Gum Nanse

Nanse Gum
Born Kim Nanse
25 September 1947
Busan, South Korea
Nationality South Korea
Occupation Conductor
Korean name
Hangul 금난새
Revised Romanization Geum Nansae
McCune–Reischauer Kŭm Nansae

Gum Nanse, (born 25 September 1947) is a South Korea conductor. In 1977, he was the first Korean to win the prize at the Herbert von Karajan Conductors' Competition[1] in Berlin. He is currently general director and artistic director of the Seongnam Philharmonic Orchestra and Hankyung Philharmonic Orchestra. He is also the founder and artistic director of New World Philharmonic Orchestra. He currently serves as the Principal of Seoul Arts High School.[2]

Early life

Gum was born in Busan, is the son of Suhyun Gum who was a composer and music educator.[3] He studied music at Seoul Arts High School and studied musical composition at Seoul National University. He also studied conducting at the Universität der Künste in Berlin under Prof. Hans-Martin Rabenstein.[4]

Career

Karajan Conductors' Competition in 1977. Gum Nanse(left), Valery Gergiev(middle), Jacek Kaspszyk(right)

In 1977, Gum was one of the prize winners (4th prize) at the ‘Herbert von Karajan Conductor's Competition and was the first Korean conductor to be given an opportunity to conduct Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.[5] Since returning home in 1980, he was appointed as the conductor of KBS Symphony Orchestra for 12 years.[6]

In 1992, he moved to Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra.[7] At that time Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra was a struggling ensemble and had difficulties attracting audiences to their concerts. Gum concentrated on improving the quality of the performance and on refreshing orchestra's image.[8]

While he was in Suwon, Gum organized a series of special concerts with Suwon Philharmonic such as ‘7-hour Marathon Concert' and 'New Year's Eve Concert at Seoul Arts Center'.[9] Also, Gum began a new educative concert series for young students in collaboration with Seoul Arts Center in 1994 titled, 'Young People's Concerts with Gum Nanse'. The concerts were particularly popular among young students and the concerts remained sold-out for six consecutive years from 1994 to 1999.[10]

During Gum's appointment as artistic director, Suwon Philharmonic's number of concerts increased from about 10 concerts per year to more than 60 concerts per year.[11] Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra’s turnaround soon gathered media’s attention and in 1995, Samsung Electronics(headquartered in Suwon) built a new outdoor concert hall and rehearsal facilities for Suwon City and Suwon Philharmonic.[12] Samsung Electronics also sponsored Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra for five years and its overseas tours in US, Canada, UK, Spain, Thailand (for 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok) for three years.[13][14]

Since 1997, Gum has been primarily engaged in the activities of Euro-Asian Philharmonic Orchestra (now, New World Philharmonic Orchestra) which he founded. Apart from New World Philharmonic, he served as the Artistic Director of Gyeonggi Philharmonic Orchestra (2006-10) and Incheon Philharmonic Orchestra (2010-14) consecutively.

Conductor Gum Nanse and Camerata S at Salle de Musique de Chambre, Luxembourg in 2013

In interviews, Gum often stresses that classical musicians should be "proactive and extend their talents to the audience regardless of venues".[15] As an example, Gum gave a series of symphonic concerts in the lobby of POSCO Center(POSCO’s main headquarters building in Seoul) since 1999. In the lobby of POSCO Center, Gum and Euro-Asian Philharmonic gave concerts with programs that included complete Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Brahms Symphonies.[16]

In recent years, Gum has been active as a festival director. Notably he founded the 'Music Isle Festival in Jeju’ (since 2005) and the 'Manhattan Chamber Music Festival’ (since 2012).[17] The 'Music Isle Festival in Jeju’ joined the European Festivals Association(EFA) in 2010.

Gum is Principal of Seoul Arts High School (Seoul Yego) and regularly conducts Korea United College Orchestra (KUCO)[18] which consists of non-music major students from 25 universities nationwide. He also conducts Korea Young Dream Orchestra (KYDO)[19] which consists of young, amateur music-loving adolescents from 25 small provincial towns once a year.[20]

Currently, Gum is artistic director of Seongnam Philharmonic Orchestra and Hankyung Philharmonic Orchestra. In September 2015, Gum was also appointed as the Principal Guest Conductor of Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.


As of now, Maestro Gum Nanse holds the positions of below

Awards and Honors

TV Appearances

Publications

References

  1. ↑ Euro-Asian Philharmonic to Play `Eroica’ 2003-06-08 the Korean Times
  2. ↑ 금난새 서울예고 교장 “소통의 덕목 아는 예술인 키울 터” 2016-01-26 Veritas-a
  3. ↑ [한국 음악사 빛낸 클래식 父子] 아버지 금수현, 아들 금난새 2009-09-25 Dongailbo
  4. ↑ [Culture & Life] 지휘자 금난새 Seoul Economic Daily
  5. ↑ 금난새 “獨 베를린필-할아버지 합창단 오가며 지휘 뿌듯” 2010-05-20 NEWSEN MEDIA
  6. ↑ Conductor Gum Nanse 2008-01-10 12:49 The Korea Herald
  7. ↑ ‘승승장구’ 금난새, "수입보다는 좋은 지휘자 알아주는 청중 있는 곳이 중요" 2012.12.05 Hankook Ilbo
  8. ↑ 금난새 “500만원짜리 오페라 제작, 망가진 수원시향 살렸다” 2010-05-20 NEWSEN MEDIA
  9. ↑ 6시간 30분의 마라톤 연주회 화제 1993-04-14 연합뉴스
  10. ↑ 금난새 “6년 전회매진 청소년 음악회, 잘했다 생각” 자신만만 2010-05-20 07:33 Newen Media
  11. ↑ “틀리지 않은 음악은 틀렸다…창조적인 감동줘야 예술” 2014-02-20 11:09 Korea Herald
  12. ↑ 국내최대 규모 수원야외음악당 이달말에 개관 1995.10.16 Joongang Daily
  13. ↑ <아시안게임> 삼성, 대대적 스포츠마케팅 1998.12.01 yonhapnews
  14. ↑ 삼성전자, 방콕 아시안게임 마케팅 캠페인 발표 1998-08-27 YONHAP NEWS
  15. ↑ 지휘자 금난새 “관객 없는 클래식은 존재 못해… 연주자도 생각 바꿔야” 2016-02-18 21:43 Kookmin Ilbo
  16. ↑ 포스코센터, 1년간 차이코프스키 교향곡 연주 2002-02-08 MONEY TODAY
  17. ↑ 37년 지휘인생 금난새 "제 역할이요?" 2014-10-28 Money Week
  18. ↑ 금난새“우리나라 훌륭한 인재들 많지만 사회를 위해서 무엇을 했을까”…kmib가 만난 스타 2015-08-17 Kookmin Ilbo
  19. ↑ 4일 안방에 울리는 감동의 시간, MBC 특집 나눔다큐 <농어촌 오케스트라, 꿈을 연주하다> 2015-09-03 iMBC
  20. ↑ 'It is my job to translate Western music’ 2012-01-19 the Korea Herald
  21. ↑ 독일선 난민 돕고 지방엔 희망 주고…한경필, 세계를 품다 2016-03-21 the Korea Economic Daily
  22. ↑ 초대 음악감독 맡은 지휘자 금난새 "최고의 민간 필로 키워 음악계 신바람 일으킬 것" 2015-06-02 the Korea Economic Daily
  23. ↑ 지휘자 금난새, 올해의 "효령상" 수상자로 뽑혔다 2010-11-04 Siminilbo
  24. ↑ 올해의 세종 문화상 수사아에 금난새, 김혜자 등 수상 2011-10-13 Money Today
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