Federal President Karl Carstens congratulates Isang Yun on his 65th birthday.
Annual General Meeting incl. election of the board members: 22 November 2026, 11 a.m. – UdK, Fasanenstraße 1, Room 208
Yun House Concerts. Entrance free, donations wellcome
Yun-Haus Berlin, Sakrower Kirchweg 47
Thursday, 5 November 2026, 7 p.m.
Isang Yun – in commemoration of the 31st anniversary of his death
Soloists of the Korean National Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Arts Center
Works by Isang Yun, Francis Poulenc, Jacques Ibert, Ludwig van Beethoven
Diversity in Harmony 2026 –
Concert 7: 15. November
7 Yun-Haus Berlin, Sakrower Kirchweg 47
Sunday, 15 November 2026, 4 p. m. – Live-Stream XXXV
Four Hands …
Franz Schubert Variations on an original theme A Flat Major
for piano four hands D 813 (1824)
Arnulf Herrmann Spur und Umschrift for piano four hands (2023) (BEA)
Isang Yun Interludium A for piano solo (1982)
Arnold Schönberg Kammersymphonie Nr. 1 E-Dur op. 9 (1906).
Four-hand version by the composer
Duo Takahashi – Lehmann
Norie Takahashi – Björn Lehmann (piano)
The piano duo Norie Takahashi and Björn Lehmann places rarely performed works in dialogue with Isang Yun’s Interludium A. In Spur und Umschrift, Arnulf Herrmann explores “the idea of infinite transformation”—featuring multiple beginnings, “shifting perspectives on an initial situation, and a dense, underlying web of connections” (A. H.). Schubert’s cycle of variations transforms echoes of marches and marching into a work with a dance-like character. With its fanfare of fourths – complemented by chords built in fourths and combined with whole-tone steps – Schoenberg’s Chamber Symphony became the foundational document of the Neue Musik.
Supported by the GVL and the Fonds Dezentrale Kulturarbeit (Decentralized Cultural Work Fund), Spandau.
Chinesische Room:
Art: Günter Ris, paintings (chalk on paper, since 1996)
Scores: Yun, Violin Sonata (original score vs. printed version)
6 Yun-Haus Konzert 4 October 2026: Stefan Hempel & Daniel Seroussi play Holliger, Poulenc, Yun: Live-Stream XXXIV
5 Yun-Haus Konzert 5 July 2026: Riyo Uemura plays Weinberg, Kurtág, J. S. Bach, Yun: Live-Stream XXXIII
The new 2025 edition of “Piri” (encluding the facsimile) has been published.
Concert in Commemoration of the 30th Anniversary of Isang Yun’s Death: Joseph Joachim Hall, UdK Berlin, 25 November 2025. The Sixties: Reaction – Awakening. On YouTube:
György Ligeti: Ramifications for twelve solo strings (1968/69)
Krzysztof Penderecki: Capriccio for oboe and strings (1965)
Isang Yun: Colloïdes sonores for ten solo strings (1961)
Xilin Wang / Ying Wang: Reaktion – Aufbruch / Reaction – Awakening for oboe and strings (2025) – world premiere, commissioned works for IYGYeon-Hee Kwak (oboe),
14 strings, Holger Groschopp (cond.)
YouTube:
Diversity in Harmony. Yun House Concerts 2024. A Short Film. – 22:41
Diversity in Harmony. Yun House Concerts 2024. A Short Compilation. – 4:48
With the creation of our video channel, we intend to gradually make accessible to the visitors of our website the most exemplary recordings of Isang Yun’s compositions (see the video clips in the catalogue of works), as well as introductions to his works, and our concerts at the Yun-Haus Berlin.
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In notation and sound, here is a recording of String Quartet VI, which took place in April 1992 after a rehearsal of the Amati Quartet in Berlin with and in the presence of Isang Yun. We put this online so that those interested can study the performance of the dynamic indications and other specifications of the notation. See also: Images (live from 5 Nov. 1997), Contemplation for two violas, as well as the then spectacular Symphony I with all four movements (1982/(83), etc.