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BiographyKyuhee PARK was born on 16th September 1985 in Incheon (South Korea).
She started studying the guitar in South Korea at the age of 4, directed by professor Yeu-seok Rhee. At 9 years old,
she wins the first prize « youth » of the national Korean guitar competition.
In 2000 she travels to Japan where she is taught by professors Shin-ichi Fukuda and Yong-tae Kim.
Her name can be seen on top of the list of winners of many international competitions:
2003 Tokyo international guitar competition (3rd prize)
2005 Ligita international guitar competition (3rd prize)
2006 Koblez international guitar competition (2nd prize)
2007 Rust international guitar competition (2nd prize)
Forum Gitarre international guitar competition (3rd prize)
Heinsberg international guitar competition (1st prize and audience award)
On 4th October 2008, in the « Palais des Beaux-Arts » in Charleroi, she wins the 1st prize
of the 11th international competition « Printemps de la Guitare ».
In 2005, she is admitted to the musical university of Tokyo and accompanies the Conductor Seiji Ozawa
in his opera tours in Japan and around the world.
She studies now at the musical university of Vienna, directed by Alvaro Pierri.
She has been following "master classes" with famous guitarists such as David Russell, Manuel Barrueco,
Odaïr Assad, Oscar Ghiglia, Zoran Dukic (1st prize of “Printemps de la Guitare 1996”), Carlo Domeniconi …
Luigi LEGNANI (1790 - 1877)
Deux Caprices
Famous Italian guitarist and compositor from the romantic time.
His very appreciated “caprices” are a good example of elegance and virtuosity.
Federico MORENO-TORROBA (1891 - 1982)
Sonatina (Allegretto - Andante - Allegro)
Federico Moreno Torroba was born in Madrid on 3rd March 1891.
He was the first non guitarist compositor to write for the instrument.
Sonatina is probably his most beautiful guitar piece.
It was created in front of the French compositor Maurice Ravel, very impressed
by its quality and melodious beauty.
Lennox BERKELEY (1903 - 1989)
Sonatina (2nd and 3rd movements):
Artist oriented towards France and the Latin spirit, Lennox Berkeley is a sort
of an English Poulenc.
Sonatina is one of the most significant pieces in the British guitar repertoire.
Agustín BÁRRIOS (1885 - 1944)
Un Sueño en la Floresta
Born in Paraguay, Agustin Barrios was the first guitarist to record plates, and the first to play
in a recital the Suite No 1 for lute of Bach.
He is rightly considered as one of the most remarkable guitarist-compositor of all times.
He had a guitar with an additional fret to accommodate the High C,
and he used it for the marvellous tremolo "Un Sueño en la Floresta".
Heitor VILLA-LOBOS (1887 - 1959)
Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra
(Allegro preciso - Andantino e andante - Allegretto non troppo: Vivo)
the guitar literature of the 20th century. Villa-Lobos had a deep knowledge of the instrument,
as he had been playing it since he was young.
This circumstance, together with his huge talent, would create a deeply original piece,
in which, as Florent Schmitt said, one can sense that “the very breath has passed".
Composed in 1951, his Concerto for guitar is an impulsive and
nostalgic piece which remarkably values the soloist instrument.