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Musikfest Berlin
At the invitation of the Berliner Philharmoniker
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When this musician sits down at the organ, it sounds as though a complete symphony orchestra is playing – including sophisticated solos on flutes, trombones and other wind instruments. This is because Shin-Young Lee loves programmes in which she can combine original repertoire with organ transcriptions of famous orchestral works. Alongside Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harpist of the Berliner Philharmoniker, the internationally renowned organist presents a spectacular programme at the Musikfest Berlin ranging from Liszt’s virtuoso concert etude Un sospiro (creating the impression of three hands at the keyboard) to Louis Vierne’s showpiece Carillon de Westminster.
Artists
Shin-Young Lee organ
Marie-Pierre Langlamet harp
Programme
Alexander Borodin
Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances (arr. for organ by Shin-Young Lee)
Franz Liszt
Trois Études de concert: No. 3 Un sospiro (arr. for organ and harp by Marco-Enrico Bossi)
Marie-Pierre Langlamet harp
George Frideric Handel
Harpsichord Suite No. 7 in G minor, HWV 432: 6th Movement Passacaglia (arr. for organ by Shin-Young Lee)
George Frideric Handel
Organ Concerto in B flat major, op. 4 No. 6 HWV 294 (arr. for harp and organ with a cadence by Marcel Grandjany)
Marie-Pierre Langlamet harp
Camille Saint-Saëns
Samson et Dalila: “Mon cœur sʼouvre à ta voix” (arr. for organ by Shin-Young Lee)
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 5: Adagietto (arr. for organ and harp by Joachim Dorfmüller)
Marie-Pierre Langlamet harp
Louis Vierne
Carillon de Westminster, op. 54 No. 6
Additional information
Duration ca. 1 hour and 10 minutes
Dates and tickets
Main Auditorium
25 €
Series Z: Organ
Background
Biography
Shin-Young Lee
Concert organist Shin-Young Lee is particularly drawn to programmes that combine works written for the organ with transcriptions of well-known orchestral music. She has performed in concert halls on five continents, including the Philharmonie de Paris, Gothenburg Concert Hall and Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and has appeared at festivals in Lahti, Chartres, Reykjavík, Montréal, Haarlem and Toulouse.
Lee is committed to expanding the organ repertoire. Alongside new works written for her, she has made her own transcriptions of music by Bach, Saint-Saëns, Borodin, Ravel and Prokofiev. She also gives masterclasses and serves on juries for international competitions, and in 2024 was a guest artist at Yale University.
Lee comes from a musical family and began her musical training at an early age. After completing a bachelor’s degree at Yonsei University in Seoul, she continued her studies at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris, where she graduated with top honours.
Marie-Pierre Langlamet
Marie-Pierre Langlamet has been a member of the Berliner Philharmoniker since 1993. She also appears internationally as a soloist and chamber musician, performing with ensembles and orchestras including the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, as well as giving solo recitals. She studied at the conservatoire in Nice with Elizabeth Fontan-Binoche and later attended masterclasses with Jacqueline Borot and Lily Laskine.
Langlamet won several international competitions while still in her teens and became principal harp of the Nice Opera Orchestra at the age of 17. A year later, she left the position to continue her studies at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. From 1988 until joining the Berliner Philharmoniker, she was associate principal harp of the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Langlamet has taught at the Karajan Academy since 1995 and also teaches at the Berlin University of the Arts.
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