Yu Jung Yoon plays Alexander Scriabin Yu Jung Yoon

• Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915): 24 Préludes op. 11 (1888-96):
• 1 Scriabin: 24 Préludes op. 11: No. 1 in C Major 08:32
• 2 Scriabin: 24 Préludes op. 11: No. 2 in A Minor 04:03
• 3 Scriabin: 24 Préludes op. 11: No. 3 in G Major 12:56
• 4 Scriabin: 24 Préludes op. 11: No. 4 in E Minor 01:01
• 5 Scriabin: 24 Préludes op. 11: No. 5 in D Major 02:26
• 6 Scriabin: 24 Préludes op. 11: No. 6 in B Minor 00:54
• 7 Scriabin: 24 Préludes op. 11: No. 7 in A Major 01:56
• 8 Scriabin: 24 Préludes op. 11: No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor 02:22
• 9 Scriabin: 24 Préludes op. 11: No. 9 in E Major 01:08
• 10 Scriabin: 24 Préludes op. 11: No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor 01:59
• 11 Scriabin: 24 Préludes op. 11: No. 11 in B Major 01:40
• 12 Scriabin: 24 Préludes op. 11: No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor 01:13
• 13 Scriabin: 24 Préludes op. 11: No. 13 in G-Flat Major 01:42
• 14 Scriabin: 24 Préludes op. 11: No. 14 in E-Flat Minor 01:31
• 15 Scriabin: 24 Préludes op. 11: No. 15 in D-Flat Major 01:29
• 16 Scriabin: 24 Préludes op. 11: No. 16 in B-Flat Minor 01:05
• 17 Scriabin: 24 Préludes op. 11: No. 17 in A-Flat Major 01:59
• 18 Scriabin: 24 Préludes op. 11: No. 18 in F Minor 02:23
• 19 Scriabin: 24 Préludes op. 11: No. 19 in E-Flat Major 00:30
• 20 Scriabin: 24 Préludes op. 11: No. 20 in C Minor 00:55
• 21 Scriabin: 24 Préludes op. 11: No. 21 in B-Flat Major 01:09
• 22 Scriabin: 24 Préludes op. 11: No. 22 in G Minor 01:21
• 23 Scriabin: 24 Préludes op. 11: No. 23 in F Major 01:44
• 24 Scriabin: 24 Préludes op. 11: No. 24 in D Minor 01:14
• Sonate No. 2 in G-sharp minor, Sonate-Fantaisie, op. 19 (1892-97)
• 25 Scriabin: Sonate No. 2 G-sharp minor, „Sonate-Fantaisie“, op. 19: I. Andante 00:37
• 26 Scriabin: Sonate No. 2 G-sharp minor, „Sonate-Fantaisie“, op. 19: II. Presto 00:54
• Sonata No. 5 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 53 (1907)
• 27 Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 5 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 53: Allegro 12:56
• Total Runtime 01:11:39

Info for Yu Jung Yoon plays Alexander Scriabin

Yu Jung Yoon was celebrated in her childhood as a child prodigy and won numerous competitions in her home country Korea. When aged 15 she became one of the youngest students ever at the renowned Conservatory in St. Petersburg. After seven years in St. Petersburg she moved – after a short intermezzo in Germany – to Paris. Her playing combines virtuosity with a deep natural musicality. On her debut CD she performs works by Alexander Scriabin whose music she describes as being her ‘musical home’, ever since she was in her teens.

Yu Jung Yoon, piano

Recorded on June 27th – 29th, 2012 in Sendesaal Bremen
Recording, editing, mastering by Florian B. Schmidt
Produced by Hugo G. Gaido and Michael Dreyer

Yu Jung Yoon
Already at the age of 3, Yu Jung Yoon began to play by ear the pieces that her older siblings practiced on the piano. After two years, she began to study formally.

She was admitted to St.Petersburg State Conservatory at 15, as one of the youngest students in its history. She was allowed to enter directly into the third year in piano, but she chose to delay her entry by one year in order to complete her schooling in Seoul, enlarging her repertoire and winning a few competitions in the process. She then returned to Russia, where she spent seven years working with Vasilly Alexievich Kalmikov. Besides learning Russian fluently, she graduated with the highest distinction.

Subsequent studies lead to Germany, where she worked with Vladimir Krainev and Roland Pröll. In Paris, she studied for a further four years with Henri Barda and developed maturity in her expressive style.

Consummate technical mastery and freedom to express emotion intuitively characterize her approach, which is not oriented by current orthodoxies or cultural norms. Instead, Yoon deploys a radically personal style of communication, where her interpretation emerges organically from her worldview.

In her aesthetic, a rich palate of personal emotions finds colour and subtle expression. Yoon is constantly bringing a fresh outlook to her readings of the composers she interprets, ranging from deepest intimacy in Scriabin and vehement expansiveness in Ravel.

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