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The Accidental Classical Music Aficionado: My Name is Fermata

Author

Dongwook Shin

Publisher

SANZINI

Categories

Literature & Fiction

Audience

Adult

Overseas Licensing

Keywords

Copyright Contact

Kang Sugeul

  • Publication Date

    2021-07-01
  • No. of pages

    224
  • ISBN

    9788965457350
  • Dimensions

    110 * 178
Overview

A collection of essays by a classical music aficionado in his twenties.

Book Intro

A collection of essays by a classical music aficionado in his twenties. The author reveals through this book just how obsessed he is with classical music. This book is a guide for anyone unsure what they like to find what that thing is, and what it is really like to be passionate about something. The author’s affection for classical music pops out in all sorts of places like cafés, libraries, even in the alternative service work he does instead of his military service. Classical music enriches his life, and through it, the author shows how people can find a slower pace in life, a more variegated daily routine, and a good hobby.

 

The author is currently studying to be an elementary school teacher. Just like El Sistema in Venezuela helps disadvantaged children find purpose through classical music, he dreams of setting up a Korean version of El Sistema. This book shows how this aspiring teacher uses classical music as a bridge between himself and the children he teaches. He describes watching children fall in love with classical music, which gives him hope for the future of this musical genre.

 

As classical music’s listener base shrinks, the author is seeking a “mainstream-ification” of classical music. He writes regularly in his blog, and that’s how this book was first discovered. Classical music is thought to be boring and difficult, a special kind of music for the elite. This young listener tries to cut through the prejudice and bring forth good music that has been neglected, showing us that sometimes the oldest and most worn music can at the same time be pleasing and relaxing. Anyone who reads how he came to love classical music is sure to fall in love with it themselves.

About the Author

Dongwook Shin



When Dongwook Shin was young, he enjoyed watching CDs slide into CD players and would make a game of putting in CDs from a set of thirty classical albums. With this first brush with classical music, he is now a twenty-five-year-old who especially loves orchestral music, and is studying to become an elementary school teacher.

Using the pen-name fermata, which is a musical notation meaning “lengthen the note,” the author hopes to put the brakes on his rather hectic personality and try to smell the roses once in a while.

It is his mission to show us how classical music is not far from where we are, that it lives right next to us. He runs a blog and a YouTube channel to that effect, trying to spread the charm of classical music.

Recommendation

Choi Youngmi, Seoul Education University Music Education Professor: I hear music when I meet Dongwook Shin. No matter where he is in the world, he is happiest when he is with music; I’m sure such a person would be a great storyteller when it comes to music.


Lee Younghwan, Kairos Percussion Ensemble music director: Music goes beyond the concert hall, beyond classrooms in its influence in our lives. I hope this book becomes a bridge between readers and classical music.


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