Beethoven Violin Concerto, 2 Romances Suyoen Kim

• 1 I. Allegro ma non troppo (Cadenza - Fritz Kreisler) 25:16
• 2 II. Larghetto 09:25
• 3 III. Rondo. Allegro (Cadenza - Fritz Kreisler) 10:38
• 4 Romance For Violin And Orchestra In G Major Op. 40 06:47
• 5 Romance For Violin And Orchestra In F Major Op. 50 07:49
• Total Runtime 59:55

Info for Beethoven Violin Concerto, 2 Romances

Als Bratschist war Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) in Bonn im Dienste eines Hoftheaters gewesen. In den 1790er Jahren jedoch zog es ihn nach Wien, um Kompositionsunterricht zu nehmen bei dem ihm empfohlenen Joseph Haydn – von dem er übrigens einigermaßen enttäuscht war und zu Johann Georg Albrechtsberger wechselte. In den folgen- den Jahren etablierte er sich sowohl als Pianist seiner eigenen Werke als auch als Komponist vor allem von Sinfonien, Instrumentalkonzerten sowie Kammermusik in Wien. Der oben erwähnte Schriftsteller, Komponist und Dirigent E.T.A. Hoffmann, der 1810 seine berühmte Rezension über Beethovens fünfte Sinfonie schrieb, fasste seine Vorstellung folgendermaßen zusammen: „Beethovens Musik bewegt die Hebel des Schauers, der Furcht, des Entsetzens, des Schmerzes, und erweckt jene unendliche Sehnsucht, die das Wesen der Romantik ist. Beethoven ist ein rein romantischer (eben deshalb ein wahrhaft musikalischer) Komponist“. Die Sinfonie des 19. Jahrhunderts gilt nicht nur Hoffmann als Inbegriff des Unaussprechlichen und Reinen, als Inbegriff von Musik als Kunst. Und dazu gehörte die Ansicht von Beethoven als Inbegriff des wahren, heroischen Musikers.

Suyoen Kim, Violine
Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn
Ruben Gazarian, Dirigent

Suyoen Kim
At the age of sixteen, Suyoen Kim was already receiving attention by the international music scene. In 2003, she was labeled a "brand new world star" by the Danish "Jyllandsposten". Her recording of Karl Amadeus Hartmann's "Concerto funebre" with the Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie, conducted by Pietari Inkinen, was recommended by BBC Radio 3 as the best available recording of this concerto.

Suyoen Kim was born in Münster, Germany, in 1987 and received her first violin lesson with Houssam Mayas by the age of five. Four years later, she began her studies as a "Jungstudent" at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold, Abteilung Münster with Professor Helge Slaatto,where she graduated in 2008. After having obtained her masters at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München with Prof. Ana Chumachenco in 2010, she participated as a Young Soloist at the Kronberg Academy Further Masters Studies until summer 2012. These studies were funded by the Steigenberger/Rath scholarship.

As a soloist, Suyoen Kim has performed with internationally acclaimed conductors such as Kurt Masur, Eliahu Inbal, Myung-Whun Chung, Steven Sloane, Jan Latham-Koenig, Peter Ruzicka and Walter Weller.

She has taken masterclasses with Rainer Kussmaul, Ida Haendel, Ana Chumachenco and Elizabeth Walfish. Upon invitation by Seiji Ozawa, she participated in the International Music Academy Switzerland in 2005 and 2006.

Suyoen Kim has appeared as a soloist with renowned orchestras such as: Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Norlands Operan Orkester, Hermitage Theatre Orchestra St. Petersburg, Copenhagen Philharmonie, Baden-Badener Philharmonie, Münchner Symphoniker, Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie, Orchestre Philharmonie de Strasbourg, Bochumer Symphoniker, Neue Philharmonie Westfalen, Niederrheinische Sinfoniker, Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn and Seoul Symphony Orchestra.

In 2009, Suyoen Kim received 4th prize at the Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium, Brussels. In 2006, she was awarded 1st prize at the International Joseph Joachim Violin Competition Hannover. In 2005, she was presented with the Young Artist Award of the State of Northrhine-Westphalia. In 2003, she was awaded 1st prize at the International Violin Competition Leopold Mozart in Augsburg, also winning the audience award and the prize for the best interpretation of Contemporary Music.

Suyoen Kim is a recording artist with Deutsche Grammophon (Universal Music Group). She has released recordings with Mozart Sonatas (2010) and the Bach Sonatas and Partitas for violin solo (2011). Her recent recording of the Beethoven violin concerto will be released in Spring 2013.

Suyoen Kim plays the Stradivarius "exCroall" from 1684, which is kindly sponsored by the Portigon AG.

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