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Feature6 thoughts on performance and interpretation from Kyung Wha Chung
The Korean star spoke to The Strad in February 1989 about her musical ideas and influences
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ReviewKyung Wha Chung: Beau Soir. Works by Fauré, Franck, Debussy
A beautiful evening recital of French music
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FocusLife Lessons: Kyung Wha Chung
Take a leaf out of Brahms’s book, says the South Korean violinist, who also explains why perseverance is so important
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NewsThe Strad June 2018 issue is out now
Examining the world’s most expensive violin, the ‘Vieuxtemps’ Guarneri ‘Del Gesù’, plus Anne Akiko Meyers discusses playing it
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VideoKyung Wha Chung plays Sarasate's Caprice Basque op.24
A brief interview followed by a performance by Kyung Wha Chung, aged 22, in her first British TV appearance in 1970. Chung’s big break in the UK had come earlier that year, when she substituted for Itzhak Perlman in a concert with the London Symphony Orchestra to great acclaim, leading ...
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ArticleCan a flawed performance hold more meaning than a perfect one?
A recent flawed but exhilarating solo violin recital at London's Barbican Hall spoke a greater truth about the human experience because of its imperfections, says Charlotte Smith
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ArticleBach: Solo Violin Sonatas and Partitas BWV1001–6
The Strad Issue: January 2017Description: Chung returns with a new recording of the solo violin's 'old testament'Musicians: Kyung Wha Chung (violin)Composer: BachCatalogue number: WARNER CLASSICS 9029 59441-6 (2 CDs) There are few sterner tests for a recording comeback than a complete set of solo Bach. Kyung Wha ...
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ArticleViolinist Kyung Wha Chung plays Bach
Kyung Wha Chung performs Bach's Chaconne in the above video. The violinist speaks in The Strad's October 2016 issue about her long-awaited recording of Bach's Sonatas and Partitas, fifty years after she began playing the works.Read: 6 opinions on performance and interpretation by violinist Kyung Wha Chung
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ArticleKyung Wha Chung performs Brahms Violin Concerto at Verbier Festival 2016
Kyung Wha Chung performs Brahms's Violin Concerto with the Verbier Festival Orchestra conducted by Charles Dutoit on 22 July 2016. The full performance can be watched at Medici.tv. Read: Violinist Kyung Wha Chung postpones 2016 UK tour due to finger injury Read: 6 opinions on performance and ...
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NewsViolinist Kyung Wha Chung postpones 2016 UK tour due to finger injury
The Korean musician was due to perform at London's Barbican on 26 October
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NewsFresh from signing to Warner Classics, violinist Kyung Wha Chung to open Verbier Festival
The 68-year-old Korean returned to performing in 2010 following a finger injury
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ArticleKyung Wha Chung performs Bruch's Violin Concerto no.1
Kung Wha Chung performs Bruch's First Violin Concerto with the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra conducted by Long Yu on 5 October 2015.Read: 6 opinions on performance and interpretation by violinist Kyung Wha ChungRead: Was violinist Kyung Wha Chung right to berate a coughing child during her recital?Read: Children should ...
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DebateThe media was too quick to condemn Kyung Wha Chung's reaction to a coughing audience
Our focus has been wrong all along, argues Toby Deller
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NewsChildren should be welcome in ‘appropriate’ concerts, says violinist Kyung Wha Chung
The musician has responded to criticism in the media last week of her response to a coughing child at her London recital
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BlogsWas violinist Kyung Wha Chung right to berate a coughing child during her recital?
The artist was reportedly unimpressed at the amount of audience noise during her London comeback this week, writes Charlotte Smith
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ArticleViolinist Kyung Wha Chung is interviewed aged 22
All of my siblings started on piano † but I didn't take to the instrument very well...'A young Kyung Wha Chung, The Strad's December 2014 issue cover star, is interviewed about her background and musical interests prior to a performance of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto with the London Symphony ...
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NewsThe Strad December 2014 issue is out now
The latest issue features violin legend Kyung Wha Chung on her long-awaited comeback to the London concert stage
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ArticleVideo: violinist Kyung Wha Chung on returning to the stage
When I was told I had won the Leventritt Competition it was like somebody bursting a balloon. It was a shocking experience. I said, 'Oh my goodness, I have to practise. I have to study'. Until then I wanted to be recognised as a first prize winner. But ...