16.00 Uhr
Festveranstaltung Orden Pour le mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste
Suyoen Kim studied in Münster with Helge Slaatto, in Munich with Ana Chumachenco and also at the Kronberg Academy. Suyoen Kim has also been a member of the Artemis Quartet since 2019. She is a winner of the Hanover International Violin Competition (2006) and a prize-winner of the Brussels Queen Elisabeth Competition (2009). As a soloist, she has performed with various renowned orchestras in Europe, Asia and South America. Suyoen Kim is a member of the Konzerthausorchester’s current artistic advisory board.
I don’t have a special ritual, but I try to get some sleep and get ready in peace and quiet. Just before I go on stage, I need to drink a glass of water, because I often get a dry throat when I get a little excited.
There are many instruments I would love to be able to play. Cello, but also drums and piano would all be on my wish list. But I would like to be able to sing beautifully most of all.
It wasn’t a concert, unfortunately, but a rehearsal with the first Mahler symphony of my life, his Third. I was really looking forward to it, and we had just managed a rehearsal with Maestro Fischer when the Covid-19 measures got underway in Berlin and further rehearsals were no longer possible. At the time, I didn’t know how the situation would deteriorate, and that first and only Mahler rehearsal will certainly remain in my memory for a long time.
At the moment I’m working a lot with Bach and Beethoven. These two composers and their music touch me very deeply.