About this Event
These organ recitals are part of the programs for the American Guild of Organists 2024 National Convention headquartered in San Francisco from June 30 to July 4, 2024. These recitals are open to the public, and tickets are not required. The program offered twice – first from 2:00P to 2:45P, and again from 3:30P to 4:15P.
Dong-ill Shin has been hailed as “one of the world’s most promising talents of his generation” (Echo Republicain, France) and as having “formidable discipline and considerable musicality” (Dallas Morning, USA) and “an amazing technique, sensibility, and talent” (ABC, Spain). Shin is a prize winner of international competitions such as the Musashino-Tokyo International Organ Competition, the Prague Spring International Music Festival and Competition, the St. Albans International Organ Competition, and the Grand Prix de Chartres. He held music positions for over 10 years in the USA before moving back to his native South Korea in 2011. He is currently Professor of Organ and University Organist at Yonsei University, Seoul.
Mr. Shin’s program includes Grande Pièce Symphonique by César Franck, the world premiere of Diptych on “Veni Creator Spiritus” by Texu Kim (commissioned by the San Francisco 2024 AGO National Convention), and Prelude and Fugue on the Name B–A–C–H (S 260) by Franz Liszt.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Cathedral of Christ the Light, 2121 Harrison Street, Oakland, United States
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