Building an 'Ulsan sound': Sascha Goetzel's bet on a Korean industrial city

When Austrian conductor Sascha Goetzel was named recipient of the 2026 BBC Music Magazine Award for Orchestral Recording on Wednesday London time, he wasn't in Europe to collect it. The 55-year-old maestro heard the news in Seoul, where he was preparing a performance with the Ulsan Philharmonic Orchestra — the finale of this year's Orchestra Festival organized by the Seoul Arts Center. The winning album, recorded with the Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire on the BIS label, brings together

By The Korea Herald