• Source: Music in PyeongChang

      • Music in PyeongChang (MPyC; Korean: 평창대관령음악제), formerly Great Mountains Music Festival & School (대관령국제음악제), is one of South Korea's largest classical music festival held annually in Pyeongchang, Korea. It was launched by Professor Hyo Kang of the Juilliard School in 2004 and is currently led by its artistic director and cellist Sung-Won Yang.


      Programs


      Main Concert
      Rising Star Series
      Master Class
      Student Concert
      Conversation with Artists
      Children's Concert


      Venues


      The main venues for the performances are Alpensia Concert Hall and Alpensia Music Tent, both located in the Alpensia Resort in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province of Korea. Alpensia Concert Hall was built in 2010 and seats nearly 600 people, which makes it more suitable for chamber music performances. The 1300-seat Music Tent was completed in 2012. Master classes and Student Recitals are carried out in Pyeongchang Hall, located within the first floor of Alpensia Convention Center.


      Artistic Directors


      2004–2010: Hyo Kang
      2011–2017: Myung-Wha Chung & Kyung-Wha Chung
      2018-2022 : Yeol Eum Son
      2023-Present : Sung-Won Yang


      Themes


      The festival is programmed around a different theme each year.


      World Premieres


      The programs of Music in PyeongChang often feature premieres of pieces by major composers from Korea and abroad.

      2005 Behzad Ranjbaran: Awakening
      2005 Jin Hi Kim: One Sky
      2006 Sukhi Kang: Pyeongchang Four Seasons for Violin solo and 14 strings
      2007 Gordon Shi-Wen Chin: Haiku for voice and strings
      2008 Jay Greenberg: Four Scenes
      2012 Mikhail Fokine: Saint-Saëns - Le cygne from Le Carnival des animaux"The Dying Swan"
      2012 Younghi Pagh-Paan: Hang-Sang V
      2012 Younghi Pagh-Paan: Chohi and Her Imaginary Dance
      2013 Richard Danielpour: Songs of the Wandering Darveesh
      2013 Young Jo Lee: Mori for Cello, Daegum, and Percussion
      2014 Jeongkyu Park: Darkness into Light
      2015 Shinuh Lee: "Landscape" for 2 violins and viola
      2015 Thierry Escaich: sextet
      2016 Christopher Berg: Told Tales Sweet as Untold: Three Poems of Fernando Pessoa


      See also



      List of music festivals in South Korea
      List of classical music festivals


      References



      Music in PyeongChang Official Website (www.mpyc.kr/ [1])


      External links


      Music in PyeongChang website
      Music in PyeongChang Facebook page
      Music in PyeongChang Instagram
      Music in PyeongChang YouTube Channel

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