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April 10, 2013: Bowling Green, OH

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Sang Woo Kang will be presenting a solo concert at Bryan Recital Hall in Bowling Green State University on April 10, 8:00 PM.

Event free and open to the public. Details forthcoming.

February 23, 2013: Providence, RI

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Sang Woo Kang, piano and Jameson Platte, cello
Concert to be held on Saturday, February 23, at 7:00 PM
Location: Ryan Concert Hall, Smith Center for the Arts, Providence College

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Call 865-2761 for more information.

February 17, 2013: Allentown, PA

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On February 17, Sang Woo Kang will be performing a concert with cellist Jameson Platte at the Allentown Symphony Hall. The program includes works by Cippulo, Beethoven, Debussy, and Webern. Time and other details forthcoming!

Venue:
23 North 6th Street
Allentown, PA 18101

Jameson Platte maintains an active career both as a performer and a teacher. He is currently a member of the critically acclaimed Axis quintet, the Conservatory Quartet, Duo 92 with pianist/composer Matthew Quayle, principal cellist of the Glens Falls Symphony, principal of the Orchestra of Northern New York and assistant principal of the Allentown Symphony. Mr. Platte works extensively as a clinician, guest conductor and cello coach, performs as a soloist and maintains a large private studio. He is in constant demand as a guest principal cellist throughout the north east. A frequent recitalist in New York City, he has been featured in Carnegie Hall, Merkin Hall, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Lincoln Center and the 92^nd St. Y, among others. His recitals have been heard throughout North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Mr. Platte is Artist/Faculty at New England Music Camp.

Mr. Platte has attended the Brevard Music Festival as a teaching assistant where he won the concerto contest. He also attended the Blossom Chamber Music Festival where he played principal cello under Leonard Slatkin. Mr. Platte has been a member of the Tuscaloosa Symphony (under Louis Lane), the Alabama Symphony and the Huntsville Symphony. Mr. Platte also served as Professor of Cello at the Montclair State University Preparatory Division and the Stokes Forest Music Festival. He has been a featured soloist with the Jacksonville Symphony, Allentown Symphony, Glens Falls Symphony, The Orchestra of Northern New York and the Stokes Forest Festival Orchestra, among others. Mr. Platte’s recordings of contemporary music may be heard under the Koch International and Seedmusic labels. Mr. Platte’s principal teacher was Carlton McCreery; he has also pursued studies with such teachers as Yo-Yo Ma, Lynn Harrell, Mstislav Rostropovich, Harvey Shapiro and Carter Brey.

Mr. Platte plays on cellos by Hannibal Fagnola (1925), J.B. Guadagnini (1757) and G.F. Pressenda (1825) as well as bows byFrançois Xavier Tourte, Dominique Peccatte, Bernard Ouchard, and James Tubbs.

For information about concerts and other projects, please visit his website here.

Meet the Critic: Sang Woo Kang

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Sang Woo Kang has joined the list of critics for the American Record Guide, America’s oldest classical music review magazine. Page 241 of the January/February 2013 issue contains a brief feature with some information about his background. Please check out the magazine for his reviews of the latest piano releases of Liszt, Debussy, Beethoven, and more. Subscribers can log in here for the latest issue.

January 8-10, 2013: Boston, MA

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Recording session of piano works by Mozart at WGBH recording studio in Boston.

Clavier Companion November/December 2012: Saint-Saëns

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For the November/December 2012 issue of Clavier Companion, Sang Woo Kang has reviewed pianist Geoffrey Burleson‘s recording of Saint-Saëns’s piano works. This recording is Vol. 1 in a series of Saint-Saëns’s complete piano works, and promises to be an engaging collection. Digital subscribers can log in here or subscribe to the print/digital magazine here.

Clavier Companion November/December 2012

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Clavier Companion September/October 2012

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Check out the September/October 2012 issue of Clavier Companion for Sang Woo Kang’s review of pianist R. Andrew Lee’s recording of the Time Curve Preludes by William Duckworth. Digital subscribers can log in here or subscribe to the print/digital magazine here.

Clavier Companion September/August 2012: Duckworth: The Time Curve Preludes

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On Minimalism: Repetition and Change

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Minimalism – Dictionary.com defines the movement as “a reductive style or school of modern music utilizing only simple sonorities, rhythms, and patterns, with minimal embellishment or orchestrational complexity, and characterized by protracted repetition of figurations, obsessive structural rigor, and often a pulsing, hypnotic effect.”

Two years ago, I wrote a blog post about the experience of hearing Philip Glass’s “Mad Rush” at a concert, and noted back then that this was music that could be extremely beautiful both in its attractive textures, consonance, and hypnotism. On the other hand, I found it an extremely limited musical language [...]