Posted on 02/20/2019 12:29:11 PM PST by KC_Lion
Hee-Young Lim, a Korean cellist, launched her first CD French Cello Concertos last November. Now she is tapping into the classical music world in China.
"Playing the cello feels like meditation, it becomes sort of a mirror and helps you see within yourself. And since I have no siblings and used to spend a lot of time alone reading books, my parents felt this was all good because it was almost as though I had a constant companion in the cello!"
Hee-Young Lim recalled the beginning of her musical journey. The Seoul-born musician entered the Korean National University at age 15 – the youngest student ever to be accepted. Major competition wins followed and her career was set.
To date, she is the first female Asian cellist appointed as the Principal Solo Cellist of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, one of the major orchestras in Europe and the first cello professor at the Central Conservatory of Music based in Beijing.
She is proud of her achievements, but also notes, "My mum never knew about music so she let me find my own way, and I was self-motivated. That stood me in good stead as my career opened up, when I went to study in the US and in France and Germany. I had to be tough and self-aware and focused, and that all had to come from within me."
Instead of performing the most famous concertos by big names like Dvorak, Elgar and Schumann, she decided to make her first recording personal and authentic. "I wanted the repertoire to be something I felt very close to and that meant a lot to me, and maybe also some things that hadn't been recorded as often," she said.
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What a journey.
Thank You PIF.
Seems like Asians are more interested in preserving the good things about Western Culture than people here are.
The difference between Americans and Koreans.
Wow.
[What a journey.]
It wasn’t Milan to Minsk, was it?
I sampled her music at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H75wuVUi0Lo. Her music is beautiful indeed and the production superb. I was choking up after four bars. ‘Note’ especially the last note, played as a harmonic next to the bow...chilling (in the best way).
Pretty good content for a web location consisting of a bunch of rowdy, racist deplorables.
Thanks for posting.
Ouch! Sometimes the truth hurts.
I’ve noted several times recently that Japan appears to be the last bastion of Western civilization.
Pretty good content for a web location consisting of a bunch of rowdy, racist deplorables. Thanks for posting.
You are very welcome :)
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