Sooyun Kim & Kenneth Weiss: "Confluence" Recital & Album Launch Party
Flatiron, New York
Sun, June 29, at 5:00 PM,
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5 PM Doors & Pre-Reception
6 PM Performance
7:30 PM Post-Reception
Sooyun Kim & Kenneth Weiss: Confluence Recital & Album Launch Party
Gotham Arts in collaboration with Groupmuse is delighted to present an intimate private recital by Sooyun Kim & Kenneth Weiss featuring selections from their own arrangements of Bach trio sonatas for flute and harpsichord. A French-style two-manual ("double") harpsichord will be provided specially for the occasion.
The recital will be followed by a launch party celebrating the release of the duo's new album "Confluence".
Program
Selections from Bach trio sonatas, BWV 525–530, arranged for flute & harpsichord by Sooyun Kim & Kenneth Weiss
About the Artists
Watch Sooyun & Kenneth perform transcriptions & original compositions for flute & harpsichord
About Sooyun Kim
Praised as "a rare virtuoso of the flute" by Libération, Sooyun Kim has established herself as one of the rare flute soloists on the classical music scene. Since her concerto debut with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, she has enjoyed a flourishing career performing with orchestras, including the Bavarian Radio Symphony, Munich Philharmonic, Munich Chamber Orchestra, and Boston Pops. She has been presented in recital in Budapest's Liszt Hall, the Kennedy Center, Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, and Kobe's Bunka Hall. Her European debut recital at the Louvre was streamed live on medici.tv. A winner of the Georg Solti Foundation Career Grant, she has received numerous international awards and prizes including the third prize at the Munich ARD International Flute Competition.
She makes frequent appearances at music festivals like the Music@Menlo, Spoleto USA, Yellow Barn, Rockport, Olympic, Charlottesville, Ravinia, and Tanglewood festivals. Her special interest in interdisciplinary art has led her to collaborate with many artists, dancers, and museums around the world such as Sol Lewitt, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and Glassmuseet Ebeltoft in Denmark. An Artist Member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, she studied at the New England Conservatory under the tutelage of Paula Robison. In addition, she studied baroque dance with Melinda Sullivan. She teaches summer courses at Orford Musique and was recently appointed Assistant Professor of Flute at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music. Kim plays a rare 18-karat gold flute specially made for her by Verne Q. Powell Flutes.
About Kenneth Weiss
Born in New York, Kenneth Weiss attended the High School of Performing Arts as a pianist before discovering his passion for the harpsichord and the lesser-known repertoire of the 17th and 18th centuries. A former student of pioneer Gustav Leonhardt, he is based in Paris, France.Kenneth Weiss has worked as a a soloist, accompanist, vocal coach, opera continuist, chamber musician and conductor performing extensively in Europe, North America and Asia. The New York Times has praised his performances as "ear-catching, graceful and edifying."
A regular performer with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Kenneth Weiss has received high acclaim for his recordings of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, The Art of Fugue, the complete Well-Tempered Clavier, Rameau opera and ballet transcriptions, several Scarlatti albums, and two recordings devoted to Elizabethan keyboard music: A Cleare Day and Heaven & Earth.
Weiss has taught at several prestigious music schools, including the Juilliard School in New York, the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, and the Geneva Haute Ecole de Musique de Geneve. He is currently a professor of chamber music at the Paris Conservatory.
What's the music?
Confluence is Sooyun's debut album—a complete transcription of J.S. Bach's Trio Sonatas for flute and harpsichord. Born from a close musical friendship with Kenneth Weiss, this project began as a shared curiosity and evolved into a deep exploration. We set out to adapt these sonatas, originally composed for organ, into a dialogue between two very different instruments.
By definition, Trio Sonatas feature two obbligato voices and a bass line. On the organ, one player handles all three parts—two hands for the melodic lines and the feet for the bass. Our challenge—and joy—was in discovering how the flute and harpsichord could mimic that unity, creating the illusion of a single expressive voice.
Through this process, we gained a richer understanding of our instruments and found new ways to express ourselves musically. Bach's genius lies in his adaptability—he often reimagined his own works for different settings. His music is not only masterfully crafted but also deeply moving. It felt completely natural for us to immerse ourselves in these sonatas, and we hope listeners feel that same sense of wonder in Confluence.
Where does this music come from?
Baroque trio sonata repertoire
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