Love Is Just A Dream - Claude Choe

Love Is Just A Dream

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Claude Choe

Romantic sentiment shining through exquisite melodies

As an accomplished composer, producer, classical guitarist, and a conductor Choe has captivated an audience worldwide with his soul-touching melodies for over two decades.

Choe started composing and performing at an early age studying with his inspirational parents; a university professor and violinist father and mother. Choe received numerous awards for his compositions starting early in his musical career.

His music has been widely heard and loved as main theme music for film and television dramas, particularly for "Love is Just a Dream" and "As I leave" sung by the world renowned Warner Classic artist soprano Sumi Jo.

The Salerno International Film Festival of Italy awarded Choe with The Best Film Music in ´93. In 2002, he participated in the opening ceremony music for the World Cup. Also, Claude's musical career took on a grander scale in 2003 as he became the musical producer of the Korea-America 100th Immigration anniversary album.

Choe conducted the Washington Symphony Orchestra and its chorus at a first musical concert ever held inside the Capitol Washington D.C in 2003. In the same year, he produced the concert "We Are Together" celebrating Canada's multiculturalism with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra and its 120 singer festival chorus.

He was the first Asian artist to conduct the legendary Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia in its 170 year history. Also, he conducted Calgary Philharmonic orchestra for the Asian Heritage Day in Canada.

His music has been recorded and conducted at the Carnegie Hall and the Abbey Road studio, Leningrad Concert hall, and Jack Singer Concert hall with world renowned orchestras including the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, St. Luke Philharmonic Orchestra, Washington Symphony Orchestra and the London Symphony Orchestra.