3rd Annual Sejong Music Competition Winners Concert Video

Sejong Music Competition Winners Concert Performance
Sopung (Picnic) by Hyo Jong Kim
Emily Hyun, violin
Thomas Zeman, piano
(Violin Senior division 2nd Place, 2006)

video length - 3 min 11 sec

About the Composer:

Hyo Jong Kim studied music composition at the Seoul Arts University and won prizes from many competitions. Recent honors include the bronze medal for “jejudo” from the Korean Traditional Music Festival Competition in 2004. Currently Kim is working on musicals and music for movies.

About the Music:

Sopum for violin “Sopoong (picnic)” (소풍) is a piece for violin solo in F major with bright, lively and humoristic melody. Composer tried to emphasize lively and exciting aspect of the Korean traditional melody. This piece expresses excitement and joy of picnic day. The composer tried to contrast parts with F major and F minor.

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Emily Rose Hyun, violin

Emily Rose Hyun is a member of the Magical Strings of Youth and has appeared on Chicago Tonite, NPR, and Bill Cosby’s television show. She has performed at Symphony Center, Lincoln Center, Meyerson Music Hall, Carnegie Hall, the White House, the Vatican, Chateau at Champs sur Marne (France), Schloss Ort (Austria), and was invited to play as guest soloist at the Palacio de Queluz in Lisbon. She has played in master classes for Vadim Gluzman, Kristof Barati, Siquing Lu, Edvard Wulfson, Vadim Repin, Ruggierio Ricci, Pinchas Zukerman and Gil Shaham. She was concertmistress at the Music in the Mountains Festival and at this year’s IMEA Music Festival. She is a recipient of the Stradivarius Society. At the Aspen Music Festival, she studied with Dr. Carole Cowan and Paul Kantor. Emily is a student of Betty Haag Kuhnke. She also enjoys skiing and swimming.