Hardly a Korean problem. Look at the major American orchestras and their
conductors, not to mention the Met.
Mark Montgomery
On Wed, 16 May 2001, Karen Mercedes wrote:
> but then that is the Korean language. And to observe that while the entire
> opera company - principles, comprimarii, chorus, and orchestra (and in the
> case of the Strauss, the soloist - soubrette Hellen Kwon) - were all
> Korean, for all three events, the conductors were all from Europe.
> Apparently, there is some kind of intrinsic belief that while natives can
> sing and play Western music, they aren't competent to conduct it. (It also
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