South Korean violin prodigy Seol Yoeun speaks to Gulf News

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South Korean violin prodigy Seol Yoeun is ready to wow audiences in the UAE with her debut performance next week. The young violinist gained fame when her mother started uploading her videos playing the violin since she was just two years old. Most of Yoeun’s videos have millions of views. She will be performing at The Theatre, Mall of the Emirates on November 7.  Read the full story here: https://gulfnews.com/friday/art-people/in-conversation-with-10-year-old-violin-prodigy-seol-yoeun-from-south-korea-1.1667569912873  See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km  Subscribe to Gulf News on YouTube and watch more of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/GulfNewsTV  #UAEnews #music #violin

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00:30Hello, I'm Seolhyun, a Korean violinist.

00:43I like to make music while I play.

00:48I started playing the violin when I was three years old.

00:52When I first played the violin, I was too young to remember exactly.

00:59When I first saw the violin, I thought I really wanted to play that instrument.

01:05My mom bought me the first violin I used.

01:10I'm always with my mom, so she keeps listening to music next to me.

01:16But my aunt also loves my music.

01:20I usually practice at home, and my mom teaches me.

01:27But I'm still taking lessons.

01:31I don't go to music school to learn the violin.

01:37I just go to an academy to learn.

01:41I like the French Waxman version of the Caramel Fantasy.

01:48And I like the Biennepsky Caprice No. 4.

01:51It's fun to listen to.

01:54Technically, the Waxman Caramel Fantasy was the most difficult.

01:59But the Mozart Contrast No. 4 was the most difficult.

02:06I like Mozart the most.

02:09Mozart has a lot of neat sounds.

02:13I also like classical music.

02:16I like classical music because it doesn't have a dissonant sound.

02:21For example, if I'm not asked to play a song,

02:28my teacher asks me to play a song.

02:32Or my teacher asks me what song I want to play.

02:38This year, I was planning to play 5 hours a day.

02:45But I couldn't play that much when I came to Dubai.

02:50I love going to school.

02:54And I love playing the violin.

02:58So it wasn't hard for me to do it all at once.

03:03It's much more fun to play the violin in front of people.

03:10I love going to school.

03:13And I love PE and Korean.

03:18But there's no subject that I don't like.

03:21I like playing with the orchestra.

03:25I like the combination of various instruments.

03:30When I play on stage, I get nervous before I start.

03:35Of course, I get nervous when I play.

03:38But I really like and enjoy being nervous.

03:42If I make a mistake while playing,

03:47I can learn the accompaniment again.

03:52So I think I have to learn the accompaniment.

03:55When I played Paganini Caprice No. 2,

04:00a violinist in Korea said

04:04that the song was technically difficult,

04:08but it was really good.

04:10I was asked who I learned the expression from.

04:13I really liked it.

04:15Among my friends,

04:18some of them know that I play the violin.

04:22Some of them are amazed that

04:25their school friends are playing abroad.

04:29Some of them are envious of me.

04:33If I hadn't become a violinist,

04:38I would have wanted to be a designer.

04:42I don't have much time these days,

04:45but I used to like it when I was young.

04:49When I was very young, I played the piano a little.

04:53I recently learned how to play the drum.

04:57There are various sizes of violins.

05:01One of them is broken.

05:05Except for that,

05:11I have four.

05:13I don't think I'll be like that person

05:18when I see someone.

05:22Personally, I like playing the violin.

05:28I was practicing at the violin academy.

05:34That's when he came.

05:37So I took him to the practice room.

05:41He came to my room and we took pictures together.

05:46I like to go to karaoke and sing.

05:51Hello, I'm Kim Soo-jin, a mother of three.

05:56No one in my family has been playing the violin since they were young.

06:02My dad works at a company.

06:05I can't even tune the violin.

06:08I started playing the violin by chance,

06:12but I kept learning.

06:15I thought he liked it because he enjoyed it.

06:20I saw him practicing the violin as soon as he woke up.

06:25I thought he liked it.

06:28No, I didn't plan to make him play music.

06:33If he had just grown up,

06:36I would have made him play the piano when he was six.

06:40When I was pregnant,

06:43I thought it would be nice to do art or dance.

06:47But I ended up playing the violin unexpectedly.

06:53I don't have anything in particular,

06:56but I think it's more motivating to tell him to stop.

07:04He's still young, so I think he needs to see more.

07:10There are so many good musicians.

07:15I think he needs to grow up to see what other musical talents he can appeal to.

07:24At first, I made him play the violin as a hobby.

07:30But one day, he said his dream was to become a violinist.

07:36I don't know if he'll change his dream,

07:39but I think it's his major right now.

07:43He's still young, so he doesn't make a lot of money,

07:48but he spends more.

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