Unsuk Chin
Composition Jury 2017
Biography
South Korean composer Unsuk Chin serves as Artistic Advisor of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and as Artistic Director of the London Philharmonia Orchestra’s series « Music of Today ». Her fascination for extra-European music has greatly influenced her work, as well as her passion for mathematics, reflecting that of her mentor György Ligeti. Chin has received many prizes, including the Grawermeyer Award and the Schönberg Prize. Her works are published by Boosey & Hawkes. Portrait CDs and DVDs of her music have appeared on Deutsche Grammophon, Kairos Unitel and Analekta.
Her music is performed by reputed orchestras and ensembles and it has attracted international conductors such as Simon Rattle, Gustavo Dudamel, Alan Gilbert, Kent Nagano, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Francois-Xavier Roth, David Robertson, Myung- Whun Chung and Susanna Mälkki. In addition, Chin has worked at electronic music studies such as the IRCAM in Paris. In 2007, Chin’s first opera, Alice in Wonderland, was premiered at the Bavarian State Opera as the opening of the Munich Opera Festival. Her second opera has recently been commissioned by Convent Garden in London for the 2018/19 season.
Events
Jaehyuck Choi (22 y.o., Korea)
Nocturne III for clarinet et orchestra1
Yair Klartag (31 y.o., Israel)
Bocca Chiusa for clarinet et orchestra2
Hankyeol Yoon (23 y.o., Korea)
Prank for clarinet et orchestra3
SOLOISTS :
Jérôme Comte, clarinet1
Fabio Di Càsola, clarinet, 1st Prize 19902
Ernesto Molinari, clarinet3
L’Orchestre de Chambre de Genève
Orchestre de la HEM-Genève
Pierre Bleuse, conducting
Direct broadcast on Espace 2 - Live video streaming on our website, Facebook & YouTube
With the support of Fondation Reine Marie José
NOTE ON THE PROGRAMME:
By placing contemporary creation at the heart of its artistic projects, the Geneva Competition wants to act as both a pioneer and a militant. In the same way as we try to refresh musical interpretation by promoting young talent from all over the world, it is vital that the music itself regenerates and stays up-to-date by giving creativity a deserving place. Since 2013, our Composition Prize has shown that it is possible to consider composition as a discipline in its own right, and to view its winners as virtuosos and its finals as events for the general public. We continue to believe that this is worthwhile and are now broadening the competition to include a work for solo clarinet and orchestra.