[PRESS]

Tongyeong International Music Festival 2024

“Eternity in Moments”

Dates Friday, March 29 – Sunday, April 7, 2024

Venue Tongyeong Concert Hall
Hosted by Gyeongnam Province, Tongyeong City, MBC Gyeongnam
Organized by Tongyeong International Music Foundation
Supported by Arts Council Korea, Goethe-Institut, Institut français, Ambassade de France en Corée,
Ilshin Foundation, Daewon Cultural Foundation, Kumho Cultural Art Foundation,
Apple Music Classical, Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation, NH Bank,
Stanford Hotel & Resort Tongyeong, Faber-Castell
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Tel. Tongyeong International Music Foundation (055-650-0400 / [email protected])

Tongyeong International Music Festival 2024
"Eternity in Moments"
The Tongyeong International Music Festival 2024, with the motto "Eternity in Moments," will take place from March
29th to April 7th at the Tongyeong Concert Hall. Renowned composer Unsuk Chin, who has served as the artistic director
of the Tongyeong International Music Festival since 2022, stated, "In each piece performed during the Tongyeong
International Music Festival 2024, I hope the presence of the eternal appears in the temporal, transporting us into an
elevated state of mind."

Established in 2002, the Tongyeong International Music Festival (TIMF) has become one of the most respected and
influential classical music festivals in Asia, earning the moniker "the Salzburg Festival of Asia" by the German
Frankfurter Allgemeine Newspaper. Dedicated to the legacy of Isang Yun, the German-Korean composer born in
Tongyeong, the festival not only pays homage to Yun's music but also fosters emerging talents and presents contemporary
compositions.

The Tongyeong International Music Festival 2024 will feature prominent figures including violist Antoine Tamestit,
pianist Bertrand Chamayou, and flutist Emmanuel Pahud, all serving as Artists in Residence. Péter Eötvös, the Hungarian
composer known for contemporary classical music, was designated as the Composer in Residence for the festival.
However, he sadly passed away on March 24, just before the festival's opening. To honor his legacy, his compositions
will be featured throughout the festival.

The Tongyeong Festival Orchestra will perform Berlioz's "Harold in Italy" (featuring Antoine Tamestit) and Rimsky-
Korsakov's "Scheherazade" at the opening concert of the festival. The program for the performance on March 31st will
include Ravel's Piano Concerto in G Major and Piano Concerto for the Left Hand (featuring Bertrand Chamayou),
Debussy's "La Mer," among others. The finale concert will feature Marc-André Dalbavie's Flute Concerto (featuring
Emmanuel Pahud), Eötvös's "Speaking Drums," and Berlioz's "Symphonie fantastique."

Stanislav Kochanovsky, who will conduct the Tongyeong Festival Orchestra at the opening and March 31st
performances, is a conductor who will serve as the music director of the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover starting
from the 2024/25 season. Markus Stenz, who will conduct the finale concert, has served as the music director of the
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, and principal guest conductor of the Seoul
Philharmonic Orchestra.

Highlighted works presented at the Tongyeong International Music Festival 2024 include the Korean Premiere of Péter
Eötvös's "Secret Kiss" (2018), commissioned jointly by the Tongyeong International Music Foundation with Wigmore
Hall in London, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, and others, and the Asian Premiere of "Aurora" (2019) by the same
composer, commissioned jointly by the Tongyeong International Music Foundation with Karajan Academy of the Berlin
Philharmonic Orchestra and others, and the World Premiere of THREAD, a musical performance by Berlin
Philharmonic’s 1st Principal Double Bass Matthew McDonald featuring the 3-D video projection art of Tatsuru Arai and
composition by Simon James Phillips, and the World Premiere of "Our Jukebox is Acting Up" by the young Korean
composer, Han Lee, commissioned by the Tongyeong International Music Festival. Notably, "Secret Kiss" and "Aurora,"
which were scheduled for their Korean premieres in Tongyeong in 2020 but were canceled due to the COVID-19
pandemic, will be performed at this year's Tongyeong International Music Festival.

Various artists will participate in the Tongyeong International Music Festival 2024, including Hungarian pianist Dezső
Ránki, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra's principal harpist Anneleen Lenaerts, percussionist Marianna Bednarska,
sopranos Nicola Hillebrand and Sophia Burgos, countertenor Philippe Jaroussky, pansori singer Ilkoo Kim, pianist and
power YouTuber Nahre Sol who is the Creator in Residence of Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, pianist Yekwon Sunwoo who
won the 1st Prize at the Van Cliburn Competition 2017, pianist Kyubin Chung who won the 1st Prize at the ISANGYUN
Competition 2023, violinist Seohyun Kim who became the youngest-ever 1st prize winner at the Tibor Varga Violin
Competition 2023, violinist Inmo Yang who won the 1st Prize at the Sibelius Violin Competition 2022, esteemed
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra from Germany, Klangforum Wien which is one of the world's top contemporary classical
music ensembles, Hong Kong Sinfonietta which will be featured in total 4 concerts including three concerts as a part of
the Tongyeong Festival Orchestra, Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra, Gwangju Symphony Orchestra conducted by
Seokwon Hong.
Tongyeong Fringe, another festival accompanying the Tongyeong International Music Festival, will be held at the
Gangguan Plaza, Isang Yun Memorial, and Naejukdo Park in Tongyeong for a total of six days on Fridays, Saturdays, and
Sundays during the Tongyeong International Music Festival period. Started alongside the Tongyeong International Music
Festival in 2002, Tongyeong Fringe was put on hold after 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the 2024 Tongyeong
Fringe, which is being held for the first time in five years, 208 teams applied, and 40 teams were selected to perform.

The Tongyeong International Music Festival 2024 is hosted by Gyeongnam Province, Tongyeong City, and MBC
Gyeongnam, and organized by the Tongyeong International Music Foundation (Chairman Young-gee Chun). Detailed
performance information can be found on the website (timf.org).

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

3. 29 FRI

TONGYEONG FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA I

7:00 PM CONCERT HALL

THREAD
9:30 PM BLACK BOX

3. 30 SAT

KYUBIN CHUNG ＆ SEOHYUN KIM

11:00 AM CONCERT HALL

ILKOO KIM - JEOKBYEOKGA

3:00 PM CONCERT HALL

THREAD
5:00 PM BLACK BOX

DEZSŐ RÁNKI PIANO RECITAL

7:00 PM CONCERT HALL

RICHTERS PATTERNS
9:30 PM BLACK BOX

3. 31 SUN

THREAD
11:00 AM BLACK BOX

TONGYEONG FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA II

3:00 PM CONCERT HALL

RICHTERS PATTERNS
5:00 PM BLACK BOX
MARIANNA BEDNARSKA PERCUSSION RECITAL
7:00 PM CONCERT HALL

4. 1 MON

BERTRAND CHAMAYOU - MESSIAEN

7:00 PM CONCERT HALL

VANCOUVER INTER-CULTURAL ORCHESTRA

9:30 PM BLACK BOX

4. 2 TUE

HONG KONG SINFONIETTA WITH PASCAL ROPHÉ

7:00 PM CONCERT HALL

QUATUOR DIOTIMA WITH INN-HYUCK CHO

9:30 PM CONCERT HALL

4. 3 WED

KLANGFORUM WIEN WITH SOPHIA BURGOS

7:00 PM CONCERT HALL

CHAMBER NIGHT I
9:30 PM CONCERT HALL

4. 4 THU

GWANGJU SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WITH EMMANUEL PAHUD

7:00 PM CONCERT HALL

BERTRAND CHAMAYOU & INMO YANG

9:30 PM CONCERT HALL

4. 5 FRI

RICHTERS PATTERNS
5:00 PM BLACK BOX

FREIBURGER BAROCKORCHESTER - ST. MATTHEW PASSION

7:00 PM CONCERT HALL

KLANGFORUM WIEN - IN VAIN

11:00 PM CONCERT HALL
4. 6 SAT

RICHTERS PATTERNS
11:00 AM BLACK BOX

FREIBURGER BAROCKORCHESTER WITH ANTOINE TAMESTIT

3:00 PM CONCERT HALL

NAHRE SOL - OPEN BORDERS

5:00 PM BLACK BOX

NIKOLA HILLEBRAND RECITAL

7:00 PM CONCERT HALL

CHAMBER NIGHT II
9:30 PM CONCERT HALL

4. 7 SUN

NAHRE SOL - OPEN BORDERS

11:00 AM BLACK BOX

TONGYEONG FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA III

3:00 PM CONCERT HALL