The history of music artists: The case of Soon-Mi Chung!

Soon-Mi Chung is a Norwegian viola, violinist and conductor of South Korean origin. She is educator at Barratt Due’s Institute of Music, and artistic director of Barratt Due’s Junior Orchestra. She is born on 22 February in 1952, and she is 69 years old just now. She comes from Seoul in South Korea. Her partner is Stephan Barratt-Due.

You find the music that Soon-Mi Chung is playing at YouTube, YouTube Music, Spotify and Deezer. And you can play what you want and imagine of different music there.

The board in the foundation Barratt Due’s Institute of Music accepted Thursday 24 September a unanimity setting from the evaluation committee. The committee is stating among all things: «Qualified methods and commitment are characterizing her work as a teacher and has also led to that she is responsible for the longterm training of some of the most successful young viola players in Norway today. The results of her teaching career show her highly qualified for the position as professor. The emphasis of the evaluation of promotion is the outstanding pedagogical commitment and competence of Soon-Mi Chung Barratt-Due.

The albums to Soon-Mi Chung are several, and some of them are: «Under the Wing of the Rock» and «Duodu», and she has also been active with more albums.

Chung is a music teacher at the Barratt Due’s Institute of Music and artistic director of Barratt Dues Juniororkester. She got her musical education at the Conservatory of Music in Paris, Menuhin Music Academy and San Francisco Conservatory, and debuted in Oslo in 1982.

The honors that Chung have received are:

1998: Oslo City Culture Award
2007: The Lindeman Prize
2010: Anders Jahre's Culture Award
2012: Norsk kulturråds ærespris

Many people respect and admire Soon-Mi Chung, and she is loved several places. And she is a clever musician, and she also has many knowledges within music. Her genres with playing music are classical. She is a musician and a music teacher. And she is playing violin and viola today, and you find her on the website: barrattdue.no/nor/hoyskole/larere/soon-mi_chung.

Songs that Soon-Mi Chung are know for are: Thommessen: Portrait en Chaconne, Beamish: Under the Wing of the Rock, and Britten: Lachrymae. And these songs show us that music is forming itself in the inner qualities for the musician and the conductor, and you are showing these in the markets, where there are people. And these markets can be outside, in churches, and in more situations and more locations.

You get Soon-Mi Chung on the e-mail, and the address is: soon-mi.chung.barratt-due@bdm.no. After a sensational violin debut in 1982, Soon-Mi Chung Barratt-Due toured Norway as soloist with all the Norwegian symphony orchestras. She has performed during the Bergen International Festival, during the International Festival in Northern Norway, and in a number of chamber music festivals. In addition, she has participated in a lot of CD recordings, TV-performances and concerts in several countries, and these are the United States, Israel, most Central European countries, and she has also been in Asia. And she has played many music pieces, and you find more on the internet, but I have mentioned the most central things here. So, research, that is about different issues and subjects, and it is about making great things of small things, and it is also about making small things of great things.

And again some music as it was asked to be included! :)