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Myung-Whun Chung

Myung-Whun Chung has been played on NTS in shows including Westward Ho! w/ Ashley Wales, featured first on 20 July 2023. Songs played include Un Sourire.

Myung-whun Chung (born 22 January 1953, Seoul) is a South Korean pianist and conductor.

His sisters, violinist Kyung-wha Chung, and cellist Myung-wha Chung, and he at one time performed together as the Chung Trio. He was a prize winner in the 1974 Tchaikovsky piano competition. He studied conducting at the Mannes College of Music and the Juilliard School. He also studied piano with Maria Curcio, the last and favourite pupil of Artur Schnabel. He was an assistant conductor at the…

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Un Sourire
Messiaen, Catherine Cantin, Heinz Holliger, Yvonne Loriod, Mstislav Rostropovich, Orchestre De L'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
Deutsche Grammophon1995
Un Sourire
Messiaen, Catherine Cantin, Heinz Holliger, Yvonne Loriod, Mstislav Rostropovich, Orchestre De L'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun ChungDeutsche Grammophon1995
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