Sang Woo Kang - Bio and Program
Cited
by the Los Angeles Times as a “prodigiously talented pianist with great
technical virtuosity and interpretive gifts,” Sang Woo Kang is an active
performer and educator who has presented master classes and recitals in Asia,
Central and South America, and Europe. He successfully balances his performance
career with teaching at Providence College, where he is Associate Professor and
Chair of the Department of Music.
An
active performer, Sang Woo’s recent international performances include the
Auditorio Piazzolla in Argentina, Bari International Festival in Italy, Sehjong
Cultural Center in Korea, multiple venues in Japan and Thailand, the Moulin
d’Ande Festival in France, Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, and Steinway Hall in
NY, to name a few. Upcoming events include chamber, solo, and orchestral
concerts in New York, Providence, Chicago, and Boston.
Sang
Woo recorded the Brahms Clarinet Sonatas on the EMI Korea label in 2007 and his
performances has been featured on various programs in the US and abroad,
including the WXXI, WGBH, and MPBN classical music stations. Sang Woo’s latest
solo album, featuring Mozart’s piano pieces, will be released on the NAXOS
Label later this year.
Over
the summer, he directs the Piano Institute and Seminar at the Atlantic Music
Festival at Colby College, an annual intensive four-week series of concerts and
events focused on promotion and performance of new music.
In
addition to his other activities, Sang Woo reviews recent classical releases
for publications such as the American Record Guide and Clavier
Companion, and maintains a blog entitled “Music for Time’s E.nding,” which
covers a variety of topics pertaining to music
Sang
Woo is a graduate of Juilliard School and the Eastman School of
Music, where he received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree.
Program:
Fantasia
on an Ostinato (1985) John
Corigliano (b. 1938)
Sonata
No. 10, K. 330 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
I. Allegro Moderato
II. Andante Cantabile
III.
Allegretto
Intermission
Etude
Fantasy (1976) John
Corigliano (b. 1938)
I.
Left
Hand
II.
Legato
III.
Fifths
and Thirds
IV.
Ornaments
V.
Melodie
Nocturne
Op. 27 No.2 Frederic
Chopin (1810-1849)
Polonaise
Fantasy, OP. 61
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