Author: nono Date: Jul 27, 2008 04:16
Unsuk Chin was born in Seoul, studied with Ligeti in Hamburg, and is now
resident in Berlin * Winner of the 2004 Grawemeyer Award for her Violin
Concerto * Her output features both electronic and acoustic scores * Music
is modern in language, but lyrical and non-doctrinaire in communicative
power * Acute ear for instrumentation, orchestral colour, and rhythmic
imagery * Acrostic-Wordplay has been performed by ensembles in Europe, Asia
and North America * Interpreters include the Ensemble InterContemporain,
Ensemble Modern, Kronos Quartet, pianist Rolf Hind, violinist Viviane
Hagner, and conductors Kent Nagano, Simon Rattle and George Benjamin * Works
recorded in Deutsche Grammophon's 20/21 series * Composer in Residence with
Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra 2006-08 * was awarded the Heidelberger...
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