Sung Kwak conducts the SBYOV in the Mahler's Symphony No. 6

Sung Kwak Conductor

Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela

Korean maestro Sung Kwak conducts the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela in the Mahler's Symphony No. 6, considered as the most personal and heartfelt of the Austrian composer’s symphonies. The concert is organized by the National System of Youth and Children’s Orchestras, body attached to the Venezuelan Ministry of People’s Power for Participation and Social Protection.

PROGRAM

Symphony No. 6 in A minor (1903-1904)

Sung Kwak

Sung Kwak is one of today's leading podium personalities with appearances on four continents. Since 1996, he is the music director of the Busan Philharmonic Orchestra, and a frequent guest conductor with many orchestras around the world. From 1983 to 1996 he served as music director of the Austin Symphony. From 1983 to 1993, Kwak was the artistic director of the Sunriver Music Festival in Oregon, USA. He was the Exxon/Arts Endowment Conductor with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (1977-1980) and also conducted extensively as music director of the New York's Joffrey Ballet (1970-1976).

In June, 1997, he led the Busan Philharmonic in concerts in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and New York. He also led this orchestra in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore.  In October, 1995, he led the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela in a concert in celebration of UNESCO's fiftieth anniversary. In addition to his career as a conductor, Sung Kwak has been active in the training of young musicians. He is the director of the Conducting Master Course for Professional Conductors in Caracas, Venezuela, from 1992.  He has been visiting professor at Mannes College of Music in New York, and the University of Texas in Austin.  Currently, he serves as guest conductor of the KBS Symphony Orchestra.