 U.S. cellist and TV journalist Paula Zahn, center, and the Sejong Soloists perform the “Manha de Carnaval” (Morning of Carnival) by Brazilian composer Luis Bonfa during the 2009 Korea Foundation special concert at Hoam Art Hall in Seoul, Wednesday. / Courtesy of Korea Foundation |
By Kim Se-jeong
Staff Reporter
Paula Zahn, an American TV journalist and cellist, called actress Kim Hye-soo Korea's Angelina Jolie when she met her during a special evening concert at Hoam Art Hall in Seoul, Wednesday.
She hosted the event and played with the Sejong Soloists. When Kim introduced herself, Zahn said, ``Oh, I heard you are Korea's Angelina Jolie. Do you have six kids?" Kim laughed.
Zahn has had a glamorous career as a broadcast journalist with CNN and now PBS.
She said she had covered Korea many times as a journalist, but it was her first time here.
``I was impressed by the warmth of Korean people, and will carry that back with me,'' she told the audience.
To those who are familiar with the Sejong Soloists, a New York-based classical music group, Zahn is rather well known as a cellist. For nine years now, she has appeared at the group's year-end benefit concerts as a host.
She began playing the cello at the age of five. In 1992, she had her debut performance at Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops orchestra. She thanked the Korea Foundation, the organizer of the concert, for giving her the opportunity to travel to Korea.
Other than Kim, actor Park Joong-hoon, foreign ambassadors and other guests also attended the performance, praising Zahn and the Sejong Soloist.
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