Kyoung Cho - Korean Art Songs - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

A love for vocal music has maintained it's presence throughout Korea's turbulent history, and Ga-Gok or 'Art Song' has long offered opportunities to convey personal sentiments and messages through lyrical settings of the nation's poetry. Today's often deeply expressive Korean art songs uniquely combine traditional Korean/Asian musical elements within the structure of Western music. They feature the finest examples of solo and duet songs by leading Korean female composers, thus providing new insights into Korean society and it's modern musical culture.

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The songs of Korean composer Young Jo Lee, chosen by singer Yoora Lee-Hoff for her Genuin debut, seem like enchanting ink drawings from the Far East. The fabulous coloratura soprano, accompanied by Michael Schütze on the piano, performs the little treasures with great naturalness, a beautiful sound and as clear as a bell. The spectrum of songs from all creative periods of the contemporary composer ranges from the simple, folk-like strophic song to a touch of magical post-impressionist color. Yoora Lee-Hoff sings us about silky haze and scarecrows, moonlit nights and starlight - from another world! Yoora Lee Hoff was born in Seoul, South Korea and lives in Dresden, Germany. As a child she learned to play piano and won several national prizes in South Korea. She later studied violin in South Korea and Germany. During her violin studies she was invited to study vocal arts at the University of Music and Theatre in Leipzig, and went on to debut at the Leipzig Opera House.