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Two Master Pianists To Perform

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The virtuosos of piano come to Busan this autumn. The “Philosopher on the keyboard,” Russell Sherman, and David Helfgott from the movie, “Shine,” will perform concerts in Busan. It is expected to be combination of outstanding performances and marvelous genius. Russell Sherman is a distinguished artist-in-residence at the New England Conservatory and will have a concert at 7:30 at Busan Cultural Center on the 21st. With a brilliant career and creative imagination, Sherman continues to merit the title "a thinking man's virtuoso." Pianist Jo Hyeon-seon (professor in the Music Department at Kyungsung University) remembers that Sherman’s concert four years ago gave the audience dreamy feelings like traveling to unknown places. Sherman began piano studies at age six. Sherman graduated from Columbia University at age nineteen with a degree in the humanities. He was a Visiting Professor at Harvard University. He taught representative Korean pianists as Baik Hae-sun (professor of the Music School at Seoul National University), Park Su-jin (professor at Sookmyung Women’s University) and was married to Byun Hwa-gyung who graduated from Seoul National University and went to New England Conservatory as a scholarship student. He wrote an essay called “The Piano Story” that has won high praise by Seamus Heaney, Nobel Laureate. He will perform works by Beethoven, Debussy, Bartok, Liszt and other great composers. For more information call 051-747-1536.

David Helfgott who is well known because his life was portrayed in the movie, “Shine,” will perform at Busan Cultural Center at 7:30 on the 20th. After a passionate rendition of Concerto No. 3 by Rachmaninov he developed schizophrenia and did not perform for almost ten years. After his performance, his life’s story will be told through a film-like media.

Helfgott is deeply into Liszt, Chopin, Rachmaninov and is considered a genius. For this concert he will perform Rachmaninov, Mendelssohn, Lizst, Debussy, and Beethoven. For further information call 051-751-3803.

 

The source of news : Busanilbo, Wednesday 10 20, 2004, 9:57