Isang Yun's music, though 'new music', required a performance style that emphasized beautiful sound and the flowing, speaking character of each phrase.
Compositional Technique
In Isang Yun's music, the single tone is given dramatic qualities, similar to stylized role-playing in East Asian theater.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Isang Yun's works are influenced by East Asian thought and the philosophy of Taoism, where even in the darkest dark, there is always some light.
Composition History
Isang Yun's 'Five Pieces for Piano' (1958) was his first valid work published in Europe, written after he moved to Paris and Berlin to engage with Western avant-garde music.
Composition History
Isang Yun's 'Königliches Thema' (Royal Theme) for solo violin was a commissioned work for a premiere that linked it to Johann Sebastian Bach's 'Musical Offering' and its 'Thema Regium'.
Compositional Technique
Isang Yun's 'main tone' or 'main-tone technique', which is inspired by Sino-Korean court music, involves a long-drawn-out tone.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Isang Yun's compositions combine planned construction with a natural, vegetative flow, and he intentionally veiled their architecture.
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