The first Asian woman to play in the Chicago Symphony, Joyce Noh retired this week after 46 seasons.
Born in South Korea, Noh started her orchestral career in the Seoul Philharmonic, moving onto the Baltimore Symphony for two years before winning an audition at the Chicago Symphony under the leadership of Sir Georg Solti.
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The seventh Summer Music in City Churches returns to the City of London from 18 to 27 June, celebrating choral music in the City’s churches, with music in St Giles Cripplegate, St Mary Abchurch, St James […]
The German conductor will celebrate his birthday tonight and tomorrow with the Bamberg Symphony with performances of Bruckner’s first symphony and Camille Saint-Saëns’ Organ Symphony. The much-travelled maestro is presently artistic director of the National […]
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