Won Hyung-joon performed Bach/Gounod’s Ave Maria just outside the hospital room occupied by a family of coronavirus patients
In this video Won Hyung-joon plays the violin just outside a South Korean hospital room occupied by a family, which included a mother, grandmother and three-month-old baby.
Won Hyung-joon was playing his violin at home and broadcasting on social media to comfort people during the coronavirus outbreak, when staff at the arts and healing centre at South Korea’s Myongji hospital asked him if he’d perform for their Covid-19 patients.
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The cellist enjoyed an extensive career in both the US and Korea
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