Hollywood Romance Yoonie Han

• Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943):
• 1Rachmaninov: Andante cantabile (Arr. Yoonie Han)03:32
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921):
• 2Saint-Saëns: Le cygne (Arr. Godowski for Piano Solo)02:45
• George Gershwin (1898 - 1937):
• 3Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (Arr. for Piano)16:52
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918):
• 4Debussy: 3. Clair de lune04:49
• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886):
• 5Liszt: Widmung, S. 566 (after R. Schumann)04:02
• 6Liszt: Schwanengesang, S. 560 (after F. Schubert)06:41
• Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1889):
• 7Offenbach: Barcarolle (Arr. M. Moszkowski)07:22
• Johann Sebastian Bach ( 1685 - 1750):
• 8Bach: 2. Siciliano (Arr. Friedman for Piano)02:56
• Earl Wild (1915 - 2010):
• 9Wild: 7. The Man I Love03:21
• Erik Satie (1866 - 1925):
• 10Satie: 1. Lent03:19
• Sigismond Thalberg (1812 - 1871):
• 11Thalberg: 19. Casta diva, de l'opéra "Norma" (after V. Bellini)06:15
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924):
• 12Puccini: O mio babbino caro (Arr. Mikhashoff)03:12
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856):
• 13Schumann: 7. Träumerei03:18
• Total Runtime01:08:24

Info zu Hollywood Romance

Any movie fan will recognize the principal musical themes from ‘Star Wars’, ‘The Godfather’, and ‘Gone With The Wind’. Even if they don’t know the names of the composers, listeners associate these famous themes with the films that made them famous. But not all movie music was specifically composed for film scores. In the 90-year history of movie music, much of the greatest movie music was written by composers who died long before the movies were filmed. From the earliest days of the cinema, classical music has served as a fertile source for the soundtracks of the world’s most beloved films. This album focuses on piano renditions of classical music featured in soundtracks of major motion pictures. From the earliest days of the movie industry, through the Golden Age of Hollywood, to today’s international film scene, music by the great classical composers has always been an essential component of cinematic success. Sometimes the compositions were originally written for piano; in other instances, the pieces have been transcribed for piano performance. What they all have in common is their lyricism, their beauty, and their unique ability to complement the presentation of the story on film.

Yoonie Han, piano

Yoonie Han
Praised for her “flowing tones, poetic phrasing and heavenly singing melodies” (Cincinnati Enquirer) and her “musical imagination and feel for complex textures” (Washington Post), South Korean pianist Yoonie Han has won top prizes in distinguished international competitions and the highest accolades for her performances in major concert halls around the world.

In 2009 she won South Korea’s Gawon Music Award as the “most brilliant pianist aged 17 to 31 of any nationality who possesses the most promising potential for global prominence.” She also won first prize in the Washington International Piano Competition (2011), the Fulbright Concerto Competition (2011), Juilliard’s Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition (2008), the Cincinnati World Piano Competition (2008) and the Kosciuszko Foundation National Chopin Competition (2005) and has garnered major awards at the Helsinki International Maj Lind Piano Competition and Milan Concorso Pianistico Ettore Pozzoli Internazionale. Following her 2001 grand-prize victory in the Korea National Music Competition, she was named “most promising young artist” by the Korean Ministry of Culture.

Having made her solo debut with the Seoul Philharmonic at age 13, Ms. Han has since performed with the Berlin Symphoniker, Buffalo Philharmonic, Helsinki Philharmonic, Houston Philharmonic, Banff Festival Orchestra and I Pomeriggi Musicali in Milan under such conductors as JoAnn Falletta, Leif Segerstam, Philippe Entremont and Lior Shambadal. She has played such celebrated venues as Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, Frick Collections, Myra Hess Series, Philips Collections in the U.S., Berlin Philharmonie, the Salle Cortot in Paris, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and Se-Jong Performing Arts Center in Korea. In 2012-13 she made a recital tour at the Steinway Halls in Europe and America. Her performances have aired on WQXR-New York, Chicago’s WFMT, NPR’s “Artist Showcase” series and other broadcast outlets.

Ms. Han received her bachelor’s degree in music from the Curtis Institute, studying with Eleanor Sokoloff, and master’s degree in music from the Juilliard School as a student of Robert McDonald. She is pursuing her doctorate at SUNY Stony Brook and studying with Philippe Entremont.

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