Younghi Pagh-Paan, Angela Postweiler, Ensemble KNM Berlin
Release Date: 22 January 2021
Label: Neos
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4260063120268
Genres: Classical Contemporary Classical
Description
When the composer Younghi Pagh-Paan came to Germany in the mid-1970s, she was at first deeply insecure about the gaping contradictions between Western culture and her Korean homeland. She drew a special creative force from it - influences from both worlds are combined in her music until today.
The works recorded by Ensemble KNM Berlin and the soprano Angela Postweiler here were created between 1977 and 2020 and thus offer a comprehensive view of Pagh-Paan's work. Among them, the three world premiere recordings deserve special attention: "ma-am (Mein Herz)" for female solo and "Mein Herz I" for soprano and viola as well as the string quartet "Horizont auf hoher See".
The production was created as part of the Berlin Art Prize given to Pagh-Paan in 2020 by the Akademie der Kunste Berlin.
Younghi Pagh-Paan was born in Cheongju (now South Korea) in 1945. With a scholarship from the DAAD she came to Germany to continue her studies with Klaus Huber at the Musikhochschule in Freiburg. With her orchestral piece "Sori", she gained wide public recognition at the Donaueschingen Festival in 1980. After visiting professorships at the music academies in Graz and Karlsruhe, she was appointed professor of composition at the Bremen University of the Arts in 1994 - the first woman in all of Germany. She received numerous international awards and now lives in Bremen and Panicale (Italy).
Tracklisting
Robert M. Helmschrott
Robert M. Helmschrott
Kevin Juillerat (electronics), Cedric Pecia (prepared piano)
Kaya Han
Helene Breschand, Laurence Bancaud, David Joignaux, Wilhem Latchoumia, Christelle Sery, Fanny Vicens, Wang Ying-Chieh, Ensemble Cairn, L'arsenale
Gunter Schwarze
GrauSchumacher Piano Duo, SWR Experimentalstudio, Michael Acker
Georg Katzer, Matthias Bauer, Margarete Huber, Blaservereinigung Berlin, Bernd Casper, Gregorio Garcia Karman, Evelyn Saylor
Robert M. Helmschrott
Robert M. Helmschrott
Kevin Juillerat (electronics), Cedric Pecia (prepared piano)
Kaya Han
Helene Breschand, Laurence Bancaud, David Joignaux, Wilhem Latchoumia, Christelle Sery, Fanny Vicens, Wang Ying-Chieh, Ensemble Cairn, L'arsenale
Gunter Schwarze
GrauSchumacher Piano Duo, SWR Experimentalstudio, Michael Acker
Georg Katzer, Matthias Bauer, Margarete Huber, Blaservereinigung Berlin, Bernd Casper, Gregorio Garcia Karman, Evelyn Saylor
