At 80, pianist Paik Kun-woo feels lifetime too short for musician

“This selection embraces the beginning and the end of my life as a pianist,” Paik Kun-woo told reporters at a press conference Monday ahead of his nationwide recital tour. The selection certainly reflects Paik's beginnings: Sonata No. 13 was the very first Schubert piano sonata he ever studied. Sonata No. 20, meanwhile, is a piece the pianist had long set aside, unable to find his way in. But does it signify an end? Not quite. “For musicians, retirement simply has no meaning,” he said. “There ar

By The Korea Herald