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...separate from his art. “When I play, I need to express the artist’s life experiences,” he says. Music and life are part of the same continuum, not separate from each other. Even science is an art for Koh??the art of “interpreting data.” Besides cellos and cells, Koh is also concerned about peace and cites exiled Korean composer Isang Yun as his source of inspiration. Although a native South Korean, Koh lived in Germany during his teens, where he learned of Yun. Listening...
...tuition cut for third-year law students, Yale would fall behind if the law school did not expand its current benefits for public interest. Conroy said that the law school had been reassessing its public interest and financial aid initiatives for the past couple of years under Koh??s leadership. “I would not characterize our announcement as a response to Harvard’s announcement,” Conroy said. On the same day Koh unveiled the law school’s initiative at an annual reception recognizing public interest-oriented students, Medical School Dean...
...Human Rights in North Korea, Koh was supposed to travel to Pyongyang in North Korea last year to perform in the Isang Yun World Peace concert, which aimed to bring together musicians from the two Koreas. While North Korea’s nuclear testing led to the cancellation of Koh??s journey, he still links his playing with his desire to see the two Koreas unite. “I’m trying to help with uniting as a musician. If I could do anything, it would be performing at their unification,” he said...
Perhaps one of Koh??s most impressive attributes was his ability to blend cohesively with the orchestra. Koh presented an image to the audience of the cellist as part of a larger organism that is the HRO. As the strings played, he extended his upper body towards them as if trying to immerse his head in the music; as the horns played, he leaned back as if to absorb the sounds of the brass. Koh was clearly aware that the success of the orchestra depended on each of its parts working together—a trait that truly...
...Koh??s performance made Dvorak’s “Concerto”—and Friday’s concert—a hard act to follow. Through Koh and the rest of the orchestra, the audience traveled along a wide spectrum of emotion ranging from ecstasy to grief. It was an incredible journey for both the performers and the listeners. —Crimson reviewer Victoria D. Sung can be reached at vsung@fas.harvard.edu...