Unsuk Chin's music is inspired by a wide range of interests, from ancient mythology to cosmology, and she often finds inspiration in fields like astronomy and physics.
Composer Biography
Unsuk Chin studied with György Ligeti, a Hungarian-Austrian composer, for three years, a period she describes as the "biggest crisis of her life" due to his intense criticism.
Cultural Impact
Unsuk Chin is one of the few contemporary composers whose music is respected and performed at both avant-garde festivals and classical subscription concerts.
Compositional Technique
Unsuk Chin writes her calligraphically immaculate scores exclusively by hand, needing the tactile process to connect her brain with her hand and her thoughts with the act of writing.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Unsuk Chin does not write "world music" or aim for an "East-West fusion," but rather seeks to create her own music with a fundamental intellectual layer and multiple accessible levels for listeners.
Composer Biography
Unsuk Chin, a Korean composer, left her homeland at 24 to study in Germany, feeling rooted neither in her country nor in its post-war military dictatorship.
Recording & Production
This album documents a series of solo concertos and orchestral works by Unsuk Chin, performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker, with whom she has collaborated frequently since 2005.
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