ARTEL New Year’s Concert

In celebration of the New Year, Artel Philharmonic Orchestra is holding a New Year's Concert to renew its resolution. I want to comfort and sing hope for many people who fell into pain and sorrow last year. We want to immerse the audience in the various charms of classical music by playing gems of songs and arias by top-notch singers, and masterpieces by composers such as Mozart and Beethoven, who are synonymous with classical music. In particular, Artel Phil, led by conductor Kim Gwang-hyun, who is active in conducting many leading symphony orchestras with excellent musical interpretation, and the joint performances of baritone Yoon Hyuk-jin, tenor Kim Jae-hyung, and soprano Choi Jeong-won will capture the hearts of the audience.

PROGRAM

W.A. Mozart - The Marriage of Figaro Overture 

Kim Seong-tae - Dongsimcho

S. Gastaldon - Musica Proibita

S. Cadillo - Core'n grato

F. Lehar - Meine Lippen, ist küssen so heiss from "Giuditta"

G. Bizet - Toreador Song from Opera

G. Puccini - Nessun Dorma from Opera

G. Verdi - Brindisi from Opera

Intermission

L.v. Beethoven - Symphony No.5 in c minor, Op.67

   I. Allegro con brio

   II. Andante con moto

   III. Scherzo: Allegro 

   IV. Allegro

CAST

Artel Philharmonic Orchestra

The Artel Philharmonic Orchestra is an orchestra cooperative that started from the idea that cooperatives are suitable for the efficient organization and growth of private orchestras in the music world. In May 2019, the 'Great Mom' performance with disabled musicians at the Naru Art Center (Gwangjin Culture and Arts Center) drew enthusiastic response and great interest from the local community, announcing the start, and in November 2019, Lotte Concert Hall The inaugural performance co-sponsored by the Chosun Opera Company confirmed the infinite development and growth potential of the cooperative. In addition, it is leading cultural activities in the region by hosting a series of invitational performances and holding concerts for local residents.

During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, he successfully led an international exchange concert with the Miracle Voice Ensemble, the first vocal ensemble for people with developmental disabilities in Korea, to an online live concert. In May 2021, he received a lot of praise for taking on the music and performance of the French musical concert in Korea, and met numerous audiences with a total of 17 encore nationwide tours in November-December. In two performances held in July and August at the Lotte Concert Hall and the Seoul Arts Center Concert Hall, they presented an impressive stage with North Korean refugee artists wishing for peace and conveying social contribution messages for people with developmental disabilities and multicultural families. 

In 2022, together with the Welfare Foundation, performances for the socially underprivileged, a concert for national heroes, their descendants, and the culturally underprivileged in celebration of Patriots and Veterans Month, and a charity concert to pray for world peace and help Ukraine were staged one after another.

The Artel Philharmonic Orchestra, which is attracting attention as a stage with various plans and impressions, especially held a concert to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the opera debut of world-renowned baritone Seong-Hyeon Koh, and issued the first NFT in Korean classical music to bring a new wind to the classical music world with a future-oriented attempt. is causing

Conductor Kwanghyun Kim

Conductor Kim Kwang-hyeon, who is regarded as one of Korea's leading maestro, gave a fresh shock to the Korean music scene in 2015 when he was inaugurated as the music director and chief conductor of the Wonju Philharmonic Orchestra as the youngest head of a national or public music organization at the age of 33. After inauguration, with fresh planning and the best performance, all seats were sold out several times, and the number of regular members and audience occupancy rate more than doubled. In addition, with successive successful performances at the Seoul Arts Center Symphony Festival, the Wonju Philharmonic Orchestra recorded a rare record in paying audience share for a local symphony orchestra, and was evaluated as having leaped into the top-notch orchestra in Korea.

After graduating from the Department of Piano at Yewon School and the Department of Composition at Seoul Arts High School, she majored in conducting at Seoul National University, where she studied with Lim Heon-jeong and Kim Deok-ki. Later, he studied abroad in Germany and graduated with the best grades in the master's course in conducting at the Stuttgart University of Music, and was selected as an excellent conductor by the Baden-Württemberg Conductor Association. In addition, he was selected and received master classes from world-class conductors such as Myung-Whun Chung, Hermhert Blumstedt, and Charles Dutois.

After returning to Korea, he performed with the KBS Symphony Orchestra, Gangnam Symphony, Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra, Daegu Philharmonic Orchestra, Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra, Bucheon Philharmonic Orchestra, Busan Philharmonic Orchestra, Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra, Cheongju Philharmonic Orchestra, Korean Symphony, Korea Coop Orchestra, Pohang Philharmonic Orchestra, Prime Philharmonic Orchestra, Stuttgart Philharmonic in Germany, and Reutlingen. He has received favorable reviews for conducting many domestic and foreign symphony orchestras, including the Philharmonic, Constance Philharmonic in Southwest Germany, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Thuringian Philharmonic, Kyushu Symphony in Japan, Kalovyvari Symphony in Czech Republic, and Craiova Symphony in Romania.

In addition, he conducted operas such as Don Giovanni, La Bohème, La Traviata, Love Elixir, Evgeni Onegin, Carmen, Cavalleria Rusticana, Turandot, and The Marriage of Figaro in Korea and Germany, receiving rave reviews from the audience and critics. Recently, he successfully debuted as a ballet conductor at the Tchaikovsky Ballet Gala hosted by Art Center Incheon, 'Don Quixote' co-hosted by Seoul Arts Center and Universal Ballet, and 'Ballet Stars' hosted by Seongnam Arts Center. He is showing off his outstanding abilities.

He is building an unrivaled realm not only as a conductor but also as a delightful and in-depth commentator. As a motto, it is presenting a new paradigm in the classical music world for constant communication with the audience in the era of untact.

Baritone Yoon Hyukjin

Graduated from Keimyung University College of Music and graduate school

Milan Verdi National Conservatory of Music Graduated from the top performer course and artist song department

Completed the conducting course at the Verdi National Conservatory in Milan

Graduated from Milan Municipal Conservatory for Best Performers and Donizetti Conservatory for Best Performers

Graduated from Rome Academy of Orchestral Conducting

"F.A. Vallotti" International Competition 2nd Prize,

3 years as Associate Professor at Milan Conservatoire.

In major European theaters, LaTraviata, Rigoletto, La Boheme, Il Signor Bruschino, Madama Butterfly, Carmen,

In Korea, Nabucco, La Traviata, La Boheme, Madama Butterfly, Carmen, Son Yang-won. Kim Rak Opera Leading Role

Grand Prize at the 2015 Korea Social Contribution Awards

2018 Korea Opera Awards Special Award,

Participated in Shanghai International Music Festival, Daegu International Contemporary Music Festival, and East Asia International Contemporary Music Festival

French Original Musical Concert National Tour Music Director and Conductor

Currently, Professor at BEA Opera Arts Center, CEO of Miracle Art Hall and Cultural Arts Planning,

Artel Philharmonic Orchestra Cooperative Chairman and Artistic Director

Sop. Choi Jeong-won

Soprano Choi Jeong-won, who is much loved for his deep tone and unrivaled musicality that moves people's hearts, graduated from Kyung Hee University's College of Music, Department of Vocal Music, and graduate school as the top performer.

Soprano Choi Jeong-won, who was recognized for his outstanding musicality early on, began to stand out by winning several competitions in high school. Since then, she has won all domestic competitions, including the JoongAng Music Competition, KBS New Music Competition, Lee Dae-Woong Competition, Sejong Music Competition, and Koh Thailand Competition. Competition and other famous international competitions, and raised his status as a Korean musician.

Ten. Alfred Kim

Tenor Alfred Kim graduated from the Department of Vocal Music at the College of Music at Seoul National University, master’s degree in Vocal Music (Gagok and Oratorio) at Frankfurt University of the Arts, Germany, and doctoral course in Gagok and Oratorio at Karlsruhe National University of Music. With Liszt, he solidified the basics of music, not limited to the field of opera. From 2012 to 2018, he served as a professor at the Department of Vocal Music at the College of Music, Kyung Hee University.

In 1996, he was cast in consecutive leading roles in the Operata , the first planned opera of the Seoul Arts Center, and by the Seoul Metropolitan Opera, and made a successful debut amid interest and praise as 'the birth of a star tenor'. In 1999, she made her official debut on the European stage by appearing in Puccini's at the Royal Opera of Turin, Italy.

Since then, he has built a reputation as a soloist in Germany's leading opera companies, and after receiving the special prize at the Placido Domingo International Vocal Competition in Paris, France in 2002, he performed at Royal Opera Covent Garden in London, England, Vienna National Opera in Austria, Bastille National Opera in Paris, Royal Theater in Madrid, Spain, and Barcelona Li in Spain. Seu Opera, Rio de Janeiro National Theater, Brazil, Colon National Theater Buenos Aires, Argentina, Santiago National Theater, Chile, Rome Opera House, Italy, Berlin State Opera, Deutsche Opera Berlin, Hamburg State Opera, Munich State Opera, Frankfurt Opera, New York, USA He is active as a world-class tenor, crossing not only numerous European stages such as the Metropolitan Opera, but also the best stages around the world.

Berlin Philharmonic, Konzerthaus Berlin, Gasteig Philharmonic Munich, Elb Philharmonic Hamburg, Théâtre Champs-Elysées Paris, France, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Musikverein Vienna, Austria, Royal Albert Hall, London, UK, New York, USA He has performed with the best masters of the era at world-class concert halls such as Carnegie Hall, and has been invited to Korea by the Bucheon Philharmonic, Gwangju Philharmonic, and the National Choir, showing good performances and actively performing in Europe and Korea.