For "Dol," a Korean celebration for the first year of a child, there is a tradition to lay out objects, and whatever the baby chooses is supposed to predict the future; a spool of thread means that the child will have a long life. Because of this close tie between life and thread in Korean tradition, it intrigued me that Paik put one on the violin to drag behind him for his "Action with a Violin on a String" (1961). Playing the violin has been my life for as long as I can remember, and I have been holding on to that thread in many different ways, dragging it along with me for over 30 years. Although sometimes I feel that the violin is dragging MY body along! I attended some seminars last year where a doctor mentioned that a musician's brain conceives their instruments not as objects but as humans because of the complicated emotional ties that develop throughout the years. "One for Violin Solo" (1962) is known for smashing the violin, but having performed it, the most fascinating part for me was the five minutes of slowly raising the instrument and holding it, creating so much tension and emotional turmoil. All my feelings and thoughts towards the violin passed by at supersonic speed. At its peak, this work allowed me to cross the line I would never have - but wanted to like 234045324 times - by smashing a 'Violin Shaped Object' (a violin-shaped wood box that produces noise/garbage). Still gruesome and brutal, but exhilarating. #namjunepaik was a genius artist who created a new art form through challenges and questions about tradition. For example, another famous work of his, 'TV Buddha,' was used to question "the role of the self in an era that intersects spirituality and technology." His works for solo violin also gave me a platform to question my role as an artist by exploring my complicated relationship with the violin !in an art form! which will definitely have a lifelong impact on me. Paik left a few notes about these works, so this is my take on it with an understanding of his other works and the #fluxus movement. Here is a humble tribute to this incredible artist who died on this day in 2006. «Action with a violin on a string» A violin can be made to produce sounds in various ways: with the aid of a bow in the classical mode of a string instrument, by smashing it on a table like Paik does in «One for Violin Solo» (1962), or by pulling it behind oneself on a string as in this action. Paik began to use the violin in this way in 1961. «One for Violin Solo» Over the course of five minutes, Paik very slowly and intently lifts up a violin in this on-stage action on 16 June 1962 – and then smashes it with one blow on the table. Simultaneously, the lights go up in the auditorium. After the long drawn-out suspense, only one, final sound has been produced by the instrument. -Medien Kunst Netz September, 2023 Berlin @wunderwald_filmmaking

IEMA-Ensemble 19/20 Alone - Together / Curatorial Series #2 Yezu Woo, Violine / violin 00:30 - Isang Yun: Kontraste 1 (1987) 11:00 - Isang Yun: Kontraste 2 (1987) 19:00 - Isang Yun: Königliches Thema (1976)

Die IEMA-Stipendiaten Yezu Woo (Violine) und Tomoki Park (Klavier) trafen sich erstmals 2015 in New York und gaben seitdem als Duo weltweit Konzerte –  beispielsweise in Berlin, Verona, Paris oder in ihren Heimatstädten Chuncheon und Yokohama. Am 27. April präsentieren sie Werke für Klavier und Violine von Toru Takemitsu, die über 30 Jahre dessen kompositorischen Lebenslauf prägen, sowie das einzige Stück Messiaens für diese Besetzung – eines seiner bedeutendsten Frühwerke. Die beiden Komponisten verbindet eine geistige und schöpferische Verwandtschaft. So sah sich Takemitsu als Autodidakt, mit der einzigen Ausnahme eines einstündigen Kompositionsunterrichtes, den er durch Messiaen erhielt. Yezu Woo und Tomoki Park: „Wir widmen dieses Konzert Peter Serkin (1947-2020), der mit uns an diesem Programm gearbeitet hat.“ 𝗧𝗼𝗿𝘂 𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘀𝘂 (𝟭𝟵𝟯𝟬-𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟲) Distance de Fée (1951) Hika (1966) From Far Beyond Chrysanthemums and November Fog (1983)  𝗢𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗲𝗻 (𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟴-𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟮) Thème et Variations (1932) 𝗧𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗸𝗶 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸, Klavier 𝗬𝗲𝘇𝘂 𝗪𝗼𝗼, Violine Livestream aus dem Kleinen Saal der HfMDK Frankfurt. #play_HfMDK #play_live

Yezu Elizabeth Woo, violin Shostakovich Violin Concerto No.1, Op. 77(99) 9/12/13 Sungnam Philharmonic Orchestra, Sungnam Art Center, Korea 우예주, 바이올린 쇼스타코비치 바이올린 협주곡 제1번 9월 12일 2013년 성남시립교향악단 성남아트센터 콘서트홀