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Isang Yun Biography

Isang Yun aka
Isang Yun
Born: 1917-09-17
Birthplace: Tongyeong, South Korea
Died: 1995-11-03
Location of Death: Berlin

Race: Asian
Field: Composer
Famous for: Exemplum in Memoriam Kwangju

Field: Composer

Isang Yun (also spelled Yun I-sang; September 17, 1917 - November 3, 1995) was a Korean composer who spent most of his creative career in Germany.

Yun I-sang was born in Chungmu (now Tongyeong) in 1917. He studied music in 1933, and composition in 1938 under Tomojiro Ikenouchi. After Japan entered World War II, he moved to Korea and participated in the Korean independence movement. He was captured and imprisoned by the Japanese in 1943.

After the war, he established an orphanage for war orphans. He also started a musical career, and went on to receive the Seoul Culture Prize in 1955.

In 1956, Yun traveled to Europe. In Paris and Berlin, he studied contemporary music under Boris Blacher, Josef Rufer, and Reinhard Schwarz-Schilling. He attended International Summer Courses of Contemporary Music in Darmstadt, and began his career in Europe with premieres of his Five Pieces for Piano and Music for Seven Instruments. His music was recognized for its fusion of East Asian and Western classical musical traditions. The premiere of his oratorio Om mani padme hum in 1965 and Réak in 1966 gave him international renown.

In 1967, Yun became involved in the East Berlin spy incident. On June 17, he was kidnapped by the South Korean secret police, along with his wife I Soo-ja and many Korean students in West Berlin. He was condemned for espionage and sentenced to life imprisonment. A worldwide petition led by Igor Stravinsky and Herbert von Karajan was presented to the South Korean government, signed by approximately 200 artists, including Luigi Dallapiccola, Hans Werner Henze, Heinz Holliger, Mauricio Kagel, Josef Keilbert, Otto Klemperer, György Ligeti, Arne Mellnas, Per Nørgård, and Karlheinz Stockhausen. Yun I-sang was released and exiled in 1969. He was not allowed to visit South Korea.

From 1970 to 1985 he taught in Hochschule der Künste in West Berlin. He attained German citizenship in 1971. Outside Korea, Yun claimed for settlement of democracy in South Korea. He composed Gwangju Forever in 1980 to the memory of Gwangju massacre.

He often visited North Korea since 1979, and promoted join concert of both Koreas, which took place in 1990.

Yun was invited from a festival of his music in South Korea in 1994, but the trip was broken off after the conflict with the government. On November 3, 1995, Yun I-sang died of pneumonia.

Isang Yun News


GMA news.tv

New web show E-GIG shows how to survive voter registration
GMA news.tv
... time kong boboto ? kasi ito yung unang step dahil alam ko isa lang yung boto ko pero sa isang 'yun, napakalaki ng magiging pagbabago sa bansa natin. ...

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Fernando bolts Lakas to push Malacañang run
Manila Times
According to the MMDA chairman, ?Parang hindi na karapat-dapat na ako ay magpatuloy bilang isang miyembro [It is not proper anymore for me to remain as a ...

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JoongAng Daily

The two faces of Park Chung Hee
JoongAng Daily
Korean-German composer Yun Isang (1917-1995), for one, was abducted, tried for treason and sentenced to life in prison for befriending North Koreans. ...

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Gibo still searching for a partner
ABS CBN News
Malaking bagay ang mawawala sa kanya at yun ay isang kandidato as VP, samantalang sa pagka-senador ay mananalo agad. (His 6-year term has ended. ...

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Christian Bautista sidesteps romance for career
Manila Bulletin
Our record label told me na two years na nilang plano 'to, [kaso] hindi nila alam kung kanino ibibigay, kung sa isang girl, sa isang banda, ...



Villar eyeing Loren for VP
Inquirer.net
?Basta naman si Loren ay isang karapat-dapat na vice president. Maganda yung kanyang pinaglalaban?kapaligiran (Loren deserves to be a vice president. ...

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GMA to keep nation guessing until Dec. 1
Manila Bulletin
?Bakit kakatakutan yun e ang kinatatayuan namin ay yung matuwid. Ang aming partido ay nakatayo sa isang matibay na bato ng plataporma. Sa iba't-ibang isyu, ...

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NPC eyes alliances with other political parties for 2010
GMA news.tv
... are discussing a possible coalition, simply saying, "If there are talks between NP and NPC it's very natural kasi isang partido lang 'yun noon, eh. ...

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New CamSur district opposed
Manila Bulletin
?Para bang wala kang tiwala sa isang institusyon na kabilang ka and there is the danger of inviting judicial intervention or encroachment in the legislative ...

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Un profesor del Real Conservatorio Superior de Música gana el premio Isang Yun
Diario del Henares (Comunicado de prensa)
Se trata del primer español que consigue el Isang Yun Grand Prize, un concurso de composición abierto a personas de cualquier na...



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