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Jeseok Bang is a South Korean classical guitarist who, while still a teenager, won a series of major international competitions. In 2018, at age 18, he became the youngest-ever winner of the Iserlohn International Guitar Competition, one of the largest guitar competitions in Europe, and also won the Nürtingen International Guitar Competition. He placed joint second at the Andrés Segovia International Competition for Young Guitarists, performing Rodrigo’s Tres Piezas Españolas.

Beyond performing, Bang is also active as a composer; his work “Hommage à Julian Bream” (2020) has been performed at competitions and concerts to enthusiastic response, and he has continued to build a reputation among young guitarists as both interpreter and composer.

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Partita No. 2 in D minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1004: Allemande and Gigue (transcribed for guitar by Tilman Hoppstock)— J. S. Bach, arr. Tilman Hoppstock
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Caprichos de Goya No. 18: El Sueño de la Razón Produce Monstruos— Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
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