KCC Home Theatre: Kiyoka Ohara & Sooyeon Lee & HyunJeong Hwang
Flute, Cello and Piano Trio Recital with Kiyoka Ohara & Sooyeon Lee & HyunJeong Hwang
Our second programme in the KCC Home Theatre Series Season Ⅱ is a flute, cello and piano trio recital. Kiyoka Ohara (flute) & Sooyeon Lee (cello) & HyunJeong Hwang (piano) trio, who were scheduled for the House Concert programme in August, will lead you to the wonderful and rich world of classical music.
Hwang studied at the Royal Academy of Music as well as Ohara and Lee, before continuing her doctorate at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. She won second prize in the Lazar Berman Competition in Italy and was also offered to be an official accompanist at the Grand Virtuoso Prize in London for the winning concert at the Elgar Room, Royal Albert Hall.
The trio will first perform The Swan and Méditation (Thaïs) on cello and piano duet, and then Poulenc’s Sonata on flute and piano duet. They will then present their interpretation of Lewis’s Pavane on flute, cello and piano.
Streaming : 7 pm, 10 September 2020 on the KCCUK Youtube channel
Programme:
C. Saint-Saens The Swan
J. Massenet Méditation (Thaïs)
F. Poulenc Sonata FP164
P. Lewis Pavane
Performers:
Kiyoka Ohara flute
Kiyoka Ohara made her Wigmore Hall debut in 2006 and has since been performing regularly in the UK and Japan as a soloist and chamber musician. She began her studies in Japan, but soon moved to Korea, where she was admitted to Sun Hwa Arts School. She continued her studies at the Royal Academy of Music in London for her Bachelor and Masters degrees. Her principal teachers were William Bennett, Kate Hill, Karen Jones and Patricia Morris (piccolo). She has also participated in masterclasses given by Lorna McGhee, Ian Clarke, David Takeno (violin) and David Waterman (cello). She is now based in London and is in regular demand as a soloist in venues such as Colston Hall in Bristol, Trinity College in London and in many cities across Japan.
Sooyeon Lee cello
Before moving to Japan, Sooyeon Lee attended the Preliminary School of the Korean National University of Arts (KNUA), the Sunhwa Arts School and the Seoul Arts High School (Korea) with Hee-Song Song. While in Japan Lee studied with Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi for 2 years. She returned to Korea to complete her Bachelor of Music at Yonsei University, studying with Sung-Won Yang. During her undergraduate studies she attended 2 master classes by Prof. Jo Cole, who encouraged her to study with her at the Royal Academy of Music (London) where she graduated with a Master of Arts in Cello Performance receiving a Distinction and the Dip. RAM award for outstanding performance in the Final Recital in 2016.
HyunJeong Hwang piano
HyunJeong Hwang is a keen pianist with a passion for her classical and romantic repertoire, she enjoys an active and multifaceted musical life, performing as a soloist and chamber musician. More recently, she won second prize in the Lazar Berman Competition in Italy and was also offered to be an official accompanist at the Grand Virtuoso Prize in London for the winning concert at the Elgar Room, Royal Albert Hall. Her performances at international festivals include the Amalfi Festival in Italy, the Gabala Music Festival in Azerbaijan, and the Puigcerda Festival in Spain. Since 2013, she has attended the Puigcerda Festival and performed Beethoven’s Fourth Concerto in 2016 with the Kyiv Orchestra. In London she has studied with Daniel-Ben Pienaar, Colin Stone at the Royal Academy of Music and continued her doctorate at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
