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In 1995, Myung-Whun Chung founds the Asia Philharmonic, an orchestra made up of the best musicians from 8 Asian countries. In 2005, he was appointed Music Director of the Seoul Philarmonic Orchestra. He has been Music Director of the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France since 2000.
Sep 11, 2022 · Under the baton of Myung-whun Chung, the Munich Philharmonic showed why it ranks among Europe’s finest orchestras. And Pablo Ferrández is a star on the rise, playing with a maturity and grace well beyond his 31 years.
- Frank Kuznik
Highlights of the 2021-22 season include a return visit to La Fenice to conduct Fidelio, a European tour with the Wiener Symphoniker and a return visit to the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Myung-Whun Chung will also continue his regular collaborations with the Staatskapelle Dresden, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de ...
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He was named Commandeur dans l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres and Honorary Cultural Ambassador for Korea. Myung-whun Chung has conducted virtually all the world’s leading orchestras. Since he conducted the Concertgebouw Orchestra for the first time in 1984, he has been a very welcome and regular guest, most recently in January 2024 ...
Myung-Whun Chung first trained as a pianist. While still studying the piano, he studied conducting at the Mannes School of Music in New York, and at the Juilliard School. In 1978, he was appointed assistant to the music director at the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini, then two years later, he was given the position of ...
Feb 21, 2019 · Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO). Myung-whun Chung is a South Korean conductor and pianist. A student of Olivier Messiaen, he is particularly known for his interpretations of the French composer’s works. At one time he and his sisters, violinist Kyung-wha Chung and cellist Myung-wha Chung, performed together as the Chung Trio.
Myung-Whun Chung began his musical career as a pianist, winning second prize at the Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow in 1974. After his musical studies at the Mannes School and Juilliard School in New York, he was appointed Carlo Maria Giulini’s assistant in 1979 at the Los Angeles Philharmonic and became Associate Conductor two years later.
