2004 Kbs

Among the best-known piano trios, the Eroica Trio is also one of the most successful all-women chamber ensembles in the world. Winners of the 1991 Walter W. Naumburg Chamber Music Competition, the ensemble went on to a successful debut at Lincoln Center and several tours of the United States, Europe, and Asia. The trio quickly gained a reputation for passion and excitement in its performances and for innovative programs.

Chung Chi-Yong is one of most sought-after conductors of his generation in Korea. He studied composition at College of Music, Seoul National University. At that time he conducted contemporary works by Korean composers with Ars Chamber Ensemble. He graduated from conducting class by Michael Gielen in Salzburg Mozarteum, Austria. Chung's success as a conductor was launched in 1986, when he won the International Conducting Competition of the Austrian Broadcasting Cooperation (ORF) in Vienna. After his appearance as guest conductor of Radio Symphony of Leipzig, Munich Symphony, and Michigan State Symphony, he debuted in Seoul with Korean Symphony Orchestra in 1992. In 1998 He was appointed as chief guest conductor of Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and from the following year to 2001 he was music director of the orchestra.

Dmitri Kitayenko directed various orchestras in Moscow before becoming chief conductor of the Moscow Philharmonic in 1976 and subsequently conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of the Hessischer Rundfunk in Frankfurt am Main, from 1990 to 1996. He went on to hold principal positions with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bern Symphony Orchestra, the KBS Symphony Orchestra in Seoul and finally, in addition to his worldwide activities as a guest conductor, was appointed honorary conductor of the Gürzenich Orchestra in Cologne.