Songs of Her: Soprano Hera Hyesang Park’s Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall Debut Recital
Co-presented by the Korean Cultural Center New York and Korea Music Foundation
Friday, March 3, 2023, 7:30pm
Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall
(The entrance is located on Seventh Avenue between 56th and 57th streets.)
Tickets: $40 | $50
* Student and Senior Discount Tickets ($20) Available at Carnegie Hall Box Office with a valid ID
Photo credit: Bruno Grandi
◆ Artist
Hera Hyesang Park, Soprano
Katelan Trần Terrell, Pianist
◆ Program
AMY BEACH The Year’s at the Spring, Op. 44, No. 1
Ecstasy from Three Songs, Op. 19, No. 2
Elle et moi from Three Songs, Op.21, No.3
CECILIA LIVINGSTON Breath Alone (World Premiere)
NINA SIMONE You’ll Never Walk Alone (piano solo)
HYOWON WOO Gasiri (World Premiere)
Ari Arirang (World Premiere)
PAURILLO BARROSO Para ninar
MARÍA GREVER Te quiero, dijiste
XAVIER MONTSALVATGE Canción de cuna para dormir a un negrito from Cinco canciones negras
JAIME LEÓN Ojuelos de miel
CONSUELO VELÁZQUEZ Amar y vivir
GIHIEH LEE Llagas de Amor from 13 Fruitcakes
Hera Hyesang Park, hailed by The New York Times for her “bright, clear voice and impressive coloratura technique,” will hold a debut performance at the renowned Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall stage for a special program celebrating Women’s History Month and the 70th Anniversary of the ROK-U.S. Alliance.
Featuring works by pioneering female composer Amy Beach as well as world premieres from Korean composers Hyowon Woo and Gihieh Lee's special arrangements, the program highlights the dynamic lives and artistic perspectives of those who identify as women.
The three-part program is curated by Park herself to showcase the multidimensional range of a person’s life and the different ways that we reflect upon what it means to be a woman, from gentle tenderness to passion and power. Highlighting her opulent vocals with the complexity and range for which she is known, the selected pieces feature Korean folk songs arranged specially for Park, classic lullabies, as well as the dynamic, rhythmic sounds of tango.
◆ Hera Hyesang Park, Soprano
Photo credit: Bruno Grandi
Hailed by The New York Times for her “bright, clear voice and impressive coloratura technique,” Korean soprano Hera Hyesang Park is attracting the attention of opera houses and concert houses worldwide.
In the 2022-23 season, Hyesang returned to the Staatsoper Berlin for Adina in L’Elisir d’amore and looks forward to her role debut as Nannetta in Falstaff at the Metropolitan Opera and Pamina in Die Zauberflöte at the Teatro Colón of Buenos Aires. In concert, she sings Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with the San Diego Symphony and the Naples Philharmonic as well as performances of Handel’s Messiah with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and Galatea in Acis and Galatea in concert with Philharmonia Baroque. Hyesang’s 2022-23 season also includes recital and concert performances on tour in Mexico and South Korea.
The 2021-22 season saw Hyesang triumph in three role debuts: Pamina in The Magic Flute at the Metropolitan Opera; Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro at the Glyndebourne Festival; and Adina at Staatsoper Berlin. She also made her Opéra national de Paris debut in Marina Abramović’s 7 Deaths of Maria Callas. On the concert stage, Hyesang gave gala performances with the New York Philharmonic and Prague Philharmonia as well as a multi-city tour of South Korea.
Other recent highlights for Hyesang include Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia and Despina in Così fan tutte at the Glyndebourne Festival, Despina for her Bayerische Staatsoper debut, Amore in Orfeo ed Euridice at the Met, Musetta in Barrie Kosky’s new production of La Bohème and the title role of Paul Abraham’s Dschainah at the Komische Oper Berlin, and Juliette in Roméo et Juliette at Korea National Opera. In concert, she has appeared with the New York Philharmonic; Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem at Carnegie Hall; Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Seoul Philharmonic; Haydn’s Missa in tempore belli at the Tongyeong International Music Festival; and a Mozart arias concert program with the Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Massimo Zanetti. Ms. Park is an avid recital singer and has appeared on prestigious stages including Vocal Arts DC, Alice Tully Hall, the Friends of Chamber Music of Miami, Montreal’s Bourgie Hall, and Madrid’s Auditorio Nacional de Música.
Hyesang is a graduate of the Met’s prestigious Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, during which she made her Metropolitan Opera debut as the First Sprite in a new production of Rusalka conducted by Sir Mark Elder. She also sang Barbarina in Le Nozze de Figaro conducted by Harry Bicket and the Dew Fairy in Hansel and Gretel conducted by Sir Donald Runnicles.
Hera Hyesang Park records exclusively for Deutsche Grammophon. Her debut album I am Hera was released in November 2020.
◆ Katelan Trần Terrell, Pianist
Photo credit: Kinga Karpati and Daniel Zarewicz
Pianist Katelan Trần Terrell has been a member of the Metropolitan Opera music staff since 2019. She has also been a coach at the Opera Academy of the Grand Theatre-National Opera in Warsaw, the Tokyo International Vocal Arts Academy, and at the Chautauqua Institution Voice Program. As a song recitalist, she has performed at Alice Tully Hall, The Red House, Weill Recital Hall, and Wigmore Hall, where she and tenor Matthew Swensen were the recipients of the 2019 Jean Meikle Prize for Best Duo at the Wigmore Hall/Independent Opera International Song Competition.
She is an alumna of the Franz-Schubert-Institut in Baden-bei-Wien, The Song Continues at Carnegie Hall, SongFest, and the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme at Snape Maltings. She received her Bachelor of Music at the Eastman School of Music under Nelita True and went on to obtain her Master of Music at the Juilliard School under Jonathan Feldman, Margo Garrett, JJ Penna, and Brian Zeger. She then continued her studies at the Lindemann Young Artist Development Program under Diane Richardson and Warren Jones.
◆ KOREA MUSIC FOUNDATION (KMF)
In 1984, the Korea Music Foundation was chartered in the State of New York as a non-profit organization. Since its inception, the Foundation has presented over 300 solo New York debut recitals at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and Merkin Concert Hall, 7 Orchestra and Chamber Ensemble’s debut concerts at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center and has presented established artists in concert for fundraising events at Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, including Kun-Woo Paik, Dong-Suk Kang, Young Uck Kim, Alissa Park, HaeSun Paik and Daejin Kim. In 1999, KMF inaugurated a chamber music series at the Korean Cultural Service New York and presented over 400 musicians at this venue. Since 2001, KMF launched the KMF Virtuoso Concert Series at Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, presenting over 40 international musicians in chamber music concerts.
http://koreamusicfoundation.org/