JEAJOON RYU
(b 1970 )
Jaejoon Ryu belongs to the most prominent composers of his generation. He has gained a solid education and has wide-ranging musical and extra-musical interests. He studied composition with two great masters—Professor Sukhi Kang in Seoul (South Korea) and Professor Krzysztof Penderecki in Kraków (Poland). He also received a Ph.D. in Music from the Music Academy in Kraków. He has received numerous awards at composers’ competitions. His output includes many outstanding works which testify not only his perfect command of the compositional craft but above all his phenomenal talent. He can be reached via Jeajoon@opuscorp.org.
Role: Classical Composer
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RYU, Jeajoon: Sinfonia da Requiem / Violin Concerto No. 1 (Borowicz, Borkowski)
http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.570599
Music | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Jeajoon Ryu, Shostakovich and Prokofiev
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Jeajoon Ryu
7.30pm Tuesday 12 April, 2011, Cadogan Hall
Grzegorz Nowak conductor
Chloe Hanslip violin
In-Hye Kim soprano
Philharmonia Chorus
Programme:
Shostakovich: Festive Overture
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No.2
Ryu: Sinfonia da Requiem ‘Ju-yung Chung’ (London premiere)
Written in just three days, Shostakovich’s Festive Overture is full of bombast and glittering orchestral sounds, from its blazing fanfare to the sparkling melodies dashing across the orchestra. Another Russian classic, but in an entirely different mood, is Prokofiev’s Second Violin Concerto, full of enigmatic twists and turns.
Composed to commemorate the late Ju-yung Chung, Jeajoon Ryu’s intense and powerful Sinfonia da Requiem was hailed by fellow-composer Penderecki as ‘a masterpiece’.