I Musici de Montreal Orchestra with Wonny Song

Friday, April 30, 2010 at 7:30PM

Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall
(7th Avenue between 56th & 57th Streets, NYC)

Presented by federation of Korean-Canadian Associations, I Musici de Montreal Orchestra concert with Korean soloist Wonny Song will be held at the Carnegie Hall.

Led by conductor Yuli Turovsky, I Musici de Montreal is a Canadian chamber orchestra which is composed of 15 musicians. I Musici performs works that range from baroque to the contemporary. The orchestra records exclusively with Chandos Records of England and has released over 40 albums.

Pianist Wonny Song was born in Korea and grew up in Montreal. He has performed as a soloist with the Cincinnati Symphony, the Peoria Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the National Arts Centre Orchestra and the EuroAsian Philharmonic Orchestra in Korea and Thailand. Wonny Song is presently Associate Director and Director of Artists-in-Residence project of LAMBDA School of Music and Fine Arts in Montreal.

The program includes Mendelssohn’s Concerto for Violin, Piano, and Strings in D Minor, Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence for String Sextet, Op. 70 and Korean composer Cheonwook Kim’s The Sounds from Mountain Temple.

“Wonny Song is a versatile, intelligent and deeply musical young pianist, and his recital at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater was one of the best programs of the season.”

- The Washington Post

Tickets are from $40. To purchase tickets, please visit www.carnegiehall.org or call CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800.

For more information on the artist, please visit www.wonnysong.com