Dean Lim June-Hee of the School of Korean Traditional Arts Performs <Dokdo Fantasie>

Dean Lim June-Hee of the School of Korean Traditional Arts presents <Dokdo Fantasie for Sporano, Daegeum, Haegeum, and String Trio> to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Korea-Russia diplomatic relations this year. The co-hosts of this event are the non-profit corporation La Mer et L'Île (CEO and founder Lee Hamjoon) and the committees from Korea (Korean Chairman Lee Kyu-Hyung, former South Korean ambassador to Russia) and Russia (Russian Chairman Nikolay Kropachev, rector of Saint Petersburg State University) in Korea-Russia Dialogue. 

Dean Lim composed “Dokdo Fantasie” for this special musical piece to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the March 1st Independence Movement and the foundation of the Korean Provisional Government. The work adopts poet Choi Jeongrye’s “Whole Self” into three movements. The concert program also includes other Russian classical music such as Variation on a Theme by Tchaikovsky, Op. 353a by A. Arensky, Do Not Sing for Me, Fair Maiden, Op.4 by S. Rachmaninoff, and Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70 by P. I. Tchaikovsky in addition to Jubilate for Soprano and String Ensemble by Korean composer Lee Young-jo. While the live performance took place at the Lotte Concert Hall at 8 p.m. on November 12th, Arte TV live-streamed the concert.