Saerom Park
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Saerom Park Foucher is a Germany/France based Korean cellist.
Saerom Park Foucher's musical activities have already taken her across Europe, East Asia and South Africa in performances as both soloist and chamber musician. Born in 1981 to an artists-family in Korea, her education began at the age of 3 with piano studies switching to cello at 12. Her talent was recognized rapidly. She was awarded at numerous national competitions, shortly after in 1996 her major orchestral debut was made with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra.
During the senior year of high school, Saerom moved to Germany to accomplish her studies at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen where she studied both cello and chamber music with Young-Chang Cho
and Andreas Reiner. Further advances were made under great influence of renowned tutors such as Bernard Greenhouse
, Boris Pergamenschikov, Alexander Kniazev
, and Matt Haimovitz
.
In 2000, Saerom Park Foucher founded the piano trio Trio Image with violinist Gergana Gergova and pianist Pavlin Nechev. She was active member of the trio until 2007. In support of the European Chamber Music Academy (ECMA) the trio collaborated with primary musicians like Hatto Beyerle, Shumuel Ashkenazy, Erich Höbarth, Gábor Tacásc-Nagy, Johannes Meissl, Christoph Richter and Avedis Kouyoumdjan. Trio Image was the 3rd prize and the public prize winner at the 6th International Competition "Franz Schubert and Modern Music" held in Graz, Austria and scholarship holder of the Werner Richard-Carl Dörken Foundation for 2005/06 season.
An avid chamber musician, Saerom has appeared at various festivals. Most notably Lockenhaus Kammermusikfest, Pablo Casals Festival Prades, Schubertiade Akzenbrugg, International Cello Fest Beograd, International Week Graz, Festival de musique de chambre en Normandie, International Music Festival Varna Summer where she has performed with such distinguished artists as Claude Frank
, Joseph Silverstein
, Vladimir Mendelssohn, and Michel Strauss
. She was recorded by WDR
3, ORF
, Mezzo TV
and TV3.
Currently residing in southern France, Saerom Park Foucher works as Ensemble Resonanz' principal cellist.
Saerom Park Foucher's musical activities have already taken her across Europe, East Asia and South Africa in performances as both soloist and chamber musician. Born in 1981 to an artists-family in Korea, her education began at the age of 3 with piano studies switching to cello at 12. Her talent was recognized rapidly. She was awarded at numerous national competitions, shortly after in 1996 her major orchestral debut was made with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra.
During the senior year of high school, Saerom moved to Germany to accomplish her studies at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen where she studied both cello and chamber music with Young-Chang Cho
Young-Chang Cho
Young-Chang Cho is a Korean classical cellist teaching at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Germany's Ruhr Area.- Biography :Young-Chang Cho was born in Seoul in 1958. He started cello lessons at the age of eight...
and Andreas Reiner. Further advances were made under great influence of renowned tutors such as Bernard Greenhouse
Bernard Greenhouse
Bernard Greenhouse was an American cellist and one of the founding members of the Beaux Arts Trio.-Life:Greenhouse was born in Newark, New Jersey. He started his professional studies with Felix Salmond at the Juilliard School when he was eighteen...
, Boris Pergamenschikov, Alexander Kniazev
Alexander Kniazev
Alexander Kniazev is a Russian cellist and organist. He studied cello with Alexander Fedorchenko beginning at age six, and graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1986. He studied organ with Galina Kozlova, graduating from Nizhny Novgorod Conservatory in 1991.-External links:* Productions...
, and Matt Haimovitz
Matt Haimovitz
Matt Haimovitz is an Israeli-born cellist now based in the United States and Canada. He mainly plays a cello made by Matteo Gofriller in 1710.-Family, musical education and early career:...
.
In 2000, Saerom Park Foucher founded the piano trio Trio Image with violinist Gergana Gergova and pianist Pavlin Nechev. She was active member of the trio until 2007. In support of the European Chamber Music Academy (ECMA) the trio collaborated with primary musicians like Hatto Beyerle, Shumuel Ashkenazy, Erich Höbarth, Gábor Tacásc-Nagy, Johannes Meissl, Christoph Richter and Avedis Kouyoumdjan. Trio Image was the 3rd prize and the public prize winner at the 6th International Competition "Franz Schubert and Modern Music" held in Graz, Austria and scholarship holder of the Werner Richard-Carl Dörken Foundation for 2005/06 season.
An avid chamber musician, Saerom has appeared at various festivals. Most notably Lockenhaus Kammermusikfest, Pablo Casals Festival Prades, Schubertiade Akzenbrugg, International Cello Fest Beograd, International Week Graz, Festival de musique de chambre en Normandie, International Music Festival Varna Summer where she has performed with such distinguished artists as Claude Frank
Claude Frank
Claude Frank is a German-born, American Jewish pianist whose career has included appearances with highly reputed orchestras, at major festivals, and in major recital halls around the world...
, Joseph Silverstein
Joseph Silverstein
Joseph Silverstein is an American violinist and conductor.As a youth, Silverstein studied with his father, Bernard Silverstein, who was a public school music teacher...
, Vladimir Mendelssohn, and Michel Strauss
Michel Strauss
Michel Strauss is a French cellist.Strauss was educated by Paul Tortelier and Maurice Gendron at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he won first prizes in cello and in chamber music, before continuing his studies at Yale University with Aldo Parisot...
. She was recorded by WDR
Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Westdeutscher Rundfunk is a German public-broadcasting institution based in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia with its main office in Cologne. WDR is a constituent member of the consortium of German public-broadcasting institutions, ARD...
3, ORF
ORF (broadcaster)
Österreichischer Rundfunk, ORF, is the Austrian national public service broadcaster.Funded from a combination of a television licence fees and revenue from limited on-air advertising, ORF is the dominant player in the Austrian broadcast media...
, Mezzo TV
Mezzo TV
Mezzo is a French television channel devoted to classical music , jazz and world music. It was formed in 1992 and was called France Supervision until 1998.Its slogan is 'Écouter, Voir, Oser' ....
and TV3.
Currently residing in southern France, Saerom Park Foucher works as Ensemble Resonanz' principal cellist.