# NAC@Signature Classics: Sibelius Symphony No. 5 & Sibelius Violin Concerto ![NAC@Signature Classics: Sibelius Symphony No. 5 & Sibelius Violin Concerto](https://storage.googleapis.com/kstage-prod-show-assets/posters/8dd9a035-6eb1-444f-b689-2e6b860421ed/display.webp) - Date & Session: 2026-11-21 - 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-signature-sibelius-5-20261121 ## About As the seventh stage of the '2026 NAC Signature Classics (Symphony No. 5 & Choral Series)' held every Saturday at 5 PM at Nakdong Art Center Concert Hall, this is an all-Sibelius program rare in domestic concerts. Conductor Ji Jung-bae and the Busan Symphony Orchestra open with 'Valse Triste', followed by Sibelius's Violin Concerto and Symphony No. 5. Symphony No. 5 is a work in which Sibelius captured the scenery of his homeland Finland after seeing swans taking flight from a lakeside. Ji Jung-bae is a conductor active across Europe and Korea after serving as chief conductor at the Ulm and Trier municipal theaters in Germany, and became the first Asian to win the Conductor Award at the German Operetta Prize in 2012. Featured soloist Choi Song-ha won second place in the violin division at the 2023 Montreal International Musical Competition, was the youngest second prize winner in the senior division of the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition, and was selected as a laureate at the 2024 Queen Elisabeth Competition. ## Performers Conductor: Ji Jung-bae Violin: Choi Song-ha Orchestra: Busan Symphony Orchestra (BSO) ## Program Sibelius / Valse Triste from , Op. 44 Sibelius / Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 (Vn. Choi Song-ha) Sibelius / Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82 ## Info - 2026-11-21 - Elementary school students and older (Born in 2019 or earlier) ## Notice Running time: 100 minutes For reservation cancellations and changes, please contact KSTAGE Customer Center. ## SIGNATURE CLASSIC Saturday, 5 PM Nakdong Art Center Concert Hall Conductor Joong-Bae Jee Violin Song-Ha Choi Orchestra Busan Symphony Orchestra (BSO) Soaring as a Swan Sibelius No. 5 Sibelius Violin Concerto Host Nakdong Art Center Organizer Busan Symphony Orchestra Tickets R KRW 30,000 / S KRW 20,000 / A KRW 10,000 Booking Nakdong Art Center website Inquiries 051.970.2771 SIGNATURE CLASSIC Beethoven No. 5 Mendelssohn Violin Concerto Cond. Oh Choong-keun - Vn. Han Su-jin Mendelssohn No. 5 Parish Alvars Harp Concerto Cond. Cha Woong - Hp. Hwang Se-hee Schubert No. 5 Beethoven Triple Concerto Cond. Kim Geon - Kim Ju-young (Vn), Lee Myung-jin (Vc), Kim Won-min (Pf) Shostakovich No. 5 Elgar Cello Concerto Cond. Oh Choong-keun - Vc. Lee Jung-hyun Tchaikovsky No. 5 Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 Cond. Jang Yun-sung - Vc. Lee Jae-ri Mahler No. 5 Mozart Flute Concerto No. 2 Cond. Oh Choong-keun - Fl. Cho Sung-hyun Sibelius No. 5 Monthly - Saturdays 5 PM Nakdong Art Center Concert Hall Sibelius Violin Concerto Cond. Joong-Bae Jee - Vn. Song-Ha Choi Beethoven No. 9 "Choral" Host Nakdong Art Center Organizer Busan Symphony Orchestra Booking Nakdong Art Center website Inquiries Cond. Oh Choong-keun Chorus: Busan Metropolitan Chorus - Chorus Busan Soloists: Park Ha-na (Sop.), Yang Seung-mi (M.Sop.), Kim Jong-hee (Ten.), Samuel Youn (Bs.Bar.) Violin Song-Ha Choi Conductor Joong-Bae Jee Orchestra Busan Symphony Orchestra (BSO) Sibelius No. 5 Sibelius Violin Concerto Sibelius is a concert favorite, yet an all-Sibelius program is rare even on Korean stages. The Busan Symphony Orchestra under Joong-Bae Jee performs his signature Symphony No. 5 together with his Violin Concerto. Having watched swans take flight from a lakeshore in his hometown of Järvenpää, Sibelius captured the landscapes of his native Finland in the Fifth Symphony. As the work unfolds, a vast, full-bodied sound sweeps through the hall, as if the misty glacial vistas of the North were coming to life, leaving a deep impression from the opening to the finale. The first half opens with "Valse triste," a favorite encore of many orchestras. It is the first of six pieces written for "Kuolema" (Death), a play by his brother-in-law Arvid Järnefelt: a sick woman waltzes with a phantom guest, ever more wildly, until the guest vanishes, the music stops, and Death arrives. The Sibelius Violin Concerto that follows ranks alongside those of Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Brahms, and Beethoven among the greatest violin concertos. Sibelius was originally a violinist, a composer who knew the instrument well. The soloist is Song-Ha Choi, who has been highly active since winning second prize at the Montreal Competition. Jean Sibelius Valse triste from Kuolema, Op. 44 Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 Solo violin: Song-Ha Choi Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82 Conductor | Joong-Bae Jee A conductor who makes clean, solid, and well-balanced music Conductor Joong-Bae Jee, active in both Europe and Korea, graduated from Seoul Arts High School, the Korea National University of Arts preparatory school, Seoul National University, and the Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts in Germany. He served as principal conductor and deputy general music director at Theater Ulm and the Ulm Philharmonic Orchestra, where the great Herbert von Karajan was once principal conductor, and at Theater Trier and the Trier Philharmonic Orchestra. Selected as one of the German Music Council's ten "Maestros of Tomorrow," he was a member of the Conductors' Forum of the government-affiliated German Music Council. In 2012 he became the first Asian to win the conductor's award of the German Operetta Prize, jointly presented by the German Music Council and Oper Leipzig. As part of the prize he conducted Oper Leipzig's production of Strauss's "Die Fledermaus," and that same year he served as music director and conductor of the Oper Oder-Spree opera festival. In 2015, on the square before Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, the symbol of German reunification, he led the Korea-Germany joint orchestra as Korea's representative conductor at the closing concert of the Eurasia Friendship Express marking the 70th anniversary of Korea's liberation, organized by Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the support of the German government. He has worked with many European orchestras and theaters, including the WDR Symphony Orchestra, MDR Symphony Orchestra, Bochum Symphony Orchestra, Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart Philharmonic, Philharmonie Baden-Baden, and Ensemble Modern Academy Orchestra, on numerous opera and ballet productions and symphonic concerts. In Korea he has conducted the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra in its subscription series and the KBS Symphony Orchestra at the Symphony Festival, as well as the Gyeonggi Philharmonic, Daejeon Philharmonic, Daegu Symphony, Busan Philharmonic, Ulsan Philharmonic, Busan Symphony Orchestra, Hankyung arte Philharmonic, Korea National Opera, Seoul Metropolitan Opera, and Universal Ballet. Alongside a stage career spanning the Baroque and historically informed performance through contemporary music, he has taught opera and orchestra at the Conservatorium Maastricht in the Netherlands and conducting at the Mannheim University of Music and Performing Arts, and has continued his work as an educator, coaching students in conducting masterclasses with orchestras across Germany. Violin | Song-Ha Choi 2nd Prize, Montreal International Musical Competition Described by the British newspaper The Times as "bewitching: full of passion, imagination and daring," young Korean violinist Song-Ha Choi first drew international attention at the Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Violin, where she became the youngest prizewinner in the senior category, taking second prize and the Audience Prize. She was named a laureate of the 2024 Queen Elisabeth Competition, and at the 2023 Montreal International Musical Competition (CMIM) she proved her exceptional ability by winning second prize in violin along with the semifinal prize for best sonata, the prize for best performance of the Canadian work, and the Audience Prize. She has appeared with leading orchestras in Korea and abroad, including the Belgian National Orchestra, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn, Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, KBS Symphony Orchestra, Bucheon Philharmonic, Gangnam Symphony, Daegu Symphony, Changwon Philharmonic, Busan Philharmonic, Korean Chamber Orchestra, and Seongnam Philharmonic, and as a soloist has performed at the Berlin Philharmonie, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Palais des Beaux-Arts (Bozar) in Brussels, Maison symphonique de Montréal, Wigmore Hall and Royal Festival Hall in London, the Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall, and Alte Oper Frankfurt. She has been featured by numerous media outlets, including BBC Radio 3, BBC Arts, medici.tv, NPO Klassiek, Bulgarian National Radio, RAI (Italy), Classic FM, and Concertgebouw Live radio. She has also given concerts at the Gstaad Menuhin Festival in Switzerland, the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Verbier Festival (Prix Reyl winner), the Seoul Arts Center International Music Festival, the Nume Festival in Italy, and the Kronberg Festival in Germany (Ana Chumachenco Prize winner). After studying at the Korea National Institute for the Gifted in Arts, she graduated from the Yehudi Menuhin School in the UK. She currently studies with Professor Kolja Blacher at the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin and plays an instrument on loan from the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben. Orchestra | Busan Symphony Orchestra Artistic Director Oh Choong-keun Concertmaster Kim Ju-young BSO: an orchestra with 33 years of history Having established itself as Busan's leading orchestra, the BSO becomes a partner arts organization of Nakdong Art Center (NAC) in 2026 and is set to present a range of performances centered on the Concert Hall. With some 160 musicians who have stood on stage in step with the times, the BSO continues a remarkable journey through countless performances, including subscription concerts, the Busan Musicians Series, Korea National Opera productions, José Carreras's Korea concert, the Busan Sea Festival, the Korea-Japan Big Concert, the Lee Tae-seok Memorial Concert, World Music Discovery, Corporate Mécénat Concerts, "Oh Choong-keun's Gogohan Concert," BSO Soloists, "Classic, Please," and "Noja and Beethoven." Highlights include the complete Brahms symphony cycle presented by Busan Cultural Center in 2025 and the 2014 New Year's Concert at Seoul Arts Center, the first by a private orchestra from Busan. In 2013 it was selected for Arts Council Korea's Performing Arts Creation Fund with the highest rating in the music category. In 2003 and 2004 it was the only regional orchestra chosen for the national touring concerts hosted by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, contributing to the growth of regional culture. It has also performed complete operas such as "The Magic Flute" and "La Bohème," and provided the music for international events including the Busan International Music Festival, Busan International Choral Festival, and Busan International Film Festival. Choir E Seating Chart Choir D Choir F Balcony A Balcony C R KRW 30,000 S KRW 20,000 A KRW 10,000 Noksan Middle School Getting Here Gimhae Int'l Airport ▲ Gangseo Police Station Hadan Stn. ▶ National Assembly Busan Library Hwajeon General Industrial Complex Busan Nam High School Eulsukdo Eco Park Nakdong Art Center Starfield Sinho General Industrial Complex Myeongji National Industrial Complex By Subway Subway Line 1 to Hadan Station -> transfer to a city bus toward Myeongji International New Town Get off near Nakdong Art Center, then walk 5-10 min By Bus Take a city bus toward Myeongji International New Town Get off near the "Nakdong Art Center / Neighborhood Park / Myeongji International New Town" stop, then walk 5-10 min From Gimhae Airport Light rail -> transfer at Daejeo or Sasang Station -> Subway Line 1 to Hadan Station -> transfer to a bus Host Nakdong Art Center Organizer Busan Symphony Orchestra Tickets R KRW 30,000 / S KRW 20,000 / A KRW 10,000 Booking Nakdong Art Center website Inquiries Nakdong Art Center, 141 Myeongjigukje 1-ro, Gangseo-gu, Busan | bsgangseo.go.kr/nac ## AI-RECONSTRUCTED This programme page was automatically reconstructed by AI from the venue's original material. 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