October 6, 2008

Music and Conversation with Pianist Cheol Woong Kim

Performer and activist comes to BU

Join pianist Cheol Woong Kim on October 8 for a night of music and conversation at the Tsai Performance Center. A piano prodigy and son of a ranking member of North Korea's powerful ruling Workers Party, Cheol Woong Kim studied at the Pyongyang Music and Dance College and at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. In 1999, at age 27, he was named chief pianist of the Pyongyang Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2001, he defected in search of musical freedom. Now living in South Korea, Kim tours the globe as a performer and as an activist furthering awareness of the human rights crisis in his homeland.

The event is presented by the U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, the National Endowment for Democracy, and the G. Chris Andersen Family Foundation.

Music and Conversation with Pianist Cheol Woong Kim is at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 8, at the Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Ave. It is free and open to the public. Call 617-353-5544 for more information.