VOLUME 12, NUMBER 16 • FEBRUARY 23, 2001

Violinist to Perform at Next Peggy Rockefeller Concert

Kyung-Wha Chung, violinist, will perform on Mon., March 5, 2001, as part of The Rockefeller University’s Peggy Rockefeller Concerts series. Chung’s artistry has made her one of classical music’s most acclaimed performers for more than 30 years. Chung will perform the Bach unaccompanied Partita No. 2 in D minor, along with works of Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff and Stravinsky with pianist Itamar Golan.

Noted violinist Kyung-Wha Chung will perform next month in Caspary Auditorium. This concert replaces the January concert that was canceled.

Chung appears regularly as a soloist with the world’s most prestigious orchestras, working with conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Daniel Barenboim, Sir Simon Rattle, Andre Previn, Bernard Haitink, Riccardo Muti and the late Sir George Solti. Following appearances last season with, among others, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Chung returns this season to Vienna’s historic Musikverein, appearing with the Vienna Philharmonic under Maestro Rattle. This season also finds Chung with the National Symphony Orchestra and Leonard Slatkin, as well as with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Toronto Symphony.

As a recitalist, Chung has collaborated with such artists as Radu Lupu, Krystian Zimerman, Peter Frankl and Golan. Her U.S. recital tour in spring 2000 included performances in New York (Avery Fisher Hall), Chicago, San Francisco, Vancouver, Los Angeles and Anchorage. Chamber music is also a central component of Chung’s professional life, and she appears regularly as a member of the Chung Trio, with her brother, conductor/pianist Myung-Whun Chung, and her sister, cellist Myung-Wha Chung.

Born into a musical family in Korea, Chung began studying the violin at the age of six. At the Juilliard School she studied with the legendary Ivan Galamian and later coached with Joseph Szigeti. The government of South Korea has awarded Chung its highest honor, the Medal of Civil Merit. In addition, she has been cited by the Sunday Times of London as one of the most important contributors to British cultural life.

This concert will replace the canceled January 24 Wolfgang Holzmair program. All subscribers are invited to attend. Individual tickets are also available for this performance. Please call x8437.