[KCC On Stage] Recorder Player Hojin Kwon

14 October 2025 (Tue) 20:00 @ Korean Cultural Center

Free admission / Reservation required

Reservations will open at 2:00 PM on Tuesday, September 23 via the link.

KCC On Stage 2025: Discover 10 Korean Performing Arts at the KCC!

From early to contemporary music, recorder player Hojin Kwon takes the stage at the Korean Cultural Center in Belgium for a concert filled with ‘In:Spir-Ation’!

Hojin Kwon, who won both the Second Prize and the Audience Prize at the 2021 MA Competition in Bruges, is a rising artist in the international music scene. Her performances, which have been featured on prestigious European broadcasters such as BBC Radio 3 and SRF 2 Kultur, captivate audiences as she explores a wide-ranging repertoire from early music to contemporary and improvisational works.

Joining her on stage is harpsichordist Mélanie Flores, a winner at the 2022 International Bach Competition in Leipzig. As fellow members of the ensemble 'Sonorità,' the two have already demonstrated their perfect chemistry. This concert will present a diverse tapestry of melodies, weaving together the profound depth of early music and a modern sensibility through the beautiful dialogue between the recorder and the harpsichord.

Hojin Kwon, recorder

Mélanie Flores, harpsichord

[Program] In:Spir-Ation

Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)

Sonata No. 10 in F major, Op. 5 (Rome, 1700)

Preludio: Adagio

Allemanda: Allegro 

Sarabanda: Largo 

Gavotta: Allegro 

Giga: Allegro

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)

Vestiva i Colli with diminution by Francesco Rognoni (Milan, 1620)

(published in Selva de varii passaggi secondo l’uso moderno, per cantare e suonare con ogni sorte de stromenti, divisa in due parti)

Johan Huys (b. 1942)

Ceci n’est pas une passacaille, for a two-manual harpsichord (2018)

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Sonata in F major, BWV 1016 (orig. in E Major)

Adagio 

Allegro 

Adagio ma non tanto 

Allegro

Conrad Steinmann (b. 1951)

Remember (Winterthur, 1994)

Paolo Benedetto Bellinzani (1682-1757)

Sonata No. 12 in D minor, Op. 3 (Venice, 1720) 

Largo 

(untitled)

Cembalo solo per respiro del Flauto

Follia (Adagio - Allegro)

* Hojin Kwon (recorder)

Hojin Kwon is a recorder player who actively performs across Europe and Asia as a soloist and chamber musician. In 2021, she was awarded the Second Prize and the Audience Prize at the prestigious MA Competition in Bruges, where her performance was described as "a true fireworks display — emotionally rich and artistically refined". As a founding member of the ensembles Sonorità and Las Lunas, she explores a broad spectrum of historical and contemporary repertoire. After studying at the Korea National University of Arts, she continued her studies at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, completing her degrees with the highest honors. She currently teaches at the Musikschule Konservatorium Zurich.

* Mélanie Flores (harpsichord)

Mélanie Flores is a Mexican harpsichordist, choral conductor, and educator. In 2022, she was an award winner at the International Bach Competition in Leipzig. She has performed as a soloist and ensemble member at prestigious festivals across Europe and Mexico, including Jeunes Talents in Paris and the Fringe Festival Oude Muziek in Utrecht. Flores has appeared with the Venice Baroque Orchestra and participated in numerous opera productions. As a member of Sonorità and Las Lunas, she has a long-standing musical partnership with Hojin Kwon. She holds master's degrees in performance and pedagogy from the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.