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Acclaimed cellist Bong-Ihn Koh ’08 headlined a benefit concert on Friday for North Korean refugees organized by a newly-recognized undergraduate group dedicated to human rights in the country...
After the introduction, Koh and piano accompanist Hsin-Bei Lee, a professional pianist and MIT affiliate, performed three pieces: Benjamin Britten’s “Cello Sonata,” Frederic Chopin’s “Cello Sonata,” and Astor Piazzolla’s “Le Grande Tango...
...Koh said he carefully selected the three pieces to coincide with the theme of the concert...
...Britten sonata, Koh said, “I chose this piece to begin the program because the first movement is called ‘Dialogo’—Dialogue—and I think it’s very important for North Korea and the rest of the world to have a dialogue, or human rights cannot be achieved...
...thought maybe you found out I use a fork to eat my yogurt” said Bong-Ihn Koh ’08, when asked about why he thinks he was chosen as one of the Fifteen Most Interesting Seniors. Well, yes, but that wasn’t the primary reason. At the unusually young age of 12, Koh, an extraordinarily gifted cellist, won the Third International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians, which he considers the musical world’s affirmation that he was ready to perform and influence people with his music. Koh took that charge seriously...