Wooil Lee's latest recital takes its title literally. Spectrum brings together music shaped by four very different musical traditions, moving from Paganini's Italian lyricism and Piazzolla's tango to Beethoven's Classical drama and Szymanowski's richly colored modernism. Joined by pianist Ilya Rashkovskiy and guitarist Yongheon Ahn, Lee explores the many voices of the violin in a program that shifts effortlessly between chamber music, dance rhythms and virtuosic showpieces.
The evening opens with Niccolò Paganini's Sonata Concertata in A Major, Op. 61, a work that reveals the composer's gift for elegant chamber writing as much as his celebrated virtuosity. Written for violin and guitar, it places equal weight on dialogue and balance rather than sheer technical display.
Piazzolla's Histoire du Tango follows, performed in its violin-and-guitar version. From Bordel 1900 to Concert d'aujourd'hui, the four movements chart tango's journey from cafés and dance halls to the concert stage, gradually expanding its harmonic language and expressive range.
After the interval, Rashkovskiy joins Lee for Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 23, one of the composer's most dramatic early violin sonatas. Szymanowski's Nocturne and Tarantella, Op. 28 closes the recital with vivid contrasts, shifting from atmospheric lyricism to bursts of dazzling virtuosity.
Lee made his debut at 16 through the Kumho Young Artist Concert Series before continuing his studies at the Korea National University of Arts and later in Munich, Basel and Saarbrücken. His career has included major prizes in Korea and Europe, appearances at venues such as Lincoln Center and the Kennedy Center, and performances as a founding member of the Abel Quartet. He is currently an exclusive artist with STOMP Music while teaching at Yewon School, Seoul Arts High School, Seoul National University and the Korea National University of Arts.
Ahn has earned international recognition through prize-winning performances at leading guitar competitions in Spain and Italy. Rashkovskiy, winner of the 2012 Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, continues to perform internationally while serving on the faculty of Sungshin Women's University.
Reported by News Culture M.J._mj94070777@nc.press
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