- Chin’s first Violin Concerto was written in 2001 and consists of four movements: a fast first movement, a slow lyrical second, a scherzo third, and a fast finale.
- Listen for – Chin’s orchestration for Violin Concerto includes a whopping 23 percussion instruments, including a metal thunder sheet, a stone lithophone, and a gamelan gong.
- Also listen for – Chin develops musical ideas around the four open strings of a violin.
- In 2004, Violin Concerto No. 1 was awarded the Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition.1
Sources
- Matthew Lorenzon, “Deep Listen: Unsuk Chin Violin Concerto,” Australian Broadcasting Corporation (2018), accessed April 22, 2026, https://www.abc.net.au/listen/classic/features/deep-listen-unsuk-chins-violin-concerto/9670730.
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