22th international music festival Český Krumlov 2013 - Kun Woo Paik

Soloist: Kun Woo Paik (South Korea) - Piano Conductor: Charles Olivieri-Munroe North Czech Philharmonic Teplice Kun Woo Paik is a Korean piano virtuoso living in Paris (with his wife, a popular South-Korean film and television actress). He had his first public performance when he was ten years old, he played Grieg’s Concert for Piano and Orchestra with the Korean National Orchestra. When he was fifteen years old, he went to study abroad. At first he studies prestigious Julliard School in New York, then he continued in London and Italy. As he was just sixteen years old, he played complete Ravelo’s piano work in Lincoln Center, New York. He then performed also in famous Carnegie Hall in the same city. He has had concerts led by conductors such as Zubin Metha, Mariss Jansons, Sir Neville Marriner, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Krzysztof Penderecki and Jiří Bělohlávek. He has been accompanied by ensembles such as the Symphonic Orchestra of BBC, National Orchestre de Paris and others.