Busan Philharmonic Orchestra

The Busan Philharmonic Orchestra will be celebrating the 80th birthday of the Korean composer Younghi Pagh-Paan, in their concert at the Musikfest Berlin. Two orchestral works premiered in Donaueschingen, “Sori” (1980) and “Frau, warum weinst Du? Wen suchst Du?” (2023), exemplify the numerous decades of compositions by Pagh-Paan which have left their mark on contemporary music. These compositions are juxtaposed by three works originating in the 1920s and 1930s: Maurice Ravel’s “Piano Concerto for the Left Hand” (1930) in which the soloist is Ben Kim, winner of the 55th ARD International Music Competition; Olivier Messiaen’s four symphonic meditations, “L’Ascension”; and the Seventh Symphony by Jean Sibelius, his final symphony to be completed.