Q1. How did you get to
participate in this production?
I am on the faculty of opera program at
Mennes College of Music. For some lucky reasons,
we have some Korean students in Mennese. I have
worked with them and admired their singing. By
chance, I have happened to be friends with some
of them. Im is one of them and when he asked me
if I was interested in the project and I said
I was. I thought it would be very interesting
and worthy effort.
Q2. How did you compose of the orchestra?
It is not a particular orchestra. It is
just a pick-up orchestra. In New York, you can
compose of a very good pick-up orchestra because
there are a lot of good players.
Q3. How many members will there be in
your orchestra?
It is about 32. And good players found
other good players through word-of-mouth. They
are all playing in New York City.
Q4. Personally, what do you think about
Popera, RAIN?
As an artist, I am basically not very political.
But I felt this is the time to try to be a little
more political. to try to make a statement to
help other people make a statement about solving
the problem between South and North Korea. So
I want to become involved in some way, I thought,
I could help.
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