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America/Beautiful

Performers:

  • Stephen Costello

  • Yoon Kwon Costello

  • Min Kwon

Label:

  • Delos
  • Release date:  08/05/2026

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America/Beautiful is a five-part collection conceived, written, and recorded by pianist and music educator Min Kwon. It comprises 76 new piano works by American composers, inspired by "America the Beautiful." Kwon brings together an impressive diversity of individual voices within a cohesive musical vision that invites us to experience the United States as a living, ever-evolving cultural idea. The result is a deeply moving musical tapestry—a sonic portrait of the nation in all its complexity. The overall picture is not a tightly woven narrative, but a polyphonic one: different perspectives that question and reshape the American experiment, held together by the motto E pluribus unum ("Out of many, one"). As Kwon himself notes: "Despite all the difficulties we face, there remains a profound beauty, humanity, and possibility in this country." Delos is the ideal partner for this bold, ambitious, and unique artistic venture, and with this release honors the 250th anniversary of the United States.

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