ENSEMBLE 212

Yoon Jae LEE, Artistic Director Kyunghun KIM, Principal Associate Conductor

Texu KIM, 2014-15 Composer in Residence

Flute / Piccolo

Lauren OSAKA

Anna URREY

Oboe / English Horn

Ellen HINDSON

Alexander VVEDENSKIY

Clarinet

Paul Won Jin CHO*

Ashleé MILLER

Bassoon

Colin MANNES

Allison NICOTERA*

Horn

Steven BEHNKE+

Zach GLAVAN+

Jessica LOMBARDO+

Melissa STERBEN+

Trumpet

Lyn SCHOCH

Theo VAN DYCK

Trombone

Adarsh KUMAR+

Jeff SMITH+

Timpani / Percussion

Chihiro SHIBAYAMA

Sae HASHIMOTO

+ Mahler only

Harp

Caroline BEMBIA+

Violin I

Miyun CHUNG*, concertmaster

Ann SunHyung KIM*

Audrey LO*

Isabel ONG

Alex SHIOZAKI

Violin II

Sunyoung LEE, principal

David BOUSSO

Minji KWON

Fedor OUSPENSKY

Hanna SHIN

Viola

Hsin-Yun YANG, principal

Daniel LAMAS

Adam MATTHES*

Laura SACKS

Violoncello

Zexun Jason SHEN, principal

Jung-Hsuan KO

Ben LARSEN

Jihwon NA

Bass

Nathaniel CHASE*, principal

Chris JOHNSON

* denotes core members for

2014-15 Season

School of Music, where he served as an Associate Instructor in music theory as well

as the president of Student Composer Association. He holds a master’s and a

bachelor’s degree in composition from Seoul National University, where he also

earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry. In 1998 he was a silver medal winner at

the International Chemistry Olympiad in Melbourne, Australia.

For more information on Texu Kim and his music, please visit www.texukim.com.

Ensemble 212 (two-one-two) is making a tremendous impact in today’s cultural

music scene. Led by Artistic Director Yoon Jae Lee & Principal Associate Conductor

Kyunghun Kim, the New York based orchestra has been at the forefront of

performing several premieres of major works by composers Mohammed Fairouz,

Huang Ruo, Daniel Felsenfeld & Ke-Chia Chen. This season, Ensemble 212 will

feature the music of composer Texu Kim as their new Composer in Residence.

Through its annual Young Artist Competition Series, Ensemble 212 showcases

outstanding instrumental and vocal soloists by providing them opportunities to

perform as a soloist with a professional orchestra.

Ensemble 212 is comprised of New York’s finest young professionals, emerging

artists, and freelancers. Since its inception, they have performed nearly fifty

concerts featuring an eclectic mix of repertoire from the Baroque era to the 21st

century in chamber music, ensemble, and orchestra concerts. Highlights from

previous seasons include performances at diverse venues such as Merkin Concert

Hall, Miller Theatre, New York City Center, John Zorn’s The Stone, collaborations

with clarinetist David Krakauer, Nicholas Kitchen & Yeesun Kim of the Borromeo

String Quartet on Fairouz’s Double Concerto commissioned by Ensemble 212,

Daniel Phillips of the Orion String Quartet, a 10th anniversary memorial concert

titled “Remembering 9/11: Memorial, Reflection, Assurance” and “Cultural

Convergences”, an innovative presentation with the Michael Mao Dance company

combining Huang Ruo’s music and Yoon Jae Lee’s chamber version of Der

Abschied from Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde with modern dance.

Ensemble 212 has been featured on 105.9 FM WQXR’s Q2 Music program and on

BBC News Magazine. In recognition for its contribution to excellence in New York's

diverse cultural scene, the orchestra was acknowledged by 93.9 FM WNYC &

WQXR’s Salute The Arts *STAR* Initiative in 2009 and 2013.

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Yoon Jae LEE enjoys a multifaceted career as conductor, ar-

ranger, pianist, and musical entrepreneur. As Founder & Artis-

tic Director of Ensemble 212, Mo. Lee has built the New York

based orchestra into one of today’s finest young ensembles.

Together they have received critical acclaim for innovative pro-

gramming featuring works by living composers, arrangements

of Mo. Lee, and exciting interpretations of the standard reper-

toire. Mo. Lee is a dedicated champion of new music. He has

conducted numerous New York and world premieres of works by award-winning

composers including Mohammed Fairouz, Huang Ruo,Daniel Felsenfeld and Ke-

Chia Chen. This season, he is collaborating with composer Texu Kim as part of En-

semble 212’s Composer in Residence program. His list of appearances as guest

conductor include the Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Bruckner Orchester Linz,

Opera on Tap, New England Conservatory and has collaborated with distinguished

artists including Nick Canellakis, D’Anna Fortunato, David Krakauer, members of

the Attacca, Borromeo, Orion String Quartets, the Boston Symphony Orchestra

and the Philadelphia Orchestra.

Mo. Lee’s arrangements have been praised by audiences and critics alike. His or-

chestral transcription of Mendelssohn’s Octet “Incorporated winds and brass.....in-

telligently”, claimed David Patrick Stearns of the Philadelphia Inquirer when per-

formed by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. The New York Times described his

chamber version of Mahler’s Fourth Symphony as “Illuminating..... with solos leap-

ing out in unusually bold detail.” He is currently engaged in “The Mahler Chamber

Project” to arrange all the symphonies and Das Lied von der Erde for chamber or-

chestra and is projected to be completed by 2020.

A native of New York City, Mo. Lee began musical studies on the violin and piano.

At age 17, he began his conducting career, receiving degrees in piano and conduct-

ing from the Mannes College of Music where he was awarded the N. T. Milani

Memorial Conducting Fellowship and the Peter M. Gross Fund. Mo. Lee also stud-

ied at the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg in Austria. During that time he served

as Assistant Conductor to the Salzburger Kammerphilharmonie. His conducting

mentors include Dennis Russell Davies, David Zinman, Samuel Wong, David

Hayes, Michael Charry, Murry Sidlin, and Arkady Leytush. Mo. Lee has participated

in Kurt Masur’s conducting masterclass, the American Academy of Conducting at

Aspen, and the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute led by his keen interest in

historical performance practice. He currently serves on the faculty at City College

of New York (CUNY) where he is Music Director of the City College Symphony Or-

chestra and will serve as Visiting Instructor of Music at Haverford College in 2014.

Kyunghun KIM is the Music Director of The Doctors Orchestral

Society of New York, the Principal Associate Conductor of

Ensemble 212 (New York-based orchestra) and the Music

Director of Ensemble Con Cuore, a chamber orchestra based in

South Korea. He also holds a position as the Orchestra Director

and string faculty at Lehman College in New York. Mr. Kim

frequently appears as a guest conductor with major Korean

orchestras such as the Bucheon Philharmonic Orchestra, the

SungNam Philharmonic Orchestra and the Korean Chamber Orchestra. Mr. Kim

gave the World Premiere performance of a new chamber reduction of Gustav

Mahler’s Second symphony by Yoon Jae Lee with Ensemble 212 and the Young

New Yorkers' Chorus was hailed by SoundWordSight as “excellent performance”.

Mr. Kim has held positions as Resident Conductor for The Chelsea Symphony

Orchestra, and Assistant Conductor for both The Greenwich Village Orchestra and

The New York Symphonic Arts Ensemble. Additionally, he has conducted The Vidin

Philharmonic Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, and Queens Symphony

Orchestra.

Before graduating from The Julliard School in 2011 with a Masters in Orchestral

Conducting with James DePriest, Mr. Kim was an assistant conductor of AXIOM, a

contemporary music ensemble at the Juilliard School and was a conductor of the

same school’s Music Advancement Program (MAP) orchestra during 2009-2011.

Prior to this, he earned an Artist Diploma in Conducting in 2007 from The Curtis

Institute of Music, under the auspices of Otto-Werner Mueller where he was an

assistant conductor for a variety of opera projects.

Born in Seoul, Korea, Mr. Kim began studying piano, violin, and composition at the

age of five with his mother and later attended and graduated from Sunhwa Arts

High School in 1995. While continuing his study in the U.S., his diverse musical

interests and skills led him to different positions: pianist for the musical theater at

The Boston Conservatory, where he holds a B.M. in viola performance; principal

violist of The Boston Conservatory's Orchestra. He has attended numerous

festivals, including the Wiener Meisterkurse (with Salvador mas Conde), The

Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music (with Marin Alsop), and The Pierre

Monteux School (with Michael Jinbo). In February of 2012, Mr. Kim was chosen as a

participant in a Beethoven masterclass with Kurt Masur at the Manhattan School

of Music. In addition to this, Mr. Kim has participated in master classes with

Michael Tilson Thomas, Alan Gilbert, John Keenan, and Harold Farberman and he

also was chosen as a semi-finalist and participated in the Chicago Symphony

Orchestra’s the Sir. George Solti International Conducting Competition &

Apprenticeship in June 2013. Mr. Kim currently lives and works in New York City.

Texu KIM’s works have been performed by Ensemble Modern

(Commission, Germany 2012), Ensemble Intercontemporain

(France 2012), Aspen Contemporary Ensemble (Colorado, USA

2012), Ensemble Reconsil Vienna (Austria 2013), Alarm Will

Sound (Missouri, USA 2014), NOTUS: Contemporary Vocal

Ensemble at Indiana University (Ohio and Indiana, USA 2014),

Contemporary Directions Ensemble (Michigan, USA 2013),

Indiana University Symphonic Choir (Indiana, USA 2013), Seoul

Philharmonic Orchestra (Commission, South Korea 2011), Ensemble TIMF

(Commission, Korea 2007/13), etc. His music has earned awards and honors from

SCI/ASCAP Commission Competition (Winner, New York, New York, USA 2014),

Mizzou International Composers Festival (Selected Composer, Missouri, USA

2014), The American Prize (Winner, Danbury, Connecticut, USA 2014), OSSIA NEW

MUSIC Composition Competition (First Prize, New York, USA 2014), C4

Commissioning Competition (Finalist, New York, USA 2014), Gamma-UT

Conference and Concert (Selected Composer, Texas, USA 2014) Minnesota

Orchestra Composer Institute (Selected Composer, Minnesota, USA 2012), the

Aspen Music Festival and School (Fellowship Recipient, Colorado, USA 2012),

Isang Yun International Composition Prize (Special Prize, South Korea 2009),

Joong-Ang Music Concours (First prize, Korea 2006), Tongyeong International

Music Festival Asian Composers Showcase (Selected Composer, Korea 2013). His

upcoming performances include those by Minnesota Orchestra (Minnesota, USA

2015), C4: the Choral Composer/Conductor Collective (New York, USA 2015), Butler

University Chorale (Indiana, USA), in Ensemble Reconsil Exploring The World

Festival (Austria 2015). Recently, he was appointed Composer in Residence of

Ensemble 212 in New York as well as the Korean Symphony Orchestra, which will

premiere two of his orchestral pieces in 2015.

Along with his contemporary music, Mr. Kim’s arrangement/orchestration works

have been commissioned and performed widely, as in the Opening Ceremony of

the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games (Russia 2014), Insbrook Music Festival

(Missouri, USA 2013), in Piece & Piano Festival (Korea 2012), by New York Classical

Players (New York, New Jersey, Washington DC, and Los Angeles, USA 2014) and

Ensemble Mode (Illinois, USA 2012), to name some recent examples. His

arrangements are featured on three albums of soprano Sumi Jo – “Libera

(Deutsche Grammophon-labelled, 2011)”, “Ich Liebe Dich (Decca-labelled, 2010)”,

and “Missing You (DG-labelled, 2009)”. He has also participated as an arranger in

albums of Harpist Jung Kwak (2011), Daegum (Korean traditional wind instrument)

player Jeong-Seung Kim (2011), violinists Suyoen Kim (DG, 2010), Chee-Yun

(Decca, 2008), pianist Yeol-Eum Son (2008), to name a few. Additionally, he wrote

more than 50 songs for toddlers, which were published by Bicycle Korea (2008).

Texu’s principal teachers are Claude Baker, Sven-David Sandström, David Dzubay,

Unsuk Chin, and Sangjick Jun. He is currently pursuing a doctorate in composition

with minor in electronic music and music theory at the Indiana University Jacobs