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*Update on Sep.29, 2019*
After more than a week now, I am still trying to grasp and digest the fact that Christopher Rouse has passed away. ⠀
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It has been a tremendous honor having him in my life and performing his Flute Concerto several times. We have been in close touch since 5-6 years ago and especially in his last weeks we talked a lot. Even though he told me about his spine cancer that he had been fighting in the last few years, it still got me totally off guard when I heard the news of his passing. As I look back, he even wrote to me from Baltimore a few days before, saying goodbye in his own way but I was not sensitive enough to realize that was it. So in a way I didn’t get to say a proper goodbye to him. Instead, I will just play this masterpiece Flute Concerto more often and remember him with more people out there. Death does not stop the beautiful music.⠀
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R.I.P Christopher Rouse, one of the greatest composers of all time.
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This performance was with conductor Yoel Levi and KBS Symphony Orchestra, August 2014
Seoul Arts Center
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