Kang Moon-suk

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Korean spelling
Hangeul 강문숙

Moon Suk (birth name Kang Moon Suk ; born March 8, 1965 in Gyeongnam Province , South Korea ) is a Berlin-based South Korean soprano , television presenter, actress, poet and voice actress. She has been a German citizen since 2010.

Moon Suk
Moon Suk

Life

The Berliner by choice first studied church music at Ewha Womans University in Seoul and came to Germany in 1989 to study opera singing and singing for lied and oratorio (with a Richard Wagner scholarship ) at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe .

During her studies under Lucretia West and Marga Schiml , she took part in various international master singing courses. a. with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Ingrid Bjoner, Anna Reynolds, Hermann Winkler and arranged recitals and concerts in Austria, Russia, Brazil, France, Switzerland, UK and South Korea. In 1993, after her debut as First Lady in Die Zauberflöte at the Heidenheim Opera Festival , she founded the artist group Pandora and directed it from 1996 to 2000 as a singer and director. In 2003 Moon Suk developed the German / Korean texts for Radio Bremen as well as the concept for improvisation for the world premiere of the opera An unknown time with the inventor of the steel cello, Robert Rutman .

As a voice actress, her best-known speaking role was that of Sun Kwon in the series Lost . The mother of two continues to perform as a soprano, but also pursues very different activities: she has published several books, including an interview / portrait book (with Meret Becker , Erdal Yıldız , Dr. Motte , Judy Winter and Detlev Buck , among others , photographed by Jim Rakete ) and several volumes of poetry. She also works as a dancer, choreographer, performance artist and actress. In 2003 and 2004 she starred in three Tatort episodes and modeled for the hat maker Fiona Bennett .

From 2005 to 2007 she was “cultural ambassador” in the ZDF morning magazine . In the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008, Moon Suk was active as an ambassador in Germany. The aim of the European Commission's campaign was to inform people in all 27 EU countries about the benefits of diversity and to get them excited about intercultural exchange.

On the occasion of her 20-year stay in Germany, the South Korean published her 100-page photo and poetry book Moon Suk - Ich bin ein Koreanerin in 2009 . In 2011 Moon developed her concept of the one-act bonsai opera using Madama Butterfly as an example and appeared in Letters of Butterfly as Geisha Cho-Cho-San alias Butterfly. All other roles, such as that of the maid Suzuki, of the US naval officer Pinkerton, as well as that of the consul Sharpless, were arranged and interpreted by musicians from the Vogler Quartet . The premiere on June 21 of the same year in Homburg / Saarland was celebrated with a standing ovation.

In the same year the artist called Fun-For-Writing e. V. into life. The association sees itself as an inspiration for the fun of writing across all social classes. The association also initiated the nationwide writing competition Federleicht , under the current patronage of the federal chairman of Alliance 90 / The Greens , Cem Özdemir .

In 2012 Moon Suk and the composer Jan Giese finished their work on the CD Seasons . The album combines recitation with classical singing, lounge music with club sound. The twelve titles also include two songs that the director Uta Arning used in her Japanese film Snowchild (2011).

In 2013, two awards of the Federleicht writing competition took place: in January 2013 in the Neukölln Opera for the writing competition in 2012 and in November 2013 in the Otto-Braun-Saal of the Berlin State Library for the writing competition in 2013.

Film / TV / stage

  • 1993 The Magic Flute (as First Lady)
  • 1999 Marienhof (as marriage broker Ms. Pak)
  • 2000 Demolition of a Memory (as Akiko (archer))
  • 2000 Zöeter (as Dr. Hang)
  • 2001 Frau2 is looking for a happy ending (as a cashier)
  • 2001 My Sweet Home (as Mai Lee) Berlinale 2001
  • 2002 The King and I (as Lady Thiang) Opera, London Palladium
  • 2002 God is no Soprano (as a nun)
  • 2003 little sister (as Chinese)
  • 2005 Tatort - A Happiness (as Moon)
  • 2005 Tatort - Abrasions (as Rosalie)
  • 2005 assignment in Hamburg (as Angelique)
  • 2005 ZDF morning magazine
  • 2006 Kroll-Oper (as a foreign singer)
  • 2006 ZDF morning magazine
  • 2007 children, children
  • 2007 ZDF morning magazine
  • 2008 American Tet (as Nuh) etb Theater Berlin
  • 2009 Saarbrücken festival stage , festival day for reunification
  • 2010 Moon's Living Moving Art in collaboration with Kia Motors
  • 2011 Letters of Butterfly, Chamber Music Days Homburg / Saarland (as Cho-Cho-San alias Butterfly)
  • 2012 Opening event: Bread & Butter fashion fair
  • 2012 Reading about Nam June Paik - Kunstmuseum Bochum
  • 2013 1st feather-light writing competition - award ceremony in Neukölln Opera - artistic director
  • 2013 2nd feather-light writing competition - award ceremony in the Otto-Braun-Saal of the Berlin State Library - artistic director

Books

Discography

  • 2003: An Unknown Time (1 title)
  • 2012: Seasons (12 tracks)
  • 2012: Singing is light as a feather! Double music CD producer

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Register of associations of the AG Charlottenburg . VR 31207 (Fun-For-Writing eV)
  2. ↑ Ambassadors Portrait: Kang Moon-suk on interculturaldialogue2008.eu (accessed: September 26, 2008)
  3. ↑ "Madame Butterfly" caused a storm of enthusiasm ( memento of the original from February 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Saarbrücker Zeitung of June 27, 2011  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de
  4. ^ The Queen of Berlin Deutschlandradio Kultur from June 23, 2011
  5. ↑ Writing and winning Der Tagesspiegel from January 14, 2012
  6. ↑ Engaged in Germany ( Memento of the original from October 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from March 26, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.engagiert-in-deutschland.de
  7. ↑ a b Dr. Motte celebrates the language with Moon Suk. Berliner Morgenpost from December 1, 2013
  8. ↑ ZDF-Morgenmagazin ( Memento of the original from December 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from 2007 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bruchmeister.info
  9. ↑ Auto.de: Moon's Living Moving Art April 22, 2010
  10. ↑ Bread & Butter fashion fair opens with a party in Tiergarten Berliner Morgenpost from July 3, 2012
  11. ↑ Art magazine
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Kang is the family name here, Moon-suk is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Kang, moon-suk
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 강문숙 (Korean, Hangeul); Gang, Mun-suk (Revised Romanization); Kang Munsuk (McCune-Reischauer)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean television presenter and all-round artist
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Gyeongnam , South Korea