Berlin Philharmonic Live-streams Kim Sunwook’s Debut Performance

Pianist Kim Sunwook, an alumnus of School of Music, performed composer Chin Un-suk’s piano concerto and debuted with the Berlin Philharmonic on June 5th. Sakari Oramo, the chief conductor of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, led the orchestra this day, and this concert was live-streamed through Berlin Philharmonic’s online platform, Digital Concert Hall. Since last year, Berlin Philharmonic had been live-streaming their performances with no audience for the 2020/21 season. The event was indeed special, considered it was the first concert with an audience that starts the new season from this June.

Composed of four movements, Chin’s piano concerto reveals the characteristics of piano that is both a keyboard and percussion instrument at the same time. Besides, the album, “Unsuk Chin: 3 Concertos (Deutsche Grammophon, 2014),” recorded by Kim Sun-wook with Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of maestro Chung Myung-whun won BBC Music Magazine Awards 2015 Premiere.

Image ⓒKim Sunwook