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Classical music, opera, ballet and dance in Seoul, South Korea

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SeoulMozart, Beethoven, Mahler

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Seoul Arts Center: Concert Hall, May 05, 07
Mozart, Beethoven, Mahler
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra; Lahav Shani; Seong-Jin Cho
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SeoulBeethoven, Prokofiev, Brahms

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Seoul Arts Center: Concert Hall, Wed 6 May at 19:30
Beethoven, Prokofiev, Brahms
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra; Lahav Shani; Seong-Jin Cho
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SeoulSunwook Kim and Alice Sara Ott

Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra
Lotte Concert Hall, Fri 8 May at 19:30
Mussorgsky, Ravel, Brahms
Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra; Sunwook Kim; Alice Sara Ott
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Sakari Oramo, Yeol Eum Son and the BBC Symphony in Seoul

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SangKwon Lee, 26 Mar
Yeol Eum Son’s Britten Piano Concerto formed the evening’s centre of gravity, played with lucid line, structural command and sudden fire. In Brahms’ Second Symphony, Sakari Oramo found conviction, proportion and a warmth that felt earned rather than applied.
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Jaap van Zweden and the Seoul Philharmonic’s measured Mahler 6

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SangKwon Lee, 19 Mar
That last movement proves the evening’s true point of reckoning in the Seoul Philharmonic's performance of Mahler’s Sixth Symphony at Lotte Concert Hall. 
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Rhetoric over romance in Nikolai Lugansky's Chopin in Seoul

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SangKwon Lee, 12 Feb
Ludovic Morlot conducts the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra in three classics from the Romantic era: Berlioz, Chopin and Schumann. 
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KBS SO appoints Myung-whun Chung as its tenth Music Director

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Bachtrack, 23 Dec
The appointment coincides with the orchestra’s 70th anniversary in 2026, and will see Chung take overall responsibility for the ensemble’s artistic planning and direction.
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From the first bar: Bomsori journeys with Seoul Philharmonic

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SangKwon Lee, 01 Oct
The Korean violinist talks about making her debut with the Seoul Philharmonic, and heading to the US on a tour which includes the orchestra’s first Carnegie Hall appearance for 18 years. 
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Symphonic metamorphoses: Tokyo Philharmonic in 2025

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Bachtrack, 15 Jan
With concerts featuring Myung-whun Chung at the piano, Pinchas Zukerman leading from the podium, and inventive programming from Chief Conductor Andrea Battistoni, the Tokyo Philharmonic’s 2025 season straddles many divides.
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