Special Lecture:
Unsuk CHIN Speaks about Her Music

Unsuk Chin was born in Seoul, studied with Ligeti in Hamburg, and is now resident in Berlin. Her output features both electronic and acoustic scores. It is modern in language, but lyrical and non-doctrinaire in communicative power She has an acute ear for instrumentation, orchestral colour, and rhythmic imagery. Her works have been performed by ensembles in Europe, Asia and North America Interpreters include the Ensemble InterContemporain, Ensemble Modern, Kronos Quartet, pianist Rolf Hind, and conductors Kent Nagano, Simon Rattle and George Benjamin

Her music is featured in the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra Concert under the direction of Kent Nagano that evening at 8:00 PM in Zellerbach Auditorium.