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...Bong Ihn Koh ’08, a Cabot House resident from South Korea and a gifted cellist, was to make a journey next week to North Korea to perform in the Isang Yun World Peace concert, an event that would have brought together musicians from North and South Korea. But due to recent tensions generated by reports of a North Korean nuclear test last Monday, Koh will no longer be participating...
Both his performance and choice of repertoire caught the attention of Yun’s widow as well as Siegfried Palm, the cellist for whom the concerto was originally written. Sooja Yun, who currently resides in North Korea, was so impressed that she personally recommended that Koh be the soloist in the upcoming festival...
...Koh possesses a deep affinity for Yun’s concerto...
...reflection of his time in prison and of his life,” explains Koh. He vividly describes the ending of the concerto as a significant part of this reflection. “The cello is raging—it’s reaching for the high A with the orchestra supporting it. It sustains a G-sharp for eight measures in fortississimo with intense vibrato. It never reaches the A, though...
...Rather than cease coming to Cambodia, pedophiles will become smarter and also harder to track, as they branch out of Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville and into the provinces, such as the tourist town of Siem Reap and free-wheeling Koh Kong and Poipet on the Thai border, she warned. The majority of the country's rural areas don't have a specialized anti-trafficking and juvenile protection force like that operated by Keo Thea in the capital...