Amadéus Leopold Explained

Amadeus Leopold
Birth Name:	Hanbin Yoo
Birth Place:	Seoul, South Korea
Birth Date:	3 August 1988
Nationality:	American
Alma Mater:	The Juilliard School

Amadéus Leopold (born 3 August 1988) is an American classical music artist.

Early life and education

Born Hanbin Yoo in Seoul, Leopold began playing the violin at age five and made his orchestral debut five years later with the Seoul Philharmonic.^[1] He immigrated to the U.S. at age 11 and made his international debut the following year in Los Angeles at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards as the solo performer chosen to honor Isaac Stern. He was subsequently awarded the loan of Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesu from the Stradivari Society of Chicago and made his concerto debut appearances with the Pacific Symphony and the San Diego Symphony in Southern California.^[2] He attended middle school at the Crossroads School in Santa Monica while taking violin lessons with Robert Lipsett at The Colburn School.^[3]

Leopold began his studies in New York at age 13 with Itzhak Perlman through The Perlman Music Program.^[4] At 14, he recorded a recital disc titled Haze for Universal Music Korea, featuring works for violin and piano by Arvo Pärt, Leoš Janáček, and Francis Poulenc.^[5] He attended Professional Children's School in Manhattan and continued his studies with Itzhak Perlman at The Juilliard School until 2009.^[3] As first-prize winner at the 49th Annual Young Concert Artists International Auditions, he made his New York recital debut at Zankel Hall in October 2009.^[6]

Leopold adopted his current name in 2012, having been previously billed as Hahn-Bin.

Solo classical performances

• Grammy Awards, 42nd Annual Grammy Awards, Salute to Classical Music honoring Isaac Stern (2000)
• Musée du Louvre, Auditorium du Louvre (2008)^[7]
• Carnegie Hall, Zankel Hall (2009)^[6]
• The Kennedy Center, Terrace Theater (2009)^[8]
• The Museum of Modern Art, Soliloquy for Andy Warhol (2011)^{[9] [10]}
• Carnegie Hall, Isaac Stern Auditorium, New York Youth Symphony (2011)^[11]
• The Stone, Presented by Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson (2011)^[12]
• Hammer Museum, Billy Wilder Theater (2011)^[3]
• The Museum of Modern Art, The Atrium, Tzigane (2011)^{[13] [14]}
• Seattle Symphony, Benaroya Hall, Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto (2012)^[15]
• Lincoln Center, Orchestra of St. Lukes, Alice Tully Hall (2012)^{[16] [17]}
• LongLake Festival Lugano, Palazzo dei Congressi, Switzerland (2012)^[18]
• Latitude Festival, Presented by Royal Albert Hall, U.K. (2012)^[19]
• Melbourne Festival, Melbourne Recital Centre, Australia (2012)^[20]
• UCLA, Center for the Art of Performance, Royce Hall (2013)
• Southbank Centre, Yoko Ono's Meltdown Festival, Queen Elizabeth Hall (2013)^[21]

Notes and References

1. https://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2012/08/29/160236974/violinist-hahn-bin-a-new-name-a-modern-look-and-a-very-old-sound Violinist Hahn-Bin: A New Name, A Modern Look — And A Very Old Sound | NPR
2. http://weeklywire.com/ww/07-03-00/chicago_a.html/ Night Music
3. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-xpm-2011-mar-17-la-et-hahn-bin-20110317-story.html Los Angeles Times | Violinist Hahn-Bin has an antidote for 'The Five Poisons'
4. http://www.wqxr.org/#!/story/175339-visual-violinist/ The Visual Violinist - WQXR
5. http://www.yesasia.com/us/hahn-bin-john-blacklow-haze/1004031676-0-0-0-en/info.html HAZE | YesAsia
6. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/10/arts/music/10hahn.html The New York Times | Back and Forth Between Old and New
7. http://www.louvre.fr/12h30hahn-bin-violonjohn-blacklow-piano/ Louvre Museum | Hahn-Bin, violin
8. http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2009/10/hahn-bin-and-his-mohawk.html The Washington Post | Virtuoso Makes Striking Terrace Debut
9. http://www.moma.org/explore/multimedia/videos/148/894/ MoMA | Andy Warhol: Motion Pictures
10. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/24/fashion/24HAHNBIN.html The New York Times | Hahn-Bin Straddles Classical Music and Fashion
11. http://www.nbc.com/news-sports/today-show/2011/04/violin-prodigy-is-viagra-to-classical-music/ NBC Today Show | Violin Prodigy is Viagra to Classical Music
12. http://thestonenyc.com/calendar.php?month=-35 The Stone | Calendar
13. Web site: Vogue.com Art House . 3 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131006152100/http://www.vogue.com/parties/moma-volkswagen-ps1-celebratory-dinner/ . 6 October 2013 . dead . dmy-all .
14. http://artforum.com/diary/id=28331/ Artforum.com | Take a Bow
15. http://seattletimes.com/html/thearts/2017581207_asia24.html The Seattle Times | Violinist Hahn-Bin at home with Bowie, Tchaikovsky
16. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/11/arts/music/young-concert-artists-with-hahn-bin-at-alice-tully-hall.html The New York Times | A Convergence of Blood, Sweat, Tears and Tchaikovsky
17. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/16/arts/music/hahn-bin-paul-lewis-and-philharmonic-years-highlights.html The New York Times | Violinist With Flag, Film With Diva, Allegory of Aging
18. http://issuu.com/dge.lugano/docs/longlake-festival-lugano/37 Longlake Festival Lugano
19. Web site: Royal Albert Hall Hahn-Bin at the Latitude Festival . 13 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131010064712/http://life.royalalberthall.com/2012/07/hahn-bin-at-the-latitude-festival/ . 10 October 2013 . dead . dmy-all .
20. Web site: Melbourne Festival Till Dawn Sunday . 3 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140103133738/http://tickets.melbournefestival.com.au/single/eventDetail.aspx?p=115 . 3 January 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
21. Web site: Amadéus Leopold Southbank Centre . 12 July 2013 . 22 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130622051714/http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/amadeus-leopold-74245 . dead .