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PRESS RELEASEHAHN-BIN SET TO THRILL ELGAR ROOM AUDIENCES ATTHE ROYAL ALBERT HALLOn Sunday 19 February, the virtuoso violinist HAHN-BIN comes to the ElgarRoom at the Royal Albert Hall to enthral audiences with a night of daring andimpressive theatricality. This one-off performance, Till Dawn Sunday, is thelatest instalment of his Renaissance of Classical Music project and takes theaudience on a voyage through the fullest spectrum of emotions with its fourdistinct episodes.Described by HAHN-BIN as "a hybrid music theatre work where a gender-defyingstoryline meets a genre-defying musical kaleidoscope", the show weavestogether the music of over 20 composers and is set to an original narrative.The show features classics including Saint-Saëns' Danse Macabre, Elgar's Salutd’amour and Monti's Csárdás, as well as the evocative film scores of Schindler'sList, The Wizard of Oz, Young Frankenstein, and The Witches of Eastwick.HAHN-BIN, whose name means ‘the shining star’ in Korean, launched theRenaissance of Classical Music in Spring 2010 in an all encompassing projectaiming to bring the quarantined genre into popular culture. Its whirlwind inauguralseason included Soliloquy for Andy Warhol, a solo performance series at TheMuseum of Modern Art; The Five Poisons, a recital project drawn from hisspiritual journey through Tibetan Buddhism; and the world premiere ofChristopher Cerrone's new violin concerto, commissioned for HAHN-BIN by TheNew York Youth Symphony at Carnegie Hall. For this special performance, hewill be joined by the pianist John Blacklow.In describing his new musical odyssey, HAHN-BIN said, “though I’ve always toldstories through the violin, the difference with Till Dawn Sunday is that I have nowbecome the drama. I am now the art. I have a morbid fascination for thosemoments in great films where the soundtrack speaks the unspeakable and in turnreveals truths about the character. I have always been a living cinema, and theviolin, my soundtrack - but this time around, with Till Dawn Sunday, there are nosecrets left untold”Tickets for this must-see event are £14.50. To book, please visitwww.royalalberthall.com or call the Box Office on 020 7589 8212. Doors willopen at 7pm, with the performance due to start at 7.30pm. Cabaret styleunreserved seating on the night.

-ends-For further information contact:Sean Carrigan – Royal Albert Hallseanc@royalalberthall.comTel: 020 7959 0531NOTES TO EDITORSRoyal Albert HallThe Royal Albert Hall is one of the UK’s most treasured and magical buildings,recognisable the world over. It is a registered charity and operates without any publicsubsidy. Since opening in 1871, the Royal Albert Hall has had an unparalleled history ofexceptional performances by the world’s leading artists. Today over 370 events are heldin the Hall’s auditorium each year which include performances of jazz, world music, rockand pop, dance, comedy, film premières and award ceremonies. Audiences of wellover a million are entertained at the Hall each year and many millions more around theworld enjoy the Hall experience through broadcasts, recordings and new mediachannels.The Elgar RoomBuilt to support one of the Hall’s main purposes to promote the advancement of the Arts& Sciences, the West Theatre as this room was originally known, provided space for smalltheatricals and meetings of a scientific or literary nature. From1906 until 1957 it was thehome of the Central School of Speech and Drama where luminaries such as LaurenceOlivier, Vanessa Redgrave, Judi Dench, Virginia McKenna and Harold Pinter receivedtheir training. In 2009 the room was renovated to provide a state of the art performancespace and restaurant. The photographs by David Redfern that adorn the walls areimages of some of the iconic performers who have graced the stage at the Royal AlbertHall.