“Star-Crossed Rendezvous: The Musical Legacy of Isang Yun” at MOCA in Nov

MOCA is staging a symposium with esteemed musicologists, historians, composers and musicians in November.

Organized by artist Hague Yang and MOCA, Star-Crossed Rendezvous: The Musical Legacy of Isang Yun, a day-long symposium happening on Saturday, November 22, with esteemed musicologists, historians, composers and musicians exploring the life and musical legacy of Isang Yun (1917–1995).

This day-long symposium will gather esteemed musicologists, historians, composers and musicians to explore the life and musical legacy of Isang Yun (1917-1995), a pivotal figure in the history of avant-garde classical music. Born in Korea, Yun emigrated to Germany in the late 1950s and lived in Berlin until his death. His music synthesizes his diasporic perspective; merging Western academic training with traditional Korean music techniques, as well as ancient Korean iconography and mythologies. Yun’s unique artistic voice developed through a life marked by some of the major political events of the 20th century, including the Japanese colonization of Korea, the Korean War, and the political turmoil of the Cold War, which led to his exile from South Korea in the 1960s, following a period of imprisonment.

This event is FREE (with RSVP) to the public.

Attendees may join any or all sections, and are encouraged to RSVP.

Schedule:

11:00am

Introduction by Clara Kim and Hague Yang

11:30am-12:30pm

Keynote presentations by Ryan Dohoney and Mina Lee

2:00pm

A recorded tribute to Isang Yun by Heinz Holliger

2:15-3:15pm

Performances by Musicians from the Colburn School

Königliches Thema for solo violin (1976)

Performed by violinist Amelia Sze

Contemplation for two violas (1988)

Performed by violists Lan Cao and Rang Tae

Glissées for solo cello (1970)

Performed by Jakob Taylor, cello

Images for flute, oboe, violin and cello (1968)

Performed by Eric Bergemen, flute; Jini Baik, oboe;

Whitney Takata, violin; and Serge Kalinovsky, cello;

and Philip Vitkov, Conductor

3:30-5:00pm

Panel Discussion with Ryan Dohoney, Texu Kim, Mina

Lee, and Anne C. Shreffler, moderated by Joy Calico