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LEE
BYEONG WOOK,who was born in Sesan of the southern Chungcheong province,
graduated from Serabuel High School, Chungang Univerisity and its graduate
school majoring in music, the graduate school of Karlsruhe Music University in
Germany. He submitted a piece to the 23rd concert for new musicians
organized by the Chosun Illbo and announced his work at the 1986~1987
Tonkunstler Fest in Baden-wurttemberg, Germany, as he won a prize for his
chamber music. Composing Opera Solmoe "Saint Andrew Kim", a creative
work which depicted the life of Saint Andrew Kim in commemoration of the
International Flower Fair and premiering it, LEE BYEONG WOOK made us deeply
moved from the bottom of our heart for sacred martyrdom. He composed
"Light is looming" at the 2000 Millennium Festival and conducted 2000
Chorus, a joyful festival along with around 60,000 citizens in the city of
Chungjoo, which was literally a wave of sensations. He also composed and
announced "Gebalhwan" in 2001, a synthetic creative fusion artistic
drama, which was put on the stage jointly by amunicipal symphony orchestra, a
chorus, a national classical music troupe, and a dance troupe. He put out
around 40 records representing various kinds of music genres like "Being
Together" "Being New" "Meditation Music" "Drama
Music" "Dance Music" "Religious Music" "LEE
BYEONG WOOK’s Music Stroll" "The Nest of a Family Chamber
Orchestra", and "The Collection of Sweet Melody and Classical Guitar
Repertories", a collection of guitar solos, which can be interpreted as
the outcome of his affection and enthusiasm for looking for our sounds.
In
2003, he was invited to MAX
REGER TAGE in Germany,
where he held his solo concert getting a lot of attention from the media and
people from all walks of life.
In
2005, he was again invited to the music festival of MAX REGER, where he held aseminar in the
title of the characteristics and understanding of Korean music and performed "Han River Arari", a new work based on the Korean
traditional music of LEE BYEONG WOOK and Being together. In February, 2007,
"LEE BYEONG WOOK and Being together" was invited to the Peace
Festival held in Sarajevo, Bosnia, for which he composed "Festival’s
Sarajevo" so that all the people around the world can sing it together,
and the song was dedicated to the Planning Committee of Sarajevo Peace Festival
along with the commemorating poem of LEE DAL KYUN, a lyric writer. He also held
his solo concert there, successfully making his musicworld known to the entire
international community. In 2007 and 2008, he was invited to compose the
performance music celebrating the Memorial Day and performed it. He wrote music
for the Han River Festival for the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games and composed the
event music for the Olympic torch relay. He won a prize for his orchestral
music at the 19th Seoul Concert, won the superior prize at the 9th
Korea Composition Prize in 1988, the music prize at the 26th
Backsang Art Award in 1990, the best prize at the 10th Korea
Composition Award in 1990, the composition prize at KBS National Classical
Music Grand Award in 1992, and the Korea Pipe Music Composition Prize in 1994.
He
is now serving as a professor teaching composition for the Department of Music
at the Performance and Art School at Seowon University in Chengjoo, a
representative for ‘LEE BYEONG WOOK and Being Together’, "Nest",
Korea’s first family chamber orchestra, Marisoligol, a cradle of Korean music,
and the chief director of Marisoli Music Institute Co, Ltd.
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