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Pianist Dasol Kim to Perform April 9, 2018 at the Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater

Korean pianist Dasol Kim brings “a refined artistry of incredible maturity” to his performances (North Germany Review). A sought-after soloist, he has appeared with orchestras including the New York Philharmonic in Seoul, the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, the Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, the Berlin Chamber Orchestra, the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra, Concerto Budapest, and the Belgium National Orchestra.

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KCS Prize-Winning Cellist Sang-Eun Lee to Perform Recitals in Washington and New York

Cellist Sang-Eun Lee won the 2014 Young Concert Artists International Auditions and First Prize at the 2014 YCA Auditions in Seoul, Korea. She also won the YCA Korean Concert Society Prize and will appear in her Washington, DC debut recital at the Kennedy Center on November 18, 2015 and at Merkin Hall in New York on December 15, 2015.

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Korean Concert Society Enters Partnership with Young Concert Artists

Korean Concert Society (KCS) has begun partnering with the New York-based organization Young Concert Artists (YCA) to select outstanding young musicians to perform in debut recitals co-presented by KCS and YCA at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.

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French Clarinettist Raphaël Sévère Selected for 2014 Korean Concert Society Prize

KCS has selected French Clarinettist Raphaël Sévère to receive the 2014 Korean Concert Society Prize. He will perform a debut recital at the Kennedy Center in the 2014-15 season. Sévère won the 2013 Young Concert Artists audition and a jury of KCS board members selected him from among the other YCA winners for the prize.

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Pianist Ji Winner of 2013 Korean Concert Society Prize

Ji

KCS selected Korean-born pianist J for the 2013 Korean Concert Society Prize. Ji won the 2012 Young Concert Artists (YCA) audition and a jury of KCS board members selected him from among the other YCA winners for the prize. He performed in a debut Recital at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC on December 3, 2013. Ji was the first artist to win the Korean Concert Society Prize through a new partnership between KCS and YCA.

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Cellist Han Bin Yoon Chosen for 2013 Kennedy Center Debut Recital

Cellist Han Bin Yoon

Korean Concert Society is pleased to announce that cellist Han Bin Yoon, a student of Ralph Kirschbaum in cello performance at the USC Thornton School of Music and a Summa Cum Laude graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music, has been chosen for the 2013 Kennedy Center Debut Recital.

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Jeonghyoun Christine Lee Chosen as Alternate for 2013 Kennedy Center Debut Recital

Jeonghyoun Christine Lee

KCS is pleased to announce that Cellist Jeonghyoun Christine Lee, 21, has been chosen as the alternate for the 2013 Kennedy Center Debut Recital. If primary Han Bin Yoon cannot perform, she will take his place at the KCS recital on October 20, 2013 in the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater.

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Irene Kim to Premiere Quentin Kim’s “Lilies” for Solo Piano at Kennedy Center

Schubert, Liszt, Prokofiev, and a world premiere of a work by KCS composer-in-residence Quentin Kim are on the program as pianist Irene Kim makes her Kennedy center debut on September 8, 2012.

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Jasmine Choi (KCS 2003) Appointed Principle Flute of Vienna Symphony

Jasmine Choi, who won the 2003 Korean Concert Society audition for a debut recital at the Kennedy Center, announced that she has won the audition for Principle Flute of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. Her appointment in Austria begins in the 2012-2013 season.

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Pianist Irene Kim to Perform 2012 Kennedy Center Debut Recital

Irene Kim earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Peabody Conservatory, where she is currently a doctoral candidate. Korean Concert Society congratulates Ms. Kim and looks forward to presenting her Kennedy Center Debut on September 8, 2012.

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