Sejong Soloists in Concert

In this dynamic concert, the versatile Sejong Soloists bring their signature sound to Los Angeles. The concert opens with an orchestral arrangement of the Adagio from Schumann’s String Quartet in A minor. This is followed by Lera Auerbach’s Dialogues on Stabat Mater, which Auerbach describes in her composer’s note as “a dialogue not so much on the differences of cultural and harmonic esthetics between the 18th and 21st centuries, but rather on their similarities, which is much more challenging.“ The work will feature Korean-born percussionist Ji Hye Jung, deemed “spectacular” by The Los Angeles Times, which describes her as “a centered player who can give the impression of being very still yet at all places at once.” The two string soloists are Frank Huang, concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic and former concertmaster of Sejong Soloists, and award-winning violist Che-Yen Chen, who is Susan G. and Mitchel D. Covel, M.D., Professor of Music, Viola Performance and Chamber Music at UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music and a longtime member of Sejong Soloists. The program is anchored by Tchaikovsky’s Serenade, a large-scale work specifically for string orchestra that balances the more intimate works on the first half of the concert.

SEJONG SOLOISTS Saturday, June 20 at 4:00 PM at Schoenberg Hall

Frank Huang, Violin

Che-Yen Chen, Viola

Ji Hye Jung, Vibraphone

Schumann
Adagio from String Quartet in A minor, Op. 41, No. 1 (arranged for string orchestra)

Lera Auerbach
Dialogues on Stabat Mater
Frank Huang, violin
Che-Yen Chen, viola
Ji Hye Jung, vibraphone

Tchaikovsky
Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48

This free concert is made possible by a generous grant from The Andrew B. Kim and Wan Kyun Rha Kim Family Foundation Inc. which has made a five-year, $1 million commitment to Sejong Soloists. Foundation president Ty Kim said, “My hope is that the Sejong Soloists keep the tradition alive of crafting great classical music while innovating to embrace change. Our investment reflects our respect and love for its founders, the team behind the magic, and most of all the artists whose lives have been changed forever.”

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