# Classics in Jazz - Bach to Gershwin ![Classics in Jazz - Bach to Gershwin](https://storage.googleapis.com/kstage-prod-show-assets/posters/72ac0fc7-17ae-4020-a75b-f4279e818481/display.webp) - Date & Session: 2026-11-06 - Venue: Nakdong Art Center Ensemble Theater (부산광역시 강서구 명지국제1로 141) - Price: KRW 10,000 - JPY 1,240 - TWD 250.00 - USD 8.00 - URL: https://kstage.live/en/shows/nac-bach-to-gershwin-20261106 ## About RE:COMPOSITION PROJECT 2026 brings together the duo of jazz pianist Cho Yoon-sung and clarinetist Kim Woo-yeon with the contemporary ensemble artist group 2nd Balcony. From Bach to Gershwin, works spanning eras and genres--including Mendelssohn's , Debussy, and Michel Legrand--are newly reinterpreted through different instrumentation and musical idioms. Cho Yoon-sung is a jazz pianist who studied in Argentina and at the New England Conservatory in the US, and was the first Asian admitted on a full scholarship to the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz. Kim Woo-yeon is a clarinetist who has won prizes in domestic and international competitions, including tied 3rd place at the Markneukirchen International Instrumental Competition in Germany. 2nd Balcony is an organization that plans and produces performances based on classical, musical, pop, and jazz music, and was designated as a professional arts organization by Busan Metropolitan City in 2025. ## Performers Jazz Piano: Cho Yoon-sung Clarinet: Kim Woo-yeon Artist Group 2nd Balcony: Music Director Kim In-ae, Violin Woo So-ra, Cello Seo Song-eun, Drums Kang Tae-ho ## Program J. S. Bach - Prelude in C# Major, BWV 848 (Cho Yoon-sung Piano Solo) F. Mendelssohn - Songs Without Words Op.38 No.2, Op.67 No.5, Op.19 No.6, Op.53 No.5 (Arr. Kim In-ae) C. Debussy - Pour le piano (Arr. Cho Yoon-sung) M. Legrand - The Windmills of Your Mind (Arr. Cho Yoon-sung) G. Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue (Arr. Cho Yoon-sung) Finale: Songs Without Words, Op.53, No.2 (Arr. Cho Yoon-sung) ## Info - 2026-11-06 - Elementary school students and older (Born in 2019 or earlier) ## Notice Running time: 70 minutes For reservation cancellations or changes, please contact KSTAGE Customer Center. ## Classics in Jazz : Bach to Gershwin Bach to Gershwin RE : COMPOSITION PROJECT 2026 2026.11.6. FRI 19:30 Nakdong Art Center Ensemble Theater Yoonsung Cho Duo Jazz Piano Yoonsung Cho Clarinet Wooyeon Kim Artist Group 2nd Balcony Music Director Inae Kim, Violin Sora Woo Cello Songeun Seo, Drums Taeho Kang Organizer Artist Group 2nd Balcony Tickets Nakdong Art Center website Host Nakdong Art Center Admission All seats KRW 10,000 Age Elementary school age and up Inquiries +82-51-970-2771 Classics in Jazz : Bach to Gershwin From Bach to Gershwin -- Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words, Debussy, Michel Legrand and more: works that cross eras and genres to widen the musical lens. Jazz pianist Yoonsung Cho and clarinetist Wooyeon Kim, together with the contemporary ensemble Artist Group 2nd Balcony, reimagine familiar works for today through different instrumentations and musical languages -- the RE:COMPOSITION PROJECT. Artist Group 2nd Balcony is a professional arts organization that plans and produces new repertoire and performance content rooted in classical, musical theater, pop and jazz. It reinterprets familiar music through original arrangements and ensemble sound, creating stages that actively connect with audiences. Beginning with a cultural-space project with the Busan Tourism Organization in 2022, the group has steadily widened its ties with the local community, and in 2024 its 'Instrumental K-pop' -- popular songs rearranged as chamber music without vocals -- was selected for the Busan Cultural Foundation's Creative Preparation Grant. Building on this, it has expanded into seasonal concert series, musical galas, barrier-free performances, audience-participation programs and cultural tours, and in 2025 it was designated a Professional Arts Organization by Busan Metropolitan City. In 2026 it presented The Secret of Happiness, a reinterpretation of musical theater music, and AUTUMN FREQUENCY, a collaboration with a terrarium exhibition, and it continues to broaden its scope with Through the Sandstorm -- selected for the Busan Cultural Foundation's Creative Development (Collaboration) program -- a cross-disciplinary work combining literature, art and music. Professional Arts Organization | ARTIST GROUP 2ND BALCONY [ Program | Repertoire ] Yoonsung Cho | Piano Solo 1. J. S. Bach - Prelude in C# Major, BWV 848 Felix Mendelssohn - Songs Without Words Artist Group 2nd.Balcony | Arr. Inae Kim 2. Op.38, No.2 / 3. Op.67, No.5 / 4. Op.19, No.6 / 5. Op.53, No.5 Yoonsung Cho Duo | Arr. Yoonsung Cho 6. Claude Debussy - Pour le piano / 7. Michel Legrand - The Windmills of Your Mind / 8. George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue Finale | Arr. Yoonsung Cho Yoonsung Cho Duo x Artist Group 2nd.Balcony 9. Claude Debussy - Songs Without Words, Op.53, No.2 * The program order is subject to change. [ Profile | Artists ] Yoonsung Cho Duo Jazz Piano Yoonsung Cho Often described as a "world-class jazz artist," pianist Yoonsung Cho grew up surrounded by music under the influence of his father, a first-generation Korean jazz drummer. Spending his childhood in Argentina, he received a rigorous classical education at the Carlos López Buchardo Conservatorio Nacional in Buenos Aires and built a solid musical foundation through long study with Inés Gómez Carrillo, a pupil of Arthur Rubinstein and one of Argentina's foremost classical pianists and composers. He then moved to the United States, graduating on scholarship from Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory and studying with jazz masters including Hal Crook, Paul Schmeling and Kenny Werner. The height of his artistry, moving freely between classical and jazz, was confirmed when he became the first Asian full-scholarship fellow of the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz (at USC), which selects only seven musicians worldwide. He taught for eight years at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood while playing piano with the Ron King Big Band, and has performed on stages and at festivals across the US, Europe and Asia with artists such as New York Voices, Gary Novak, Cathy Segal-Garcia, Laura Fygi, Eric Benét and Renee Olstead. Today he works across jazz, classical, Latin, K-pop and more as a composer, arranger, producer and music director. His major projects include Latin Corea, Bach-Renovation, Bohemian and Out to Sea, and he remains active in festivals at home and abroad, broadcasting, film music and orchestration. Clarinetist Wooyeon Kim is a performer who keeps expanding his own repertoire through constant challenge and wide-ranging musical activity. He has distinguished himself at major competitions at home and abroad, including joint 3rd prize at the Markneukirchen International Competition in Germany, 1st prize at the Beijing International Competition, 2nd prize at the Saverio Mercadante Clarinet Competition, 1st prize at the Classic Wind Saxophone & Clarinet International Competition, and the Possehl Music Prize. He has shared the stage with world-renowned musicians such as Sabine Meyer, Ning Feng, Martin Fröst, Bruno Canino, Mira Wang and Jan Vogler, and has appeared as a soloist with leading orchestras including the Munich Philharmonic Soloists, the Lübeck Philharmonic Orchestra, the Beijing Symphony Orchestra and the Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also been invited to international festivals in Bad Kissingen, Ljubljana, Stavanger and elsewhere. In Korea he has played as guest principal and member with the Seoul Philharmonic, Seongnam Philharmonic, Gyeonggi Philharmonic, TIMF Ensemble Orchestra, Hwaeum Chamber Orchestra and KCO, and has given solo recitals on many stages, including Kumho Art Hall's Beautiful Thursday series. A graduate of Yewon School and Seoul Arts High School, he studied at the Cologne University of Music and became the first Korean to study with Sabine Meyer at the Lübeck University of Music. He completed the Konzertexamen at Lübeck and the Meisterklasse at the Dresden University of Music, and served as Teaching Assistant at Dresden and associate principal of the DalaSinfonietta Falun. He currently teaches at Chung-Ang University and is active as clarinetist of the ensemble All That Clazz and as a D'Addario Artist. Clarinet Wooyeon Kim Artist Group 2nd Balcony Music Director Inae Kim Music director Inae Kim plans crossover music that spans musical theater, jazz and pop on a classical foundation, working as a composer, arranger and pianist. She has served as music director of the musical The Snowman and as music director, pianist and vocal coach for productions at home and abroad with the musical company 'The Heaven,' including The Wedding Singer, Billy Elliot and Menopause, and continues to create as composer and music director of original musicals such as A Midsummer Night's Dream, Someday, Tusa, Haru and Geumeo Gihaeng. Alongside stage work she has recently expanded into music humanities, linking music and literature with human emotion and interpretation; in 2025 and 2026 she planned and taught the music program of the Korea Arts & Culture Education Service's Humanities on the Road, leading an interdisciplinary course that explores how a single text and a piece of music grow into new meanings and emotions through different interpretations. She graduated in composition from the Kosin University College of Music, earned a master's degree in New Media from the Dong-eui University Graduate School, completed the accompaniment program at Sungshin Women's University, and completed doctoral coursework in Music Culture at Dong-A University. She currently leads Artist Group 2nd Balcony, a Busan-designated professional arts organization, as its representative and music director, planning and producing cross-disciplinary projects that link classical and jazz performance with space, and is an adjunct professor of music at Dong-A University. Violin Sora Woo Violinist Sora Woo graduated from Busan Arts High School and earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in instrumental music from the College of Arts at Pusan National University. She has performed as a soloist with the Busan Teachers' Orchestra, the Busan Youth Symphony Orchestra, Musica Viva and the Pusan National University Alumni Orchestra, and founded Open String, a chamber ensemble of Busan Philharmonic members, with which she has performed actively. She is currently associate principal second violin of the Busan Philharmonic Orchestra and principal player of the Busan Sinfonietta, Musica Viva and Solisten. She also teaches at Busan Arts Middle School and Busan Arts High School, and as violinist of the professional arts organization Artist Group 2nd Balcony takes part in concerts and cross-disciplinary projects spanning classical and crossover. Cellist Songeun Seo graduated from Busan Arts High School and earned her bachelor's degree in instrumental music from the College of Arts at Pusan National University. She won prizes at numerous chamber music and music competitions while at Busan Arts High School, and her outstanding playing was recognized at Pusan National University, where she was selected as a soloist for its regular concert. As a founding member of Open String, a chamber ensemble of Busan Philharmonic members, she has presented a wide range of chamber music, and has built broad performing experience with many other chamber groups and orchestras. She is currently a cellist of the Busan Philharmonic Orchestra and, as cellist of the professional arts organization Artist Group 2nd Balcony, takes part in concerts and cross-disciplinary projects spanning classical and crossover. Cello Songeun Seo Drums Taeho Kang Drummer Taeho Kang completed coursework at Yewon Arts University in Seoul and earned his bachelor's degree in music from the College of Arts and Physical Education at Dong-A University. He debuted with the pop band Acmicus, performing at venues such as KT&G Sangsangmadang Hongdae and the jazz club Monk, and gained broad experience as a percussionist in the military band of the 53rd Infantry Division. He has since formed and played in ensembles across genres -- the fusion gugak band Sorichire, the Jeon Young-joo Quintet, the Jeong Seo-hyun Quartet, the pop band Team Hongjin and the brass band God Brass U -- performing at the Gimhae Music Festival, Yeoneo, Generalpause, Pictures at an Exhibition and other venues. He has also worked as a session player for the original musical Someday and the Busan Creative Theater Festival award-winner The Red Bus. He currently teaches at Peniel Arts High School and, as drummer of the professional arts organization Artist Group 2nd Balcony, takes part in concerts and cross-disciplinary projects spanning jazz, musical theater and crossover. 141 Myeongjigukje 1-ro, Gangseo-gu, Busan 051.970.2771 Nakdong Art Center Director Song Pil-seok Administration Kim Eun-young, Park Ji-hyun, Mok Eun-chan, Cho Kyung-hee, Kim Da-young Performance Planning Kim Il-taek, Kim Kyung-jin, Hwang Jun-yeon, Lee Seung-woo, Yoon Joo-young, Kim Min-ji, Lee Hye-ri, Choi Ji-hye Stage Technology Baek Se-jun, Kim Bong-rae, Kim Dong-hee, Yook Myung-chul, Park Shin-wook, Park Man-geun ## AI-RECONSTRUCTED This programme page was automatically reconstructed by AI from the venue's original material. Wording, layout and colours may differ from the printed original. For ticketing terms, prices and admission rules, the official notice on this booking page prevails. ## Date & Session - Nov 6, 2026, 7:30 PM --- Source: https://kstage.live/en/shows/nac-bach-to-gershwin-20261106 - KSTAGE