When classical music and jazz meet to form a new musical genre.
YOUN SUN NAH, the great voice of contemporary jazz, meets piano duo OXY MORE for an exceptional concert on
Wednesday, October 2 at 8pm
at the Montbenon Casino in Lausanne.
About Korean singer Youn Sun Nah
Youn Sun Nah is among contemporary jazz’s most admired vocalists, an international award winning singer, songwriter, and performer.
The Seoul, South Korea-based artist began her musical journey with piano lessons as a child before singing gospel with the Korean Symphony Orchestra in her twenties. Youn Sun Nah quickly affirmed herself as an exceptional vocalist, winning prizes at jazz festivals and competitions before truly arriving in 2001 with her debut album Reflet.
Along with her growing body of work as recording artist, Youn Sun Nah has performed countless live shows and tours in historic venues and at prestigious festivals across Europe, Asia, and North America, including performances at closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Grounded by the pandemic, Youn Sun Nah composed and recorded her first-ever album of entirely original songs, 2022’s evocative Waking World, distinguished by her signature blend of profound emotional depth and a haunting musical style that fuses pop elements, folk intimacy, and unexpected jazz instrumentation. Today, with the extraordinary Elles, Youn Sun Nah continues to push the boundaries of music through her unique creativity and masterful craftsmanship, crossing borders to once again capture something universal and deeply authentic.
About Swiss piano duo OXY MORE – meet Philippe Boaron and Dinu Mihailescu
Plunging their audience in near-darkness during a unified 50-minutes one-shot performance, OXY MORE’s innovative concert format is aimed as much at music lovers as people who are not necessarily familiar with classical music, especially the younger generation, with emotion being at the heart of the matter.
Philippe is a Geneva-based musician, graduate of the Hautes Ecoles de Suisse-romande. He has a Master of Arts in Music Performance and a Master of Arts in Music Pedagogy and performs regularly in Switzerland and abroad as a soloist or in various chamber music ensembles.
Philippe also frequently performs in Switzerland with violinist Seat Byeol Choi, in thematic programs that receive very favorable responses from the public, and occasionally collaborates with local authors in reading concerts that create links between musical material and literary expression. As an open-minded performer, he is always looking for coherence and diversity in the choice of programs presented on stage.
He completes his activities as a concert pianist by teaching piano to the younger generations, notably as a professor at the Conservatoire Populaire de Musique, Danse et Théâtre de Genève (CPMDT).
Dinu is a Romanian pianist established in Switzerland since 2009. He studied at the HEM in Geneva. As a soloist, Dinu has performed with the main orchestras of Romania and abroad with the Geneva HEM Orchestra and the Gijon-Candàs Festival Orchestra. In 2017, he won 2nd Prize at the International Piano Competition Béla Bartók in Hungary. Since then, his life as a soloist and chamber musician is completed by teaching piano at the Conservatoire Populaire de Musique, Danse et Théâtre de Genève and the École de Musique de Lausanne.
In Switzerland, he has performed in major concert halls such as the Menuhin Forum in Bern, the Ansermet Studio or the Cour de l’Hôtel-de-Ville in Geneva.
To discover more about these incredible artists, visit www.younsunnah.com www.oxy-more-piano.com