Music in PyeongChang

Music in PyeongChang(한국어:평창대관령음악제, Abbr.:MPyC), formerly Great Mountains Music Festival & School (한국어:대관령국제음악제), is one of South Korea’s largest classical music festival held annually in PyeongChang, Korea. It was launched by Professor Hyo Kang of the Juilliard School in 2004 and is currently led by the pianist Yeol Eum Son.

Music in PyeongChang
GenreClassical music, chamber music
Location(s)PyeongChang, Korea
Years active2004-present
Founded byHyo Kang
WebsiteMusic in PyeongChang website

Programs
  • Main Concert
  • Rising Star Series
  • Master Class
  • Student Concert
  • Conversation with Artists
  • Children's Concert

Venues

The main venues for the performances are Alpensia Concert Hall and Alpensia Music Tent, both located in the Alpensia Resort in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province of Korea. Alpensia Concert Hall was built in 2010 and seats nearly 600 people, which makes it more suitable for chamber music performances. The 1300-seat Music Tent was completed in 2012. Master classes and Student Recitals are carried out in Pyeongchang Hall, located within the first floor of Alpensia Convention Center.

Artistic Directors

Themes

The festival is programmed around a different theme each year.

YearEnglish versionKorean version
2018Curiosity멈추어, 묻다
2017Great Russian Masters볼가강의 노래
2016Bach, Beethoven, Brahms & BeyondBBB자로...
2015French Chic프랑스 스타일
2014O Sole mio오 솔레미오
2013Northern Lights오로라의 노래
2012Dancing through the centuries춤에서 춤으로
2011Illumination빛이 되어
2010CREATE & RECREATE창조 그리고 재창조
2009What’s in a Name?이름에 무슨 의미가?
2008Music-Image-Text음악-이미지-텍스트
2007Visionary비전을 가진 사람들
2006Four Seasons of PyeongChang평창의 사계
2005War & Peace전쟁과 평화
2004Nature's Inspiration자연의 영감

World Premieres

The programs of Music in PyeongChang often feature the World and Asian premieres of pieces by major composers from Korea and abroad.

  • 2005 Behzad Ranjbaran: Awakening
  • 2005 Jin Hi Kim: One Sky
  • 2006 Sukhi Kang: Pyeongchang Four Seasons for Violin solo and 14 strings
  • 2007 Gordon Shi-Wen Chin : Haiku for voice and strings
  • 2008 Jay Greenberg: Four Scenes
  • 2012 Mikhail Fokine: Saint-Saëns - Le cygne from Le Carnival des animaux"The Dying Swan"
  • 2012 Younghi Pagh-Paan: Hang-Sang Ⅴ
  • 2012 Younghi Pagh-Paan: Chohi and Her Imaginary Dance
  • 2013 Richard Danielpour: Songs of the Wandering Darveesh
  • 2013 Young Jo Lee: Mori for Cello, Daegum, and Percussion
  • 2014 Jeongkyu Park : Darkness into Light
  • 2015 Shinuh Lee : "Landscape" for 2 violins and viola
  • 2015 Thierry Escaich : sextet
  • 2016 Christopher Berg : Told Tales Sweet as Untold : Three Poems of Fernando Pessoa


See also

References
    • Music in PyeongChang Official Website (www.mpyc.kr/ )
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