Violinist Chung Kyung-wha releases album
For the Korean version of the release, there’s a special bonus track, which is Elgar’s “Salut d’amour” - a piece that has been loved by many of Chung’s Korean fans.
Chung, who celebrated her 70th birthday on Monday, began playing the violin when she was 6 years old. Although she has recorded 33 albums so far, Chung said that she didn’t realize she had recorded that many and that she had always recorded every single album as if it was her last.
“Recording an album is always so difficult,” she said during a press conference for her new release in central Seoul on Tuesday. “I put all my energy into it that I always think to myself that it would be my last.”
Chung grabbed international attention in the classical world in 1970, after making a debut performance in London, playing the Tchaikovsky Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra.
Chung and Kenner will hold three concerts together, starting with a concert on April 2 at the Tongyeong Concert Hall in South Gyeongsang for the annual Tongyeong International Music Festival, followed by a recital in Busan on April 3, and then in Seoul’s Lotte Concert Hall on June 3.
By Yim Seung-hye
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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