Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Winter Festival: Mendelssohn's Octet
$15
- Soovin Kim, violin
- Kristin Lee, violin
- Sean Lee, violin
- Danbi Um, violin
- Paul Neubauer, viola
- Arnaud Sussmann, violin
- Nicholas Canellakis, cello
- Keith Robinson, cello
Dmitri Shostakovich — Two Pieces for String Octet, Op. 11 "Prelude and Scherzo"
Felix Mendelssohn — String Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20
Written by the composer when he was only 16 years old, Mendelssohn's Octet is as masterful in every way as the valedictory works of any composer. Words cannot describe the excitement this piece generates in the concert hall; one simply has to experience it. Mendelssohn's Octet has inspired countless works, two of which are on this program: Shostakovich's compact and frenetic octet of 1925, and Enescu's towering octet of 1900.
This digital event is available for purchase until 12pm Eastern / 9am Pacific on April 1, 2022. Once purchased, this event will remain on demand in your account until May 17, 2022.
About Soovin Kim, violin
Soovin Kim enjoys a broad musical career regularly performing Bach sonatas and Paganini caprices for solo violin, sonatas for violin and piano ranging from Beethoven to Ives, Mozart and Haydn concertos and symphonies as a conductor, and new world-premiere works almost every season. When he was 20 years old, Kim received first prize at the Paganini International Violin Competition. He immersed himself in the string quartet literature for 20 years as the first violinist of the Johannes Quartet. Among his many commercial recordings are his “thrillingly triumphant” (Classic FM Magazine) disc of Paganini's demanding 24 Caprices, and a two-disc set of Bach's complete solo violin works that were released in 2022.
Kim is the founder and artistic director of the Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival (LCCMF) in Burlington, Vermont. In addition to its explorative programming and extensive work with living composers, LCCMF created the ONE Strings program through which all third- through fifth-grade students of the Integrated Arts Academy in Burlington study violin. The University of Vermont recognized Soovin Kim's work by bestowing an Honorary Doctorate upon him in 2015. In 2020, he and his wife, pianist Gloria Chien, became Artistic Directors of Chamber Music Northwest in Portland, Oregon. He, with Chien, were awarded Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center's 2021 CMS Award for Extraordinary Service to Chamber Music. Kim devotes much of his time to his passion for teaching at the New England Conservatory in Boston, and the Yale School of Music in New Haven.
https://cmnw.org/artists/artists/soovin-kim/28/About Kristin Lee, violin
About Sean Lee, violin
About Danbi Um, violin
About Paul Neubauer, viola
About Arnaud Sussmann, violin
About Nicholas Canellakis, cello
Nicholas Canellakis has become one of the most sought-after and innovative cellists of his generation, praised as a "superb young soloist" (The New Yorker) and for being "impassioned ... the audience seduced by Mr. Canellakis's rich, alluring tone" (The New York Times). A multifaceted artist, Canellakis has forged a unique voice combining his talents as soloist, chamber musician, curator, filmmaker, and composer/arranger.
https://www.nicholascanellakis.com/