Tawo Kyeong Ham & Yeol Eum Son

• Nikos Skalkottas (1904 - 1949): Concertino:
• 1 Skalkottas - Concertino: I. Allegro giocoso 04:30
• 2 Skalkottas - Concertino: II. Pastorale 04:08
• 3 Skalkottas - Concertino: III. Rondo 02:04
• Antal Dorati (1906 - 1988): Cinq Pieces pour le Hautbois:
• 4 Dorati - Cinq Pieces pour le Hautbois: I. La cigale et la fourmie 03:18
• 5 Dorati - Cinq Pieces pour le Hautbois: II. Lettre d'amour 04:27
• 6 Dorati - Cinq Pieces pour le Hautbois: III. Fugue a trois voix 03:33
• 7 Dorati - Cinq Pieces pour le Hautbois: IV. Berceuse 02:48
• 8 Dorati - Cinq Pieces pour le Hautbois: V. Legerdemain 02:58
• Andrew Norman (b. 1979): The Garden of Folies:
• 9 Norman - The Garden of Folies: I. Spandrels 01:29
• 10 Norman - The Garden of Folies: II. Crossed Paths 00:58
• 11 Norman - The Garden of Folies: III. Blue Mountain Thoughts 05:02
• 12 Norman - The Garden of Folies: IV. The Fourth Act 02:15
• 13 Norman - The Garden of Folies: V. Regarding Crystals 03:25
• Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963): Sonate:
• 14 Hindemith - Sonate: I. Munter 04:19
• 15 Hindemith - Sonate: II. Sehr langsam 09:23
• Esa-Pekka Salonen (b. 1958):
• 16 Salonen - Second Meeting 11:30
• Pavel Haas (1899 - 1944): Suite for Oboe and Piano:
• 17 Haas - Suite for Oboe and Piano: I. Furioso 04:14
• 18 Haas - Suite for Oboe and Piano: II. Con fuoco 05:16
• 19 Haas - Suite for Oboe and Piano: III. Moderato 06:11
• Total Runtime 01:21:48

Info for Tawo

With true delight we present you Kyeong Ham’s debut album Tawo! Kyeong is being associated with the new generation of world-class oboe-players, and yes we think he’s a truly remarkable musician.

Yeol Eum Son, also from South-Corea and also a performer with breathtaking agility and artistry, joined Kyeong on this sparkling disc full of new and legitimately challenging music for this combination. Tawo’s an album which has a rare density in many respects. An almost unstoppable amount of energy, rhythmical spectacle and never-heard consonances between piano and oboe.

Kyeong Ham, oboe
Yeol Eum Son, piano

Kyeong Ham
Hailing from Seoul, Kyeong Ham studied with Nicholas Daniel at the Trossingen Musikhochschule and with Dominik Wollenweber at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin. He completed his studies as a member of the Berliner Philharmoniker's Herbert von Karajan Academy (2013-2015) with Jonathan Kelly.

Among the many competitions he has won, the most memorable was perhaps the first international Muri Competition for oboe and bassoon, held in Switzerland in 2013, where Kyeong Ham not only won first prize and the audience prize, but was also awarded the Heinz Holliger Special Prize by Holliger himself.

Having played the cor anglais at the Konzerthaus Berlin for one year, he was appointed principal oboist of the Hannover Staatsoper at the beginning of 2016. His appointment with the Concertgebouworkest followed in August of that year.

This album contains no booklet.