This recording is an element of the First Prize of the Michael Hill International Violin Competition, won by Suyeon Kang in 2015. The competition aims to recognise and encourage musical excellence and artistry, and to expand performance opportunities for young violinists from all over the world.
Suyeon Kang particularly admires the two composers on this CD, Bartok and Bloch, specifically valuing how they pursued their own paths in music, mixing folk qualities into their compositions and producing repertoire for violin and piano that she describes as “powerful and daring, searching and rebellious.”