Cellist Lee You-bien has gained first prize at this 12 months’s Isangyun Competitors, the Tongyeong Worldwide Music Basis introduced on Sunday.
Lee was named the highest prize winner after performing Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1 with the Tongyeong Competition Orchestra, carried out by Leos Svarovsky, within the closing spherical held Saturday on the Tongyeong Live performance Corridor.
“I’m really honored and grateful to obtain such a prestigious award,” Lee mentioned through the award ceremony. “I realized a lot from all the opposite members and have deep respect for each one among them.”
Second prize went to Lee Jeri, whereas Andrew Ilhoon Byun of Canada took third prize, and Choi A-hyeon obtained fourth prize.
Lee Jeri additionally obtained the Seong-Yawng Park Particular Prize, awarded to a promising Korean musician, whereas Lee You-bien earned the UNESCO Metropolis of Music Particular Prize, chosen by viewers vote. The Isang Yun Particular Prize, given to the performer who finest interpreted composer Yun’s work, went to Byun for his efficiency of Espace I for Cello and Piano.
The prize winners are scheduled to carry out a winners’ live performance on Sunday at 3 p.m. on the Gwangju Arts Middle.
Established in 2003 by the TIMF, the Isangyun Competitors honors the legacy of composer Isang Yun (1917-1995) by selling cultural exchanges amongst nations by means of music, and by supporting gifted younger musicians from all around the world. Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang Province, was Yun’s hometown.
The competitors is held yearly in November, alternating between the disciplines of cello, piano and violin; following this 12 months’s cello version, the piano competitors might be held in 2026 and the violin competitors in 2027. The 2022 cello competitors’s first prize went to Han Jae-min of Korea.
This 12 months’s occasion, which started on Nov. 1, drew 137 candidates from 23 international locations.
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