#unsuk chin

[all-chickens-are-trans]

remember how we all thought 'atlas shrugged' was such a completely raw title that fucked so hard?? and how it's such a shame it's hot garbage??

well good news! i just found out about korean composer Unsuk Chin and her piece Le silence des Sirènes. the silence of the sirens, hell yeah. now that's a badass title. for a super fun and thrilling piece of music nonetheless. and conservatives hate it. plusses all around.

[sonateharder]

(via “One needs much pressure from the external world to get through this crazy process.” – Unsuk Chin, composer – The Cross-Eyed Pianist)

[penguinofspades]

Day 11: Favorite adaptation

Unsuk Chin's Alice in Wonderland. I love it so much and it's the one that I feel is closest to how I interpret Wonderland.

[mozart2006]

Stuttgarter Philharmoniker - Veronika Eberle e Clemens Schuldt

Foto ©Mozart2006 Negli ultimi anni si sono imposte all’ attenzione internazionale diverse violiniste di grande rilievo. Continue reading Stuttgarter Philharmoniker – Veronika Eberle e Clemens Schuldt

[contemporaryclassicalfan]

Unsuk Chin: 'I want to entice the listener into a cosmological fantasy land'

Dutch premiere of Alaraph 'Ritus des Herzschlags' by Unsuk Chin has its Dutch premiere on 13 January 2024

Unsuk Chin (Seoul, 1961) is at the centre of this season’s radio concert series NTRZaterdagMatinee in the Amsterdam Concertgebouw. On Saturday 13 January the Dutch Radio Philharmonic Orchestra will play the Dutch premiere of Alaraph ‘Ritus des Herzschlags‘ (Ritual of a heartbeat). Artist’s conception of two heartbeat stars and a companion star (c) NASA/JPL-Caltech This is the third concert…

[housmania]

"classical music is boring" "no one composes classical music anymore" everyone shush and listen to unsuk chin go off feat. one of the most fascinating instruments ever invented

[thatrandomartistjavi]

Me watching operas:

My friend watching operas:

[the-lavender-creator]

I'm watching Unsuk Chin's Alice opera right? and can I just say. Camp.

[sturionic]

Screw spotify wrapped, here's my musical retrospective for the year:

LISTENING

A lot of Jocelyn Morlock - because I miss her very much and her death was really hard, and also because everything she wrote demands repeated listening with the new perspectives each year brings.

Big in my Caroline Shaw era, also got really into some artists that had only been floating in my mental periphery before, like Unsuk Chin and Fazıl Say. Many longtime favourites in the rotation - Pärt, Saariaho, Xenakis, Borodin, Vivaldi, Lyapunov, etc. Bach (quelle surprise.) Gorillaz, Cosmo Sheldrake, The Oh Hellos, Yoko Kanno. I listened to Bone Alphabet about eight million times on repeat, idk man, my brain go BOOM BOOM RATTLE CLICK

As per usual, lots of folk music and bluegrass. Every year my tastes get a little crunchier skewing away from production value and note-perfect-ness. Except Béla Fleck, who can be as note-perfect as he likes without sacrificing an iota of crunch, bless him. SHOWS

Started off this year with HILARY HAHN in January!!! Friends surprised me with tickets ❤️ Held it together through the Sibelius and like IMMEDIATELY cried during the encore lol - she played the Bach E Major Partita, specifically the loure, which I think I've listened to probably at least once a week for the past decade. Honestly I think one of my top favourite concerts of all time.

Other highlights included Danish String Quartet in the spring (tickets were also a Christmas present from different friends, I am a very lucky person 🥺) and then Andrew Bird in the summer.

PLAYING

Took a huge step up for violin this year. My vibrato had seemingly hit a brick wall in terms of expressiveness, and violinist friends encouraged me to keep continually braining myself on that brick wall even if it didn't seem to be producing results, so I did. Then randomly over the summer it just got better!!! Literally felt like it happened overnight. It's not perfect but it feels so good to have vibrato be less of an anxiety/pain point that practice motivation is WAY up.

Ditto viola, although orchestra is out of session and I miss my section grandpas :( Alto clef is less scary than it was last year. Marginally.

Decided to take a break from Chopin this year for piano lol. This was a Bach year. Fugues just felt really good with where my brain was at (aka constant chaos that needed to be settled into some nice form of 3-voiced order.) Also got back in touch with some old friends, soundtracks and the like. My goal for 2024 is to DIG THE FUCK INTO some Lyapunov and finish the Zelda arrangements I'm working on.

Nothing really to say about guitar, alas. I got too lost in the violin sauce and I guess that was enough stringed instruments for my brain in 2023.

I bought a flute this year! Finally have the hang of embouchure - sort of - and now lung capacity will be 2024's challenge.

Probably my big playing goal for 2024 though is to get back into baroque chamber ensembles. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO COULD PROBABLY REMEMBER HOW TO PLAY HARPSICHORD WITH JUST A BIT OF NOODLING, HIT ME UP.

[gaybox]

while i do agree that in certain circumstances sheet music could be considered outdated, jazz musicans esp horn players who refuse to make an effort to learn the language spoken by universally every professional instrumentalist and then act like its impressive they can play a 12 bar blues without it piss me off and are not one of those circumstances. circumstances where sheet music might be outdated are seen in whatever the fuck unsuk chin was doing in her concertos

[chronivore]

FROM KRONOS QUARTET:

Meet Gabriela Díaz, the fierce new violinist of the Kronos Quartet!

When it comes to new music, Gabriela isn’t just a champion of it–she is a part of music history itself! Gabriela comes from a brilliant musical family and has worked closely with some of the most celebrated composers of the last century, including Pierre Boulez, Alvin Lucier, Unsuk Chin, Steve Reich, Joan Tower, Frederic Rzewski, and many others. She is no stranger to the role that music can play in our lives, either–as a childhood cancer survivor and a firm believer in the healing properties of music, Gabriela has long supported cancer research and treatment by performing in cancer units, helping develop initiatives like Boston Hope Music, and presenting benefit concerts for cancer research organizations throughout the United States.

Gabriela’s altruism, collaborative spirit, and virtuosity make her an asset not only to Kronos, but to the wider music community–she is the co-artistic director of her own chamber music and outreach organization Winsor Music, a beloved teacher at both Wellesley and Longy School of Music at Bard College, and a prized member of the International Contemporary Ensemble, A Far Cry, Castle of our Skins, Radius Ensemble, and Boston Modern Orchestra Project.

Gabriela is a one-of-a-kind musician, and we were all moved to learn that she and her predecessor, beloved Kronos violinist John Sherba, had many mutual connections and shared musical values–it really feels like it was meant to be. We will take to the stage with Gabriela very soon–come help us welcome her to the Kronos family and witness history in the making!

#kronosquartet #stringquartet #newmusic #violin #violinist

[pqsounds]

Unsuk Chin – cosmigimmicks (2011/12)

[andre-d-tuffo]

CONCERTO

Concerto é uma das formas musicais mais divertidas que tem!

Tem algo de heroico no limite da capacidade humana! É tão belo quanto ver a Daiana dos Santos saltando para o ouro olímpico!

Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto n2

João Carlos Rocha - Piano Concerto n1

Clara Schumann - Piano Concerto em La menor

Unsuk Chin - Violin Concerto

Keiko Abe - The Wave Impressions

Mozart - Oboe Concerto K314

Zhanhao, Gang - Butterfly Lovers ErHu Concerto

Andy Akiho - Ricochet, ping pong Concerto

Ellmerich, L. História da Música. 1973

[sunset-supergirl]

Happy birthday Myung-whun Chung

[aschenblumen]

Unsuk Chin, Double Concerto, for Piano, Percussion and Ensemble. Stefan Asbury, director Ensemble Intercontemporain