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ENSEMBLE 212
Yoon Jae LEE, Artistic Director Kyunghun KIM, Principal Associate Conductor
Texu KIM, 2014-15 Composer in Residence
Flute / Piccolo
Lauren OSAKA
Anna URREY
Oboe / English Horn
Ellen HINDSON
Alexander VVEDENSKIY
Clarinet
Paul Won Jin CHO*
Ashleé MILLER
Bassoon
Colin MANNES
Allison NICOTERA*
Horn
Steven BEHNKE+
Zach GLAVAN+
Jessica LOMBARDO+
Melissa STERBEN+
Trumpet
Lyn SCHOCH
Theo VAN DYCK
Trombone
Adarsh KUMAR+
Jeff SMITH+
Timpani / Percussion
Chihiro SHIBAYAMA
Sae HASHIMOTO
+ Mahler only
Harp
Caroline BEMBIA+
Violin I
Miyun CHUNG*, concertmaster
Ann SunHyung KIM*
Audrey LO*
Isabel ONG
Alex SHIOZAKI
Violin II
Sunyoung LEE, principal
David BOUSSO
Minji KWON
Fedor OUSPENSKY
Hanna SHIN
Viola
Hsin-Yun YANG, principal
Daniel LAMAS
Adam MATTHES*
Laura SACKS
Violoncello
Zexun Jason SHEN, principal
Jung-Hsuan KO
Ben LARSEN
Jihwon NA
Bass
Nathaniel CHASE*, principal
Chris JOHNSON
* denotes core members for
2014-15 Season
School of Music, where he served as an Associate Instructor in music theory as well
as the president of Student Composer Association. He holds a master’s and a
bachelor’s degree in composition from Seoul National University, where he also
earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. In 1998 he was a silver medal winner at
the International Chemistry Olympiad in Melbourne, Australia.
For more information on Texu Kim and his music, please visit www.texukim.com.
Ensemble 212 (two-one-two) is making a tremendous impact in today’s cultural
music scene. Led by Artistic Director Yoon Jae Lee & Principal Associate Conductor
Kyunghun Kim, the New York based orchestra has been at the forefront of
performing several premieres of major works by composers Mohammed Fairouz,
Huang Ruo, Daniel Felsenfeld & Ke-Chia Chen. This season, Ensemble 212 will
feature the music of composer Texu Kim as their new Composer in Residence.
Through its annual Young Artist Competition Series, Ensemble 212 showcases
outstanding instrumental and vocal soloists by providing them opportunities to
perform as a soloist with a professional orchestra.
Ensemble 212 is comprised of New York’s finest young professionals, emerging
artists, and freelancers. Since its inception, they have performed nearly fifty
concerts featuring an eclectic mix of repertoire from the Baroque era to the 21st
century in chamber music, ensemble, and orchestra concerts. Highlights from
previous seasons include performances at diverse venues such as Merkin Concert
Hall, Miller Theatre, New York City Center, John Zorn’s The Stone, collaborations
with clarinetist David Krakauer, Nicholas Kitchen & Yeesun Kim of the Borromeo
String Quartet on Fairouz’s Double Concerto commissioned by Ensemble 212,
Daniel Phillips of the Orion String Quartet, a 10th anniversary memorial concert
titled “Remembering 9/11: Memorial, Reflection, Assurance” and “Cultural
Convergences”, an innovative presentation with the Michael Mao Dance company
combining Huang Ruo’s music and Yoon Jae Lee’s chamber version of Der
Abschied from Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with modern dance.
Ensemble 212 has been featured on 105.9 FM WQXR’s Q2 Music program and on
BBC News Magazine. In recognition for its contribution to excellence in New York's
diverse cultural scene, the orchestra was acknowledged by 93.9 FM WNYC &
WQXR’s Salute The Arts *STAR* Initiative in 2009 and 2013.
MEET THE ARTISTSMEET THE ARTISTSMEET THE ARTISTSMEET THE ARTISTS
Yoon Jae LEE enjoys a multifaceted career as conductor, ar-
ranger, pianist, and musical entrepreneur. As Founder & Artis-
tic Director of Ensemble 212, Mo. Lee has built the New York
based orchestra into one of today’s finest young ensembles.
Together they have received critical acclaim for innovative pro-
gramming featuring works by living composers, arrangements
of Mo. Lee, and exciting interpretations of the standard reper-
toire. Mo. Lee is a dedicated champion of new music. He has
conducted numerous New York and world premieres of works by award-winning
composers including Mohammed Fairouz, Huang Ruo,Daniel Felsenfeld and Ke-
Chia Chen. This season, he is collaborating with composer Texu Kim as part of En-
semble 212’s Composer in Residence program. His list of appearances as guest
conductor include the Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Bruckner Orchester Linz,
Opera on Tap, New England Conservatory and has collaborated with distinguished
artists including Nick Canellakis, D’Anna Fortunato, David Krakauer, members of
the Attacca, Borromeo, Orion String Quartets, the Boston Symphony Orchestra
and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Mo. Lee’s arrangements have been praised by audiences and critics alike. His or-
chestral transcription of Mendelssohn’s Octet “Incorporated winds and brass.....in-
telligently”, claimed David Patrick Stearns of the Philadelphia Inquirer when per-
formed by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. The New York Times described his
chamber version of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony as “Illuminating..... with solos leap-
ing out in unusually bold detail.” He is currently engaged in “The Mahler Chamber
Project” to arrange all the symphonies and Das Lied von der Erde for chamber or-
chestra and is projected to be completed by 2020.
A native of New York City, Mo. Lee began musical studies on the violin and piano.
At age 17, he began his conducting career, receiving degrees in piano and conduct-
ing from the Mannes College of Music where he was awarded the N. T. Milani
Memorial Conducting Fellowship and the Peter M. Gross Fund. Mo. Lee also stud-
ied at the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg in Austria. During that time he served
as Assistant Conductor to the Salzburger Kammerphilharmonie. His conducting
mentors include Dennis Russell Davies, David Zinman, Samuel Wong, David
Hayes, Michael Charry, Murry Sidlin, and Arkady Leytush. Mo. Lee has participated
in Kurt Masur’s conducting masterclass, the American Academy of Conducting at
Aspen, and the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute led by his keen interest in
historical performance practice. He currently serves on the faculty at City College
of New York (CUNY) where he is Music Director of the City College Symphony Or-
chestra and will serve as Visiting Instructor of Music at Haverford College in 2014.
Kyunghun KIM is the Music Director of The Doctors Orchestral
Society of New York, the Principal Associate Conductor of
Ensemble 212 (New York-based orchestra) and the Music
Director of Ensemble Con Cuore, a chamber orchestra based in
South Korea. He also holds a position as the Orchestra Director
and string faculty at Lehman College in New York. Mr. Kim
frequently appears as a guest conductor with major Korean
orchestras such as the Bucheon Philharmonic Orchestra, the
SungNam Philharmonic Orchestra and the Korean Chamber Orchestra. Mr. Kim
gave the World Premiere performance of a new chamber reduction of Gustav
Mahler’s Second symphony by Yoon Jae Lee with Ensemble 212 and the Young
New Yorkers' Chorus was hailed by SoundWordSight as “excellent performance”.
Mr. Kim has held positions as Resident Conductor for The Chelsea Symphony
Orchestra, and Assistant Conductor for both The Greenwich Village Orchestra and
The New York Symphonic Arts Ensemble. Additionally, he has conducted The Vidin
Philharmonic Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, and Queens Symphony
Orchestra.
Before graduating from The Julliard School in 2011 with a Masters in Orchestral
Conducting with James DePriest, Mr. Kim was an assistant conductor of AXIOM, a
contemporary music ensemble at the Juilliard School and was a conductor of the
same school’s Music Advancement Program (MAP) orchestra during 2009-2011.
Prior to this, he earned an Artist Diploma in Conducting in 2007 from The Curtis
Institute of Music, under the auspices of Otto-Werner Mueller where he was an
assistant conductor for a variety of opera projects.
Born in Seoul, Korea, Mr. Kim began studying piano, violin, and composition at the
age of five with his mother and later attended and graduated from Sunhwa Arts
High School in 1995. While continuing his study in the U.S., his diverse musical
interests and skills led him to different positions: pianist for the musical theater at
The Boston Conservatory, where he holds a B.M. in viola performance; principal
violist of The Boston Conservatory's Orchestra. He has attended numerous
festivals, including the Wiener Meisterkurse (with Salvador mas Conde), The
Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music (with Marin Alsop), and The Pierre
Monteux School (with Michael Jinbo). In February of 2012, Mr. Kim was chosen as a
participant in a Beethoven masterclass with Kurt Masur at the Manhattan School
of Music. In addition to this, Mr. Kim has participated in master classes with
Michael Tilson Thomas, Alan Gilbert, John Keenan, and Harold Farberman and he
also was chosen as a semi-finalist and participated in the Chicago Symphony
Orchestra’s the Sir. George Solti International Conducting Competition &
Apprenticeship in June 2013. Mr. Kim currently lives and works in New York City.
Texu KIM’s works have been performed by Ensemble Modern
(Commission, Germany 2012), Ensemble Intercontemporain
(France 2012), Aspen Contemporary Ensemble (Colorado, USA
2012), Ensemble Reconsil Vienna (Austria 2013), Alarm Will
Sound (Missouri, USA 2014), NOTUS: Contemporary Vocal
Ensemble at Indiana University (Ohio and Indiana, USA 2014),
Contemporary Directions Ensemble (Michigan, USA 2013),
Indiana University Symphonic Choir (Indiana, USA 2013), Seoul
Philharmonic Orchestra (Commission, South Korea 2011), Ensemble TIMF
(Commission, Korea 2007/13), etc. His music has earned awards and honors from
SCI/ASCAP Commission Competition (Winner, New York, New York, USA 2014),
Mizzou International Composers Festival (Selected Composer, Missouri, USA
2014), The American Prize (Winner, Danbury, Connecticut, USA 2014), OSSIA NEW
MUSIC Composition Competition (First Prize, New York, USA 2014), C4
Commissioning Competition (Finalist, New York, USA 2014), Gamma-UT
Conference and Concert (Selected Composer, Texas, USA 2014) Minnesota
Orchestra Composer Institute (Selected Composer, Minnesota, USA 2012), the
Aspen Music Festival and School (Fellowship Recipient, Colorado, USA 2012),
Isang Yun International Composition Prize (Special Prize, South Korea 2009),
Joong-Ang Music Concours (First prize, Korea 2006), Tongyeong International
Music Festival Asian Composers Showcase (Selected Composer, Korea 2013). His
upcoming performances include those by Minnesota Orchestra (Minnesota, USA
2015), C4: the Choral Composer/Conductor Collective (New York, USA 2015), Butler
University Chorale (Indiana, USA), in Ensemble Reconsil Exploring The World
Festival (Austria 2015). Recently, he was appointed Composer in Residence of
Ensemble 212 in New York as well as the Korean Symphony Orchestra, which will
premiere two of his orchestral pieces in 2015.
Along with his contemporary music, Mr. Kim’s arrangement/orchestration works
have been commissioned and performed widely, as in the Opening Ceremony of
the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games (Russia 2014), Insbrook Music Festival
(Missouri, USA 2013), in Piece & Piano Festival (Korea 2012), by New York Classical
Players (New York, New Jersey, Washington DC, and Los Angeles, USA 2014) and
Ensemble Mode (Illinois, USA 2012), to name some recent examples. His
arrangements are featured on three albums of soprano Sumi Jo – “Libera
(Deutsche Grammophon-labelled, 2011)”, “Ich Liebe Dich (Decca-labelled, 2010)”,
and “Missing You (DG-labelled, 2009)”. He has also participated as an arranger in
albums of Harpist Jung Kwak (2011), Daegum (Korean traditional wind instrument)
player Jeong-Seung Kim (2011), violinists Suyoen Kim (DG, 2010), Chee-Yun
(Decca, 2008), pianist Yeol-Eum Son (2008), to name a few. Additionally, he wrote
more than 50 songs for toddlers, which were published by Bicycle Korea (2008).
Texu’s principal teachers are Claude Baker, Sven-David Sandström, David Dzubay,
Unsuk Chin, and Sangjick Jun. He is currently pursuing a doctorate in composition
with minor in electronic music and music theory at the Indiana University Jacobs