Kim Se-hwang is a South Korean guitarist, singer-songwriter and arranger.
16 Facts About Kim Se-hwang
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Kim Se-hwang's father was a South Korean diplomat and the family was stationed in Washington, DC from 1974 to 1986.
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Kim Se-hwang liked 70's guitar music such as Santana and Jeff Beck and made music education a part of Sehwang's childhood.
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Kim Se-hwang said he grew up in a family environment "filled with a desire for unification" because his father was from Hamhung, a city in North Korea, which helped him develop his personality as a musician who seeks a peaceful consensus.
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Kim Se-hwang returned to South Korea in 1986, after twelve years in America, and started his career in the early nineties.
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Kim Se-hwang debuted with his own rock band named "Downtown" in 1991.
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Kim Se-hwang accepted the offer and remained with them until they disbanded in early 1998.
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Kim Se-hwang performed with the band again on August 8,2015, for their last appearance at the Pentaport Rock Festival, along with band members Kim Young-seok and Lee Su-yong, and other musicians, for a special post-humous tribute to their leader Shin Hae Cheol, who had died on October 27,2014.
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Kim Se-hwang has performed and collaborated with musicians including Joe Lynn Turner and Deep Purple, Stuart Hamm, Scott Henderson, Guthrie Govan, Martin Taylor, Akira Jimbo, Steve Vai, Loudness, Lee Ritenour and Vinnie Moore.
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Kim Se-hwang has performed for and represented brands such as Orange Amp, Yamaha, Boss, Roland, D'Addario, Carvin, EMG, Tronical, Suhr Guitars and Gibson.
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Kim Se-hwang expanded his musical career with a crossover between rock and roll and classical music on June 23,2011 with the release of his album Vivaldi: The Four Seasons with the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Kim Se-hwang said he had always liked Vivaldi's concerto, which he often heard his mother play, as a child.
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Kim Se-hwang kept postponing attempting it himself until his interest was revived in May 2010 when he performed a duet on the SBS program Stocking with electronic violinist Eugene Park, who played the legendary concerto.
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Kim Se-hwang described preparing for the album, practicing twelve hours a day with the passion of middle schooler learning guitar.
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Kim Se-hwang said he wanted to mitigate the difference between the sound of the violin, which has no breaks, with the guitar, which is quite different.
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Kim Se-hwang was the first Korean performer at the NAMM Show in Anaheim, California in 2013 In 2014, he donated his signature red Yamaha Pacifica Artist Custom "Kim Se Hwang" guitar for display at the Guitar Center store when he was inducted into "Hollywood's RockWalk", alongside those of guitarists Eddie Van Halen, Steve Lukather, Kirk Hammett and Slash, among others.