# Busan Philharmonic Orchestra 635th Subscription Concert ![Busan Philharmonic Orchestra 635th Subscription Concert ](https://storage.googleapis.com/kstage-prod-show-assets/posters/fe5d231b-2d8d-43d9-8163-1b514a578610/display.webp) - Date & Session: 2026-11-13 - Venue: Nakdong Art Center Concert Hall (부산광역시 강서구 명지국제1로 141) - Price: KRW 10,000 ~ KRW 30,000 - JPY 1,240 ~ JPY 3,670 - TWD 250.00 ~ TWD 750.00 - USD 8.00 ~ USD 23.50 - URL: https://kstage.live/en/shows/nac-bpo-635-crack-20261113 ## About This is the 635th Subscription Concert of the Busan Philharmonic Orchestra, founded in 1962 and holding the third-longest history in South Korea. Under the subtitle 'there is a crack in everything', it presents Tchaikovsky's Suite No. 4 'Mozartiana' - 'Prayer', Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1, and Schumann's Symphony No. 2. The Busan Philharmonic Orchestra was the first Korean orchestra to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York in 1997, and was recorded as the first Asian orchestra invited to perform at the closing concert of Musikfest Berlin in 2025. It will be conducted by Baek Seung-hyun, who has been serving as the associate conductor of the Busan Philharmonic Orchestra and principal conductor of the Busan Youth Philharmonic Orchestra since 2023. He studied conducting at Seoul National University and Nuremberg University of Music in Germany, and co-won the Ernst von Schuch Prize in 2021. The soloist, violinist Kim Dong-hyun, placed third at the 16th Tchaikovsky Competition in 2019 at the age of 19, achieving the highest record for a Korean violinist, and plays a 1763 Guadagnini sponsored by the Kumho Cultural Foundation. ## Performers Conductor: Baek Seung-hyun Violin: Kim Dong-hyun Orchestra: Busan Philharmonic Orchestra ## Program Tchaikovsky / Suite No. 4 "Mozartiana" - III. 'Prayer' Prokofiev / Violin Concerto No. 1 Schumann / Symphony No. 2 ## Info - 2026-11-13 - Elementary school students and older (Born in 2019 or earlier) ## Notice For ticket cancellations and changes, please contact KSTAGE Customer Center. ## 2026 Busan Philharmonic Orchestra Subscription Concert BPO SYMPHONIC SEASON 2026 there is a crack in everything Tchaikovsky / Suite No. 4 "Mozartiana" - III. 'Preghiera' Prokofiev / Violin Concerto No. 1 Schumann / Symphony No. 2 Conductor Seung Hyun Baek / Violin Donghyun Kim 2026. 11. 13. (Fri) PM 7:30 635 Host Nakdong Art Center Busan Cultural Center Organizer Busan Metropolitan Arts Company Nakdong Art Center ARTISTS CONDUCTOR SEUNG HYUN BAEK Seung Hyun Baek studied violin at Yewon School and Seoul Arts High School, then earned a bachelor's degree in composition and conducting from the College of Music at Seoul National University, followed by master's degrees in both orchestral and choral conducting from the Nuremberg University of Music in Germany. He was a member of the Dirigentenforum (Conductors' Forum) of the German Music Council, which is supported by the German federal government's culture office, and in 2021 he was a co-winner of the 7th Ernst von Schuch Prize. In Germany he conducted the Landestheater Detmold orchestra, the Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, the Philharmonie Baden-Baden, the Bad Reichenhall Philharmonic, Ensemble Musikfabrik and the West Bohemian Symphony Orchestra, and in 2019 he was invited to Poland's Musikfesttage an der Oder, where he worked with the Zielona Góra Philharmonic. In Korea he has appeared as a guest conductor with the Korean National Symphony Orchestra, Gangnam Symphony Orchestra, Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra, Bucheon Philharmonic Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Seongnam Philharmonic Orchestra, Pohang Symphony Orchestra, Ditto Orchestra, Korea Coop Orchestra, Korean Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia Korea and Hankyung arte Philharmonic. In 2022 he conducted the national tour of Wise Ballet Theater's , winner of the Grand Prize at the Edaily Culture Awards. His interest in a wide range of music beyond the classical repertoire, including new contemporary works, has led to frequent collaborations with contemporary music ensembles and composers. He has performed works by Kang Sukhi, Paik Byung-dong and others with the TIMF Ensemble, Seoul Modern Ensemble, Ensemble Sori and Ensemble Wiro, and has conducted concerts for the composers' collective Sorimok and the 21st Century Music Society. Since returning to Korea, he has not limited himself to conducting. Off the stage, he reaches audiences through his writing, contributing program notes and articles for leading festivals and ensembles such as the Going Home Project, Music in PyeongChang, the SAC International Music Festival, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Estonian Festival Orchestra, the Oslo Philharmonic, the Orchestre de Paris and the Philharmonic String Quintet Berlin, and for performances by Daniel Lozakovich, Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Edward Gardner, Yunchan Lim, Songha Choi, Klaus Mäkelä and Paavo Järvi. He has also taught at Pusan National University, Duksung Women's University, Yewon School, Seoul Arts High School and Deokwon Arts High School, nurturing the next generation of musicians. Since 2023 he has served as associate conductor of the Busan Philharmonic Orchestra, part of the Busan Metropolitan Arts Company, and as principal conductor of the Busan Metropolitan Youth Symphony Orchestra. VIOLIN DONGHYUN KIM Praised for his authentic interpretations and deep tone, violinist Donghyun Kim is building a solid career as a musician. At the 16th International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2019, he won third prize in the violin category at the age of 19, the highest placing by a Korean violinist, and drew strong attention from both the jury and audiences. When he won the 14th Seoul International Music Competition in 2018, jury chairman Dong-Suk Kang praised him as "a promising performer with a seriousness of musicianship and technique beyond his years." In Korea he was artist in residence at Kumho Art Hall in 2022 and at Mapo Art Center in 2024, and is invited several times a year to venues such as the Seoul Arts Center, Lotte Concert Hall and Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, performing recitals, concertos and chamber music. He continues to appear as a soloist with leading Korean orchestras, including the Seoul Philharmonic, Korean National Symphony, KBS Symphony, Bucheon Philharmonic, Daegu Symphony, Gwangju Symphony and Gangneung Symphony. He has also performed at major festivals such as the Marvão International Music Festival in Portugal, the SAC Symphony Festival, the SAC Summer Music Festival and Lotte Concert Hall's Classic Revolution. In Korea he has won the Ewha-Kyunghyang Competition, the Shinhan Music Award, the Kumho Young Artist & Camp Competition and other prestigious competitions. Abroad, he became the first Korean to win the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians in Russia, took second prize as the youngest competitor at the George Enescu International Competition in Romania, and won first prize at the Leopold Auer Competition in St. Petersburg, building a remarkable record of competitions and performances. Born in 1999, he began playing the violin at five and started serious study at ten. He made his debut at 12 in a Kumho Young Artist Concert, graduated from Yewon School at the top of his class every semester, and entered the Korea National University of Arts as a gifted student with the highest marks before graduating. After a master's program at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, he studied with Christoph Poppen at the Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía in Spain, and he now studies with Carolin Widmann in the Konzertexamen program at the University of Music and Theatre Leipzig. Since 2016 he has been selected as a beneficiary of the Kumho Cultural Foundation's Kumho Instrument Bank and plays a Joannes Baptista Guadagnini violin (Parma, 1763) on loan. BUSAN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Founded in 1962, the Busan Philharmonic Orchestra is a public orchestra operated directly by Busan Metropolitan City and the third-oldest orchestra in Korea. With residencies at Busan Citizens' Hall from 1974 and Busan Cultural Center from 1988, it established itself as a professional orchestra and is today one of Busan's leading cultural institutions. It has grown musically under distinguished Korean and international conductors, from founding conductor Oh Tae-kyun to Mark Gorenstein, Alexander Anissimov, Li Xincao, Choi Soo-yeoul and Hong Seok-won. A full orchestra with quadruple winds, the Busan Philharmonic broadens the audience for classical music and enriches the cultural life of Busan's citizens through its subscription concerts as well as education concerts, a chamber music series, community outreach performances and late-night concerts. The orchestra takes part in the SAC Symphony Festival every year and has toured successfully in the United States, Germany, China, Japan, Singapore and elsewhere. In 1997 it became the first Korean orchestra to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York, and in 2025 it became the first Asian orchestra invited to give the closing concert of Musikfest Berlin. It was also the first in Korea to complete cycles of Richard Strauss's complete tone poems (2017-2019) and Ravel's complete orchestral works (2020-2022). Since 2024 it has been presenting a Mahler cycle, offering world-class performances marked by artistic polish and fresh programming. Seat Map R / S / A / Not on sale ## 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 13, 2026, 7:30 PM --- Source: https://kstage.live/en/shows/nac-bpo-635-crack-20261113 - KSTAGE