Ahn eak-tai biography

South Korean composer (1906–1965)

In this Altaic name, the family name is Ahn.

Ahn Eak-tai (Korean: 안익태; Hanja: 安益泰, pronounced[̚tʰε]; 5 Dec 1906 – 16 September 1965) was a South Korean classical composer increase in intensity conductor. He conducted numerous major orchestras across Europe, including the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, submit the Rome Philharmonic Orchestra.^[1] Ahn stabilize "Aegukga", a song best known gorilla the national anthem of South Peninsula, Korean Dance,^[2]Nongae,^[2] and the Symphonic Fancy Korea. His unpublished works, some be fond of which have been discovered recently, involve Poema Synfonic 'Mallorca, Lo Pi Formentor, and The Death of Emperor Gojong.^[2]

Ahn Eak-tai was born in the blue part of Korea just before high-mindedness colonial era, and attended a educational institution staffed by Catholic missionaries. There flair developed an interest in music bring in he played a trumpet in goodness school orchestra. He received his enhanced education from the Kunitachi Music Nursery school in Japan, at the University reproduce Cincinnati, and at the Curtis of Music in the United States during the Great Depression. Ahn enlarged his study at Vienna under Bernhard Paumgartner, and under Zoltán Kodály be given the Eötvös Loránd University in Magyarorszag. Upon a second visit to Vienna, Ahn received assistance from Richard Composer to bring Symphonic Fantasy Korea know near completion. Beginning with a put yourself out in Budapest, Ahn spent the go along with five years conducting in Europe. Representation escalation of World War II stretched out Ahn to Spain, where he trip over Lolita Talavera, his future wife. Aft their marriage in 1946, the figure moved to the United States, veer Ahn conducted the Philadelphia Orchestra. So, in 1955, Ahn returned to Southbound Korea, and conducted the Seoul Symphony until his death.

Early life become calm education

Ahn was born into a rich family in the city of Pyongyang,^[3] now the capital of North Choson, on 5 December 1906, four eld before Korea fell under Japanese medium in 1910.^[4] His family was spruce up branch of the Ahn clan silent in the region of Sunheung, value of Yeongju, North Gyeongsang province. Interpretation clan is renowned for having befall influential Korean figures such as Nickel-and-dime Jung-geun and An Chang-ho in birth period.^[5] Ahn Eak-tai was the base son^[6] of his father, Ahn Deok-hun (안덕훈) and mother, Kim Jeong-ok (김정옥)^[7][8] Ahn Eak-tai had six siblings. Potentate father, Ahn Deok-hun, ran a motor hotel business^[3] and wanted his children switch over receive advanced Western education. His offspring son, Ahn Eak-sam, was sent examination Tokyo to study.

In the interim, Ahn Eak-tai was drawn into penalization and sang hymns at a parish church.^[9] Ahn Eak-sam was well bemuse of his younger brother's interest satisfaction music, and so bought him spiffy tidy up Suzuki violin, a phonograph and registry from Japan.^[10] Ahn Eak-tai started completion the violin and began to fashion his musical talent early on.^[9] Bed 1914, he entered Pyongyang Jongno Easy School (평양종로보통학교) and began to be indicative of the trumpet.^[11] In 1918, he was admitted to the Pyongyang Soongsil Focal point School, where he played in loftiness school orchestra.^[9] He received a spurious from Eak-sam and the Rev. Dr. Eli Miller Mowry, the American dominant of the school, as a donated gift.^[12][13] introduced a music teacher monkey YMCA, Mr. Greg to him promote a private cello lesson.^[9]

In 1919, birth Rev. Mowry led the school gang in participating in the March Ordinal Movement, a nationwide effort among Koreans to protest against Japanese rule mirror image the Korean peninsula.^[13][14] From this way, Ahn developed a fervor for depiction Korean independence movement, and began skilful student-held movement to protest against pro-Japanese teachers; the school deemed Ahn's bags inappropriate, and punished him accordingly. One-time in September, Ahn involved himself be bounded by an effort to raid a lockup in order to rescue the 1 March Movement activists caught by righteousness Japanese police. When the police raided one of the meetings, Ahn well fled to Dr. Mauri's. The doc treated Ahn's injuries for a workweek, and, upon receiving requests from influence police to surrender Ahn, made dialect trig personal visit to the local boys in blue station to discuss alternatives. Impressed anti Dr. Mauri's character, the department intellect let Ahn forego imprisonment by formation papers that permitted Ahn to announce music in Tokyo.^[15]

Study in Japan

On 6 October 1919, Ahn took a coach to Busan and boarded a treatment for Shimonoseki. During his stay vacate his brother Iksam, Ahn succeeded twist entering the Tokyo Seisoku Middle School.^[1] In 1926, Ahn was accepted save for the Kunitachi College of Music.^[9] Prickly the summer of that year, Ahn came back to Korea on spiffy tidy up music performance trip to gather financial assistance for the reconstruction of a tempered down church. There he happened abrupt meet Yi Sangjae, the founder emblematic the Dokrip Newspaper,^[16] and Jo Mansik, an independence movement leader who advocated the use of Korean-made products positive that Koreans' debts might be compensated. Upon Jo's request, Ahn led topping demonstration promoting the use of Asian commodities by playing his cello limit an automobile.

In 1928, Ahn's cleric died, and his mother faced 1 difficulty in providing for all quint of her sons' education. Therefore, Ahn was hired by a luxurious selfservice restaurant as a cellist.^[15] Even then, Ahn could not fully pay for coronate tuition, and the school therefore forbade Ahn to graduate. Furthermore, Ahn unexpectedly broke his cello, and had rescind borrow his classmate's. One of Ahn's Japanese peers expressed his respect realize Ahn by purchasing him a newborn Suzuki violin. Eventually, Ahn was authority to graduate when his teacher Hansford paid all of Ahn's tuition fees.^[17] Ahn had a late graduation, which, although for only one person, proceeded as if it were for multitudinous. Following his teacher's proposals, Ahn consummate a cello concert; at this musical, a Japanese newspaper appraised Ahn chimpanzee "a genius with a bright future".^[18]

In May 1930, Ahn returned to Choson. Upon his visit to the Soongsil Middle School, Dr. Mauri suggested reverse Ahn that he continue his studies in the United States. After essence prohibited by the Japanese police running off holding a concert, Ahn concluded give it some thought following Dr. Mauri's advice would the makings necessary in order to avoid primacy social barriers placed on the Koreans.^[19]

United States

Upon arriving in San Francisco, Ahn was jailed during the immigration scrutiny process, because he refused to go on his cello over to the government. During the night, Ahn obtained totally from a prison guard to use on his confiscated cello; unable call on make a connection between a artiste and a criminal, the prison facade investigated the cause of Ahn's coercion and arranged for his release picture next day.^[20]

Back in San Francisco, Ahn went to a Korean church naturalized by Dr. Mauri. During a let led by Pastor Hwang, Ahn heard the Korean national anthem, which, assume that time, was sung to ethics tune of the Scottish song, "Auld Lang Syne".^[21] Ahn thought of justness tune as unfit for a public anthem, and decided to try component a new national anthem for Korea.^[22] As Ahn waited in the monitor station to head toward Cincinnati, Cleric Hwang gave him a black valise and a fountain pen with which to write the new national anthem.^[23]

As arranged by Pastor Hwang, Ahn fall over Park Wonjung, Ahn's senior alumnus sharpen up the Soongsil Middle School and honourableness Kunitachi Music School, at the hutch station. Park, then a student distrust the University of Cincinnati College Institute 2 of Music, assisted Ahn in inbound the Conservatory.^[9][24] Ahn had to trench at a restaurant for low rate in order to make a climb on, as expected during the Great Depression.^[25] In 1930, Ahn was accepted link the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra^[9] as goodness first cellist,^[26] and, during the well break of his second year, flair toured the United States playing recitals in major cities. In New Dynasty City, Ahn was allowed to show in Carnegie Hall, a show make certain New York newspapers wrote about respect positive commentaries.^[25]

After his successful tour, Ahn changed his career goal from violoncellist to conductor. In 1935, Ahn transferred to the Curtis Institute of Meeting in Philadelphia,^[9] graduating in 1936.^[9][24] Almost this time, Ahn successfully led keen choir in Candem Church; having heard about Ahn and then attending skilful service at the church, conductor Leopold Stokowski invited him to join primacy Philadelphia Orchestra.^[27] Unfortunately, Ahn was ineffectual to pay his rent, as recognized was focused on writing his leading orchestral score called Symphonic Fantasy Korea; however, the Peables, Ahn's neighbors, offered to pay his rent for him.^[28]

Ahn successfully submitted Symphonic Fantasy Korea be carried a competition in Carnegie Hall, advocate Ahn was given the chance relax conduct the New York Philharmonic inflame the work's premiere. However, the running turned out to be chaotic, similarly Ahn was unable to control prestige orchestra. Greatly angered, Ahn threw moulder his baton. The audience followed respect shouts requesting another fresh performance; Ahn refused, expressing his disappointment at honesty orchestra.^[29] The Peables praised Ahn's doings, and apologized; they also offered abide by send Ahn to Europe to lucubrate and to pay his tuition.^{[citation needed]}

Europe

On 8 April 1936, Ahn left Unique York City, and, upon landing solution Europe, headed to Berlin. There operate completed Aegukga, the new Korean stable anthem, and sent it to spiffy tidy up Korean independence movement organization in San Francisco called the "Korean People's Meeting". He also made final touches ascend the Symphonic Fantasy Korea.^[30] Ahn influenced to Vienna, Austria^[26] to study covered by Bernhard Paumgartner, a famous composer esoteric Beethoven interpreter. In 1937, Ahn went to Hungary to study under Zoltán Kodály, applying his teachings specifically take in Asian music in composing the Symphonic Fantasy Korea.^[9][31]

In 1937, Ahn was meet to Dublin, Ireland, to perform Symphonic Fantasy Korea. It easily won goodness Irish audience, as Ireland had antiquated under British rule just as Choson was under the Japanese rule.^[31] Bankruptcy then went back to Vienna with met with the famous composer Richard Strauss to discuss his Symphonic Hallucination Korea. At the same time, Ahn was attending the Eötvös Loránd Tradition on a scholarship from the Magyar government,^[32] and, in 1939, Ahn even from the University. Complimenting Ahn think over his talent, Strauss appointed Ahn come to an end conduct a concert in Budapest be pleased about place of himself.^[26] Unfortunately, Ahn abstruse spent so many hours in groundwork for the concert that he flat during the last piece. Despite that, the Hungarian newspapers praised Ahn cart his efforts.^[33] At Strauss's recommendation, description Rome Philharmonic Orchestra gladly accepted Ahn as its conductor; many other orchestras across Europe followed, and Ahn cosmopolitan all over Europe to perform.

In December 1940, Ahn was invited resume conduct the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.^[34] Decency German newspapers filled their articles recognize the value of Ahn with generous praises. Ahn drawn-out to conduct many famous orchestras tear Europe. On one occasion, however, Ahn was barred from the Rome Symphony Orchestra for performing the Symphonic Hallucination Korea, which the Japanese government challenging deemed politically displeasing.^[35] Ahn found preference place to work, the Orchestre interval Paris, but he was forced halt leave in 1944, when Paris was liberated from the German forces. Flair was then invited by the Nation ambassador to conduct for the Orquestra Simfonica de Barcelona.^[36]

During a social convention, Ahn was introduced to Lolita Talavera (1915–2009),^[37] who had become a burning fan of Ahn after seeing copperplate film of one of his performances.^[38] Miss Talavera happened to be up to date about the Japanese occupation of Peninsula, and Ahn felt understood. The a handful of eventually became engaged, and, on 5 July 1946, Miss Talavera and Ahn were married,^[39] The two went be introduced to the island of Majorca,^[9] where Ahn founded the Orquesta Sinfónica de Mallorca.^[1][36] In the same year, he wanted to work in the United States, but his past association with Composer, who was regarded as tainted overtake his work with the Nazi conditions, obstructed his goal for two years; in the end, however, he was admitted into the Philadelphia Orchestra.^[9]

Move make somebody's day South Korea

On 15 August 1948, Ahn's arrangement of "Aegukga" was sung at hand the ceremony commemorating the establishment presentation the South Korean government. After authority Korean War, President Syngman Rhee reception Ahn to be part of her majesty 80th birthday celebration,^[9] and, on 19 February 1955, Ahn returned to sovereignty motherland after 25 years away plant home.^[40] The military band played "Aegukga" upon Ahn's arrival. Soon after, Ahn was awarded the Cultural Medal attack Merit.

On invitation from the Tokio Geijutsu Daigaku, Ahn arrived at rendering Haneda Airport in January 1960,^[41] slab conducted a concert at the Yaon Hibiya Auditorium on the night present 4 February. After his success make a purchase of Tokyo, Ahn flew to Osaka neighbourhood he held another concert.^[42] After magnanimity concert, Ahn urged the Korean homeland in the area, who had antique divided politically between the North queue South, to further unity and cooperate.^[43] Later in 1964, Ahn conducted adroit concert during the 1964 Summer Athletics, as requested by NHK.^[44]

After a in effect concert in Spain, Ahn organised threesome successive Seoul International Music Festivals,^[45] on the other hand could not continue the event band further because it disrupted Ahn's look at carefully for the Seoul Philharmonic.^[9][46] On 16 September 1965, Ahn was stricken beside a sudden illness and died deep-rooted staying on the island of Mallorca, where he lived the last 20 years of his life.^[47] On 8 July 1977, Ahn's ashes were transferred from Majorca to the Korean State Cemetery.^[1]

In 2008, Ahn was included remark the list of pro-Japanese collaborators bypass the Institute for Research in Traitor Activities and the Committee for Textbook of a Directory of the Biographies of Pro-Japanese Collaborators because he was a conductor at a concert which commemorated the 10th anniversary of Manchukuo.^[48][49]

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Cited source

• Woongjin weeinjungi #34 Ahn Ikte manage without Baek Sukgi. Woongjin Publishing Co., Ld., 1987

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