Sopranos Hong Haeran & Seo Sunyoung Release Project Album, “Insieme”

The fifth collaboration project album, “Insieme”, by K-Arts and Universal Music was released.

The word, “insieme,” means “together” in the Italian language. In the making of the album, two sopranos and professors Hong Haeran and Seo Sunyoung of K-Arts took part.

Prof. Hong sound recorded “A Woman’s Love and Life” by R. Schumann, “I’m a Stranger Here Myself” (from “One Touch of Venus”) by Kurt Weill, and “It Never Was You” (from the musical, “Knickerbocker Holiday”). In addition, she co-performed with pianist Jeong Tae-yang for “3 Chansons: No. 3, Youkali.”

Prof. Seo Sunyoung and her co-performer pianist Lee Youngmi sound recorded R. Strauss’s “Four Last Songs” and O. Respighi’s “The Sunset.”

The K-Arts and Universal Music concluded the MOU in 2019 to support exceptional Korean musicians and ever since collaborated on making project albums.

The project outcomes include a duet album, “Schubert: Works for Piano Four-Hands” (2020) by pianists Kim Daejin and Chloe Jiyeong Mun, “Mozart: Clarinet Quintet K. 581 / Brahms: Clarinet Quintet Op.115” (2021) by Jerry Jae-il Chae (clarinet), Lee Kangho (cello), Lee Hanna (viola), Kim Young-uk (violin), and Youn Eunsol (violin), “Beethoven, Busoni, Bach/ Busoni – Piano Works” (2022) by pianist Park Jaehong, and “Grieg, Bach, Tchaikovsky” (2022) by KNUA String Ensemble.