Sounds for the Soul: Music to Help Overcome Cancer Min-Jung Kym

• Arvo Pärt (b. 1935):
• 1 Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel (Arr. M. Kym for Piano) 08:15
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897):
• 2 Brahms: 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117: No. 2, Andante non troppo e con molto espressione 05:13
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750):
• 3 Bach: Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1056: II. Arioso. Largo (Arr. A. Cortot for Piano) 02:45
• Vladimir Cosma (b. 1940):
• 4 Cosma: Reality (From "La Boum") [Arr. M. Kym for Piano] 04:58
• Charles Trenet (1913 - 2001) & Léo Chauliac (1913 - 1977):
• 5 Trenet, Chauliac: Douce France (Arr. M. Kym for Piano) 02:33
• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886):
• 6 Liszt: Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160: No. 6, Vallée d'Obermann 13:53
• Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828):
• 7 Schubert: 4 Impromptus, Op. 90, D. 899: No. 3 in G-Flat Major, Andante 06:40
• Sir Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934):
• 8 Elgar: Salut d'amour, Op. 12 "Liebesgruss" (Version for Piano Solo) 03:34
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791):
• 9 Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331: III. Alla Turca 03:28
• Harold Arlen (1905 - 1986):
• 10 Arlen: Over the Rainbow (Arr. R. Austin for Piano) 04:51
• Total Runtime 56:10

Info for Sounds for the Soul: Music to Help Overcome Cancer

Music can be a powerful therapeutic tool and it has been shown to bring about positive emotional changes and reduce anxiety. For cancer patients, music and music therapy can also be used to develop positive coping skills that come with a cancer diagnosis. This album is a personal selection of works that pianist Min-Jung Kym played or listened to during her treatment.

“The power of music and what it can inspire helped me through this period of my life. I wanted to share my experience because music contains the altruistic dimension of sharing, and perhaps, as a result, others may also find it easier to cope with their cancer.” (Min-Jung Kym)

Min-Jung Kym, piano

Min-Jung Kym
has a growing reputation as a pianist bringing innovation, fresh quality and musicianship to her performances. Min-Jung has performed internationally in many of the major concert halls and festivals with some of the world’s finest orchestras and musicians.

Min-Jung is actively engaged in raising awareness of the benefits of music therapy and has co-written a book to accompany this album on the benefits of music and music therapy when facing cancer. Entitled La musique pour dépasser le cancer, it was written with the eminent French radiotherapy oncologist and founder of the l’Institut Rafaël, Dr. Alain Toledano, and is published by Éditions Hermann France.

Min-Jung is a Franco-British pianist and has appeared at many leading venues including the Barbican Centre, Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room, St. John Smith's Square, De Montfort Hall, Brighton Dome, the Queen's Theatre, Abbaye de Fontfroide, the Schleswig Holstein Musik Festival, the Heifetz Society in Los Angeles, Cheltenham Festival, Holders Festival (Barbados), Broadwood International Festival, Albeniz Festival (Comprodon, Spain), as well as the Chichester Festivities. Other venues include performances at the Emilie Bustani Hall in Al Bustan, Lebanon, the Salerno Opera House (Italy), the Auditorio Alfredo Kraus in Gran Canaria, Palais de Chaillot, Salle Gaveau and UNESCO in Paris, The Princess Galyani Concert Hall in Thailand and the National Museum of Korea in Seoul, South Korea.

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