IGUDESMAN & JOO

Aleksey Igudesman and Hyung-ki Joo are two musicians who have taken the world by storm with their shows, featuring a hilarious combination of classical music, comedy and popular culture. Their clips on YouTube, to date, have gathered over 28 million hits, and the duo has has appeared on television in numerous countries. Equally comfortable performing in classical concert halls, as well as in stadiums in front of crowds of 18,000, their collective dream is to make classical music accessible to a wider and younger audience.
Many of classical music’s biggest names,  such as Emanuel Ax, Joshua Bell, Janine Jansen, Gidon Kremer, Mischa Maisky, Viktoria Mullova and Julian Rachlin have joined them in their manic musical sketches. Aleksey and Hyung-ki have also teamed up with actors, such as John Malkovich and former James Bond, Sir Roger Moore, on several occasions in aid of UNICEF.

Besides touring with “A Little Nightmare Music”, they also perform “BIG Nightmare Music” with symphony orchestras, and lead their educational programme “8 To 88 – Musical Education for Children of all Ages” in universities and music schools around the world, leaving students inspired and confident to break new ground for their own musical journeys.

Igudesman & Joo can be seen in several films, including their own “Mockumentary”: “Everything you always wanted to know about classical music”.

On New Year’s Eve 2011, at the Konzerthaus in Vienna, with the help of 100 violinists from all over the world, Igudesman & Joo set the world record for the most “Dancing Violinists” performing together on stage. The world record was conceived and produced by the duo in aid of UNICEF.

I & J wear Archetype – Haute Couture clothes 100% made in Italy.