Hrůša and the Bamberg Symphony with Bomsori Kim in Seoul

Bomsori Kim and the Bamberg Symphony

Jakub Hrůša and the Bamberg Symphony

By SangKwon Lee, 03 June 2025

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“rooted in tradition yet alive to contemporary nuance”

Reviewed at Seoul Arts Center: Concert Hall, Seoul on 1 June 2025

Wagner, Die Feen (The Fairies): Overture

Bruch, Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, Op.26

Beethoven, Symphony no. 7 in A major, Op.92

Bomsori Kim, Violin

Bamberg Symphony

Jakub Hrůša, Conductor

Hrůša and the Bamberg Symphony bring Brahms and Dvořák to Edinburgh

Roy Westbrook, 7th August

Brahms and Dvořák were colleagues, rivals and friends... and the Bamberg Symphony can lay claim to both.

****1

Hrůša, Grimaud and the Bamberg Symphony dazzle at Carnegie Hall

Susan Stempleski, 24th April

In his Carnegie Hall debut, the young Czech conductor leads a meaty and memorable program of Brahms and Wagner, with joined by Hélène Grimaud for Robert Schumann’s sole Piano Concerto.

*****

Hrůša and the Bambergers find the measure of the Mahlerian universe

Tristan Labouret, 16th January

Visiting the Philharmonie de Paris, the Bavarian orchestra and their chief conductor deliver a legendary Mahler 9.

*****

Dancing with history: Bamberg Symphony at Dvořák’s Prague

Frank Kuznik, 21st September

The Bamberg Symphony returns to its roots with Jakub Hrůša conducting high-energy gems from the Czech repertoire.

****1

Daniel Harding and the Bamberg Symphony give Schumann his due

Cameron Kelsall, 4th March

Despite extraordinary legato singing and transparent text work, Christian Gerharer offered an oddly mannered interpretation of the Rückert-Lieder.

***11

Not full of drama but full of life: Blomstedt's Bruckner 8 in Bamberg

Alexander Hall, 13th November

Nothing for doomsters and gloomsters here in this performance of Bruckner's majestic Eighth, turning intimations of mortality into a celebration of life itself.

*****

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SangKwon Lee

SangKwon Lee is a Seoul-based classical music critic whose writing focuses on concert performances and recordings. A contributor to Gramophone and a member of the Music Critics Association of North America, he covers the classical music scene in Korea and internationally.

Fairy sparks to symphonic blaze: Hrůša and the Bamberg Symphony with Bomsori Kim in Seoul