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Thank you. Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen.
This is such a great pleasure for me to be here
and to meet you here in Kyoto.
I am the i-Violiner Ji-Hae Park.
I can see everybody is wondering what this word means.
That word is invented by me.
"i" means like in iPhone or iPad
something new, creative, innovative,
multi-functional, entertaining and customer-friendly.
Now, the "violiner" part:
usually a person who plays the violin is called a violinist,
but with that word I wanted to express my wish
to not only play a musical instrument
but hopefully share my music and my life and my message
through this instrument as a tool.
Me personally, I have put in every ounce of my energy into the violin
to become a successful violinist one day.
In that process, I missed out many things but also gained a lot.
One of the losses is that I lost my gratitude and happiness.
I suffered from severe depression, and I hated the violin,
which made my life so deeply distressed.
This severe depression made me totally dejected
and even think of death.
However, I never imagined that this time of suffering could be my turning point.
This time became to me an opportunity
to experience how the music restored my soul in the midst of hardship.
And now, I am standing in front of you
and I'm trying to use this violin as my tool to share this amazing power
with anyone who has a heart to listen.
I'm desparately trying my best to remove any prejudice
of where and what piece a classical violinist should play.
Like the piece I just played,
it was originally Vivaldi's Spring but in one and only version in the world
from the "Baroque in Rock" album by Universal Music.
It was a new way of combining 300-year-old Baroque classical music
with the energetic sound of rock to maximize the impact
of the original piece.
But I am still a classical violinist.
Just in case you get confused after this rock in music,
I am just tyring my best to fuilfill
the functions of what the i-Violiner should have.
To the end, I'd like to dedicate a classical piece to you.
It starts like a lament, full of grief and sorrow
but after reaching its darkest point,
it changes to be so happy, bright, powerful and bursting with energy.
Like this music, I sincerely wish and hope
that you will recognize whatever troubles and hard times you may be going through,
it will now actually open many doors to your new life.
Let me introduce you, finally,
to one of the most famous classical pieces in the world.
Here is Zigeunerweisen by Sarasate. Thank you.
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