchased online at www.altonsymphony.org, or by calling the ASO at (618) 467-2326. Tickets also are available at Halpin Music in Alton, Duke Bakery on Henry Street in Alton, at Dick’s Flowers in Alton and Wood River, and also can be purchased at the door.
kathie_bassett@thetelegraph.com
25 octobre 2010
rehearsal with Alton Symphony Orchestra, USA
Yehun Kim rehearses Alton Symphony Orchestra (IL, USA)
10 septembre 2010
Directeur Musical
Yehun Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea, where he began the study of violin at the age of 6. He received his Bachelor of Music from Kyungwon University, where he studied conducting with Kyung-Soo Won, the Music Director of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and the Stockton (California) Symphony.
Continuing his studies in France, Yehun received a chamber music prize from the Versailles National Conservatory and a unanimous 1st prize in conducting from the Dijon National Conservatory, where he studied with Jean-Sébastien Bereau, the former professor of CNSM de Paris. Yehun was selected as one of five young conductors for the Incheon & Arts Music Festival (Korea) by Festival founder, Myung-Whun Chung and studied with him. He has also studied at the Paris Conservatory with Patrik Marco, music director of the Maitrise de Paris and choral conductor of the Orchestre de Colonne. While in Paris, Kim founded and served as Music Director of the Paris Asian Chamber Orchestra, which is formed by young talented musicians in Europe.
In 2007, He moved to United States with family and served as an associate conductor of Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra and Music Festival. He also played as a principal second violin chair of those orchestras. In 2010, Yehun earned his Master’s Degree in Orchestral Conducting at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and was named a finalist for Music Director of the Alton Symphony Orchestra. In 2011, he will be appeared as an assistant conductor at world-renowned ‘Colorado MahlerFest’ which was bestowed International Gustav Mahler Society Gold Medal in 2005. He is currently joined the Longmont Symphony Orchestra as an conductor & violin player in Colorado where he lives with his wife, Sunyoung Lee, a pianist, and their son, Daniel.
김예훈은 선화예중,고를 거쳐 경원대학교 음악대학에서 바이올린 전공으로 재학 중, 당시 서울시립교향악단 음악감독이었던 원경수 교수에게 발탁되어 지휘공부를 시작하였다. 이미 대학시절부터 여러 대학의 오케스트라를 지휘하며 경험을 쌓았으며 원경수의 보조지휘자로도 활약하였다. 특히 경원대학교 음악대학 연주홀 개관연주회에서 정상급 연주자인 임원식, 신수정, 강동석, 김봉 등과 함께 출연하였고, 건강악화로 인해 무대에 서지 못한 원경수를 대신하여 오케스트라를 지휘, 음악계의 이목을 집중 시키며 장래가 촉망 받는 지휘자로 인정받았다.
졸업 후 프랑스로 이주하여 베르사유 국립음악원에서 실내악 디플롬을, 디종 국립음악원에서 파리 고등 국립음악원 교수를 역임한 저명한 지휘교수 Jean-Sebastian Bereau를 사사하며 유례없이 두 가지 과정(CFEM, DEM)을 동시에 통과하여 오케스트라 지휘과정을 심사위원 만장일치로 1등 졸업하였다. 그리고 2005년 마에스트로 정명훈이 창설한 Incheon & Arts 페스티벌에 5명의 젊은 지휘자에 선발되어 인천시향을 지휘하며 정명훈과 아릴 레머라이트의 지도를 받았고, 그 후 지휘자로써의 완성된 능력을 위해 파리 국립음악원에서 Maitrise de Paris와 Orchestre Colone의 합창 지휘자인 Patrick Marco교수를 사사하였다. 2006년, 유럽의 실력있는 젊은 연주자들로 구성된 Paris Asian Chamber Orchestra를 창단, 음악감독과 지휘자로 활동하였고 완성도 높은 연주회를 통해 이 젊은 악단은 파리 음악계의 주목을 받았다.
그 후 미국 Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra와 Southern Illinois Music Festival의 부지휘자로 발탁되어 2007년 미국으로 활동무대로 옮긴 후 같은 악단의 바이올린 수석주자로도 활동하였고, 같은 해 Marjorie Lawrence Opera Theater와 푸치니의 ‘쟈니스키키’를 지휘하며 오페라 무대에도 데뷔하였다. The Southern Illinois Chamber Music Society에서 바이올린 주자로 활발한 실내악 활동을 하였고 끊임없는 학구열로 Southern Illinois University at Carbondale에서 전액 장학생으로 오케스트라 지휘 석사학위를 취득하였다. 그 후 Alton Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Chamber Orchestra 등을 객원 지휘하였고, 2010-2011 시즌부터 콜로라도주 Longmont Symphony Orchestra의 부악장과 세계적 권위인 Colorado MahlerFest의 설립자이자 음악감독인 Robert Olson의 보조지휘자로 활동 중, 모교인 한국의 선화예술고등학교의 오케스트라를 맡게 되어 귀국하여 고국에서의 활동도 시작하였다.
Yehun KIM est né à séoul, Corée du sud. Il a commencé le violon et entré au Kyungwon University college of Music. Il commence à travailler la direction d’orchestre avec M. Kyung-Soo Won alors directeur musical de Séoul Philharmonic Orchestra.
Arrivé en France, il a reçu un prix de musique de chambre au CNR de Versailles, un 1er prix de direction d'orchestre à l'unanimité au CNR de Dijon chez M. Jean-Sébastien BEREAU. Il a été sélectionné pour diriger au festival Incheon and Arts fondé par M. Myung-Whun CHUNG, et a étudie avec ce dernier ainsi qu’avec M. Aril Rammereit. Actuellement il fait ses études au CNR de Paris chez Patrik Marco, directeur de la Maîtrise de paris et chef de chœur de l’orchestre Colonne.
キム・イエフン
韓国ソウル生まれ。幼い頃からヴァイオリンを始め、キュンウォン大学に学ぶ。指揮をソウルフィルハーモニーオーケストラの指揮者であるキョンスー・ウォン氏に師事。渡仏後、ヴェルサイユ地方音楽院で室内楽のプリミエプリを、ディジョン音楽院で指揮をJ.P.ヴェロ氏に学び、満場一致の最優秀の成績で修了。その他、チョン・ミュンフン氏によるインチョン音楽祭に選ばれて参加。現在は、パリ音楽院でＰ．マルコ氏に師事。オーケストラ・コロンヌの合唱指揮者。
E-mail: yehunkim@gmail.com
03 avril 2010
Yehun Kim conducts Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Yehun Kim
Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra
Shryock Auditorium, Illinois (U.S.A)
March 2, 2010
