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La Notte D'Amore
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On Tuesday 24 February 2009 a glittering night of international music and opera was organised by '21', one of Q’s Young Enterprise company comprising 21 sixth formers, in the Chapel. The event, La Notte d’Amore, featured three professional and highly accomplished musicians from Korea: Mr Dong-Ho Shin (tenor and father of a 6th Form Music Scholar), Mrs Hyun-Kyung Kim (soprano), and Miss Do-Yeon Kang (pianist). Other performers from the school included: violinists Mr Christos Kokkinos, Ms Paula Clifton-Everest and 6th Form Music Scholar Annaliza R, who is also a member of '21'.
Mr Shin was delighted to assist the Young Enterprise company on this auspicious occasion, which was the first time he had performed in England. Mr Shin is Dean at Chung-ang University in Korea and completed his operatic training in Italy; he has performed around the world in such prestigious venues as New York’s Carnegie Hall and at Lucca in Italy – and now Queenswood! Mrs Kim teaches in Korea and studied music there and in Italy where she has won many competitions. Our star performers sang popular arias from Puccini’s La Boheme and Verdi’s La Traviata and enthralled us with thoughtful and intriguing performances of traditional Korean folk songs. Mr Shin’s solo performances were delivered with great power and sensitivity to an enraptured and appreciative audience of nearly 200 people in our beautiful chapel here at Queenswood; there were numerous standing ovations and calls for an encore were not disappointed.
After such a wonderful evening – which included sampling Korean sweetmeats in the interval – Mr Shin's daughter thanked the performers, the audience and her fellow company members. Following the event, she said: "La Notte d’Amore was an ambitious project which took two months of planning. We learned a lot and are so pleased it was a success. We have raised over £350 for our chosen charity, The Friends of Chernobyl’s Children."
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