VIII International M. K. Čiurlionis Organ Competition

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VIII International M. K. Čiurlionis Organ Competition

Somang Lee, South Korea

Participant data

Name of the educational insititution University of Music Saar, Saarbrücken
Accompanist Yes

Somang Lee (b. 1989) took her first organ lessons in 2014. In 2007–2012 she studied at the Ewha Woman's University, class of prof. Sohyun Park. From 2015 to 2018 the organist continued Master's studies at the Detmold Academy of Music, class of prof. Martin Sander. Since 2018 she studies with prof. Andreas Rothkopf at the Saar University of Music. In 2018 Somang was awarded the third prize at the Maria Hofer Organ Competition in Austria. She had given concerts in Seoul, Detmold, Lemgo, Saarbrücken, Losheim, Vilnius.

I ROUND

  1. Nicolaus Bruhns | Grande Prelude · E minor
  2. Johann Sebastian Bach | Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes: Trio super ''Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr'' · BWV 664
  3. Faustas Latėnas | "Ad libitum"

II ROUND

  1. Johann Sebastian Bach | Prelude and Fugue · E minor · BWV 548
  2. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | Fugue · C sharp minor · VL 86
  3. Olivier Messiaen | "L'Ascension" ("The Ascension")
    • "Alleluias sereins d’une âme qui désire le ciel" ("Serene Alleluias of a Soul that Longs for the Heavens")

III ROUND

  1. Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis | Fugue · B flat minor · VL 345
  2. Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy | Organ Sonata No. 3 · A major · Op. 65
  3. Max Reger | Rhapsodie · C sharp minor · Op. 65
  4. Maurice Duruflé | Suite for Organ: Sicilienne · Op. 5
  5. Maurice Duruflé | Suite for Organ: Toccata · Op. 5

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