It took much longer than I thought it would, but I’m finally finished with my profile on German flute virtuoso Kathrin Christians, principal flute of the Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra, who was invited by Prof. Philipp Jundt of Kangnam University’s German School of Music Weimar to teach a week of masterclasses. Her visit culminated in a stunning performance at the Goethe-Institut Seoul.
I sat in on several of Ms. Christians’s lessons during her 10-day stay in Korea and had a chance to interview her for The Kangnam Hakbo. Read her profile here:
Kathrin Christians: Perfecting the art of expression
(PHOTO: Charles Ian Chun)
On her most recent trip to Korea, German flute virtuoso Kathrin Christians offers fine-tuning at KNU’s German School of Music Weimar and gives a moving performance in Seoul.
Kathrin Christians, for nearly seven years principal flute of the Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra, walked onto the stage of the Goethe-Institut Seoul to enthusiastic cheers and applause. The program for Masters & Students was more than half over, but she was about to perform her first solo of the evening. With the comfortable command of a veteran teacher (she had, in fact, been teaching all-day masterclasses for the past week at the German School of Music Weimar (GSMW), Kangnam University), she crossed the boards in a floor-length gown to change music stands, asking the mostly Korean audience, “Do you understand German?”
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