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The Berlin Staatskapelle, a prestigious orchestra with a 452-year history, will perform in Korea for the first time.
The movement that leads the members is Korean, so it draws more attention.
Kim Soo-hyun, a reporter specializing in culture and arts, reports.
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In 2017, the first female and Asian movement was born in the history of Germany's prestigious orchestra Berlin Staatskapelle.
Violinist Lee Ji-yoon.
He is the youngest among the three first movement members of this orchestra, which performs 160 times a year, including operas and concerts.
The Berlin Staatskapelle is the orchestra of the Berlin State Opera, one of the world's leading opera houses.
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[Lee Ji-yoon/Berlin Staatskapelle 1st Movement: It is natural that (the movement master) has to play well, and I think the most important thing is to act as a bridge between the conductor and the members.
I always go there thinking that the movement is the face of the orchestra.]
The 450-year-old Staatskapelle started as a court orchestra in 1570, and legendary composers and conductors such as Mendelssohn, Wagner, Richard Strauss, and Karajan passed through, and since 1992 Master Daniel Barenboim serves as artistic director.
For the first concert in Korea, Christian Thielemann will conduct instead of Daniel Barenboim, who could not come due to health problems.
Thielemann is the chief conductor of the Dresden Staatskapelle and the artistic director of the Salzburg Festival, and is a famous conductor called Karajan's successor.
[Christian Thielemann/ Conductor: Staatskapelle Berlin's traditional German sound is dark, but not overly thick or heavy.
This suits Brahms, Beethoven, and Bruckner very well.]
For two days, the Staatskapelle in Berlin will play all of Brahms' symphonies with a late autumn atmosphere, showing the essence of German sound.