Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra & Hee-Chuhn Choi
Biographie Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra & Hee-Chuhn Choi
Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra
was founded by Suwon City to provide high quality culture to Suwon citizens and enlighten their lives. The rich history of Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra began its first performance in April, 1982 and gives over 60 concerts annually. The Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra has earned reputation for presenting beautiful music to thousands of music lovers and became one of Korea’s leading orchestras. In April, 2008, Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra invited Conductor Daejin Kim as the 6th Music director.
Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra members are highly qualified players and recognized globally for their excellent performance skills. Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra has had many concerts in Canada, United States, Thailand, England, Spain, Japan, Indonesia, Taiwan, China, and Germany where the orchestra performed its outstating performances and received massive applause from local audiences. In addition, Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra played a significant role during the Suwon International Festival from 1999 to 2002. Famous artists were invited from all over the world to perform at Suwon Outdoor Music Hall and GyeongGi Culture Center.
In June, 2003, Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra appointed Maestro Yuzo-Toyama(the permanent conductor of NHK Symphony Orchestra in Japan) as its honorary conductor. Also, on October 9, 2003, Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra had a concert at the “2003 Asia Orchestra Week” at “The symphony hall” in Osaka by invitation of the Association of Japanese Symphony Orchestras. Moreover, the orchestra was invited from “Eckelshausner Musik Fest 2004” in Germany and had 4 concerts as well. Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra gives many opportunities to young talented musicians to perform various classical genre with the orchestra. The orchestra has already recored and released many CDs such as Tchaikovsky, Bruckner, Berlioz, and Wagner.
Hee-Chuhn Choi
Conductor Choi Hee-jun graduated with a diploma and a Konzertexamen from the Department of Conducting at the Hanns Eisler University of Music in Berlin, and became the first person to graduate from the Meisterklasse in the Department of Conducting at the Dresden University of Music since its opening. In 2003, he won first place by unanimous decision of the judges at the Deutsche Hochschulwettbewerb (German University of Music Conducting Competition), and in 2005, he won first place at the Bad Homburg Conducting Competition.
Choi Hee-jun has conducted the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Jena Philharmonie, State Orchestra Kassel, Brandenburg State Orchestra, and Rhineland-Palatinate State Orchestra, and has successfully conducted numerous opera performances, including Verdi's *La Traviata*, at the Munich State Opera, Heidelberg Opera House, and Annaberg Opera House. He also gave the world premiere of Jörn Arnecke's *The Rhine* at the Rheinsberg Palace Opera House, receiving favorable reviews from the major Berlin daily newspaper, Berliner Morgenpost, for his "inspiring conducting."
In addition, he served as the general director and conductor of Mozart's opera *The Abduction from the Seraglio* at the Oder-Spree Opera Festival, and conducted numerous operas and ballets as the Kapellmeister of the State Theatre of Saxony. In Korea, he guest conducted the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, KBS Symphony Orchestra, Bucheon Philharmonic Orchestra, Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra, Gwangju Philharmonic Orchestra, and Daegu Philharmonic Orchestra, and received the 41st Nanpa Music Award. He served as the Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Korean Symphony Orchestra and is currently a professor of conducting at Hanyang University and the Principal Conductor of the Jeonju City Symphony Orchestra.
