Hypochondriasis for Piano (2015)

Hypochondriasis for Piano PROGRAM NOTE:
Hypochondriasis refers to worry about having a serious illness, also known as health phobia or illness anxiety disorder. In hypochondriasis, the patient doubts and distrusts the doctors’ diagnosis, and a doctor’s reassurance about their complete medical evaluation is unconvincing.
The piece depicts the patients’ feelings such as fear, anxiety and disbelief. The rhythmic and thematic (including specific pitch sets) materials represent this emotional complexity in the context of “doctor shopping.” Many short musical gestures are agitated, fugitive, and aggressive, yet they are also emotional, expressive and dramatic. These active motions seek a solution. Each of the six short movements contains their own motivic ideas, but are always unified to a central point. A certain pitch, such as D#, represents the positive desire of the mind.

DURATION: ca. 7’40’’

PUBLICATION:
  • Published in Abundant Silence, December 2017       https://www.abundantsilence.org/
             ISBN 978-1-938818-66-0
            https://www.abundantsilence.org/store/p60/Hypochondriasis_by_Nahyun_Kim.html
        
PERFORMANCE:
  • Performed on March 4th, 2019 by Pianist Redi Llupa at the University of North Texas in Denton​
  • Won the 2018 Kaleidoscope MusArt Call for Scores and was performed on ​February 16, 2019, at the FÜR ELISE…ON EDGE of the Kaleidoscope MusArt “Odyssey” Season at the Steinway Piano Gallery, Miami, FL
  • Interview with Kaleidoscope MusArt: see here
  • Performed on February 7th, 2019 by Pianist  Redi Llupa at Metropolitan State University in Denver
  • Performed on March 1, 2018 by Pianist Jonathan Levin at the Music by Women Festival at the Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, Mississippi 
  • Won the 2017 Composition Contest and Performed on January 27th, 2018 by Pianist Jessica Nilles at the 2018 Abundant Silence New Works Concert, Denver, Colorado
              Watch the New Works Concerts live stream (performance video - at 1:11:25)
  • Performed on April 25, 2017 by Pianist Minju Choi for her Piano Recital at Indianapolis Landmarks Center, Indiana
  • Performed on February 27, 2017 by Pianist Minju Choi for the Faculty Recital at the University of Indianapolis, Indiana
  • Performed on February10th, 2017 by Pianist Minju Choi at the 2017 TUTTI Festival at Denison University, Ohio
  • Premiered on July 22nd, 2015 by Pianist Jenny Lin at the 2015 Valencia International Performance Academy and Festival, Valencia, Spain​
Link to recording:
https://soundcloud.com/nkim-2/hypochondriasis-for-piano?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing​Hypochondriasis for Piano
​Performed by Pianist Jenny Lin 
Link to videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp6fcZWK6fM&list=PLfB7yzMl4-MZ35MUPgqVzjbzf1VLbpNhY&index=195&t=0s
Performed by Pianist Redi Llupa 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ljlkf6l5jtc0114/Music%20by%20Women%20Festival-Nahyun%20Kim.mp4?dl=0
​Performed by Pianist Jonathan Levin