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Mr. Sunwoo’s chamber music experience includes an invitation from the
Kumho Asiana Cultural Foundation in
2007, touring Costa Rica, Guatemala,
and Panama. He has collaborated with Ida
Kavafian and Peter Wiley in 2010 with
Curtis on Tour and with Roberto Díaz on
the Bay Chamber Concerts summer series
in 2008. He has also performed with,
Gary Hoffman, Anne-Marie McDermott
and Michael Tree.
Mr. Sunwoo has studied with Min-ja
Shin and Sun-wha Kim in Korea, with
Seymour Lipkin at Curtis Institute of
Music and Robert McDonald at The
Juilliard School. He is currently studying with Richard Goode at the Mannes
School of Music.
Yekwon Sunwoo is making his
BSO debut.
About the concert:
R hapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Born in Oneg, Novgorod, Russia, April 1, 1873;
died in Beverly Hills, California,
March 28, 1943
One of the proudest moments in Baltimore’s musical history came on November
7, 1934 when Sergei Rachmaninoff played
the world premiere of his newly composed
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, with
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