A different greeting from the Pyeongchang Daegwallyeong Music Festival, ‘4 Color Concert’

The Pyeongchang Daegwallyeong Music Festival, which colors Gangwon’s summer, announces the start of fall with the Turkish Presidential Symphony Orchestra.

The Gangwon Cultural Foundation Pyeongchang Daegwallyeong Music Festival’s planned performance ‘4 Color Concert’ will be held at the Chuncheon Cultural Arts Center on the 4th. The 4 Color Concert, which debuted in 2021, has led the expansion of local performing arts by presenting unique performances through collaboration between genres. This stage will feature the Turkish Presidential Symphony Orchestra and pianist Hongki Kim performing together.

◇Turkish Presidential Symphony Orchestra. Courtesy of the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism

The performance, hosted by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Presidential Symphony Orchestra, organized by the Gangwon Cultural Foundation, and in cooperation with the Korean Cultural Center in Turkey, was prepared for cultural cooperation and friendship between Korea and Turkey. The Turkish Presidential Symphony Orchestra is one of the oldest orchestras in the world with a history of over 200 years, and it will meet the Korean audience for the first time in 31 years since its visit to Korea in 1993.

Pianist Hong-ki Kim from Wonju will also appear on stage as a collaborator. Pianist Kim, who garnered attention by winning the Schumann Best Performance Special Prize at the Gézaanda Competition in Switzerland, is actively performing on stages around the world, including winning third place at the Geneva International Music Competition in Switzerland.

◇ Cemi’i Can Deliorman, Permanent Conductor of the Presidential Symphony Orchestra of Turkey. Courtesy of the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism

Under the baton of chief conductor Cemi’i Can Deliorman, the orchestra will present the Asian premiere of the ‘Cayda Tsura Ballet Suite’ by Turkish composer Faty Tujin and Tchaikovsky’s ‘Piano Concerto No. 1’ (with pianist Kim Hong-ki). The second part will feature one of Dvorak’s representative works, ‘Symphony No. 9, From the New World’.

This performance is held with the support of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea International Cultural Exchange Promotion Agency’s ‘Korea Round Culture’ project. All tickets for the performance are 10,000 won, and residents of Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province and elementary, middle, high school and university students can receive a 50% discount. For inquiries, call 1544-1555.