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Heavy rain-caused deaths stand at 14; number of missing revised down to 4
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‘Squid Game’ star Jung Ho-yeon to appear in The Weeknd’s new music video
Apr 3, 2022
South Korean model and actor Jung Ho-yeon, who rose to global stardom in the Netflix hit series “Squid Game,” will appear in the music video of Canadian singer-songwriter the Weeknd. The Weeknd posted a photo of the two holding hands in an elevator on his social media, Friday, hinting that the music video for “Out of Time” is set to be released Tuesday. “Out of Time” is a track from the pop sin...
Violinist E.S. Kim to play through 300 years of violin history
Apr 2, 2022
Violinist Edwin E.S. Kim is embarking on an unprecedented journey with 30 concerts, collectively titled “Dots and Lines,” aiming to explore 300 years of violin history. “By mathematical definition, a point is a place in space; a line is a set of points, and a surface is a set of lines,” Kim said during a press conference Tuesday. “I thought it would be intriguing to showcase how the works of gre...
Musical ‘Kpop’ featuring Luna to hit Broadway
Mar 31, 2022
“Kpop,” an original musical about what it takes to be a K-pop star, is hitting Broadway in October after five years as a smaller scale show that has grown in popularity in tandem with the global rise of Korean music. “Kpop” premiered as an immersive off-Broadway show in the fall of 2017. The production received the 2018 Richard Rodgers Award, three Lucille Lortel Awards, including best musical, ...
[Herald Interview] World’s top DJ hopes to work with BTS
Mar 31, 2022
The DJ made his first visit to Korea in December last year, even shooting the song’s music video with Kim and Son at Suwon Hwaseong Fortress, which was designated as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site for its historical value. He felt it was a “natural fit” to bring together their sounds on the project. He is seeking a greater opportunity to expand his base in Korea, where he can link up with...
[Herald Interview] Clarinetist Cho Sung-ho to bring rare Baroque pieces to stage
Mar 29, 2022
Clarinet player Cho Sung-ho discovered his passion for wind instruments when he played the recorder for the first time in fifth grade. He had been exposed to music from an early age by his mother who was a piano teacher, and by his maternal grandfather who was a professional violinist. “For some reason that I couldn’t pinpoint, I wasn’t a big fan of the violin or the piano, but once I played the...
[Herald Interview] Artist Lang Lee sings about the less fortunate, the weak
Mar 29, 2022
Lang Lee highlighted the bleak side of the Korean music scene where even an award-winning musician faces extreme financial difficulties. “Artists should get reasonable payments when they share thoughts or deliver performances in front of an audience. It’s our ‘paid work,’” she said, suggesting that she should be paid 300,000 won for media interviews, like the one conducted with The Korea Herald....
[Herald Interview] Chin Unsuk returns to Korea to lead 20-year-old Tongyeong International Music Festival
Mar 28, 2022
Her creative process is well known. She only handwrites her compositions and conducts the entire creative process only in her head. In addition, she said the title of each piece is as important as the music itself. “I would say 30 percent of my energy is put into the naming of the piece,” she added. Chin was born in Gimpo in 1961. She taught herself piano at a young age before studying at Seoul...
Rising above obstacles, Tongyeong International Musical Festival marks 20 years
Mar 25, 2022
Even though a few performances were canceled and last-minute changes were made up until the opening day, this year’s TIMF will feature more than 20 unique programs during over nine days under the theme of “Vision in Diversity,” which the director said will be the underlying motif that she will continue to keep in her mind. “Music is a communication tool that goes beyond the boundaries of everyth...
[From the Scene] ‘2022 Special Concert for World Peace’ presents hopes for world peace, harmony
Mar 23, 2022
After the audience showed their appreciation for the veteran artist and his emotional performance, SPO performed the last piece of the night, “New World Symphony in Pops,” a reinterpretation of Dvorak’s “From the New World.” Applause filled the concert hall, bringing out “Hand in Hand,” the official song of the 1988 Seoul Olympics, as an encore. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the ...
Cellist Mischa Maisky and daughter to perform in Korea
Mar 23, 2022
Cellist Mischa Maisky is coming back to South Korea for the first time in five years, with three recitals in April and May. The cellist will be accompanied by pianist Lily Maisky, who is also his daughter. Maisky and his daughter will kick off a three-concert series at Gunsan Arts Center in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province, on April 29. After performing at the Seoul Arts Center on May 1, the duo w...
[Herald Interview] Seoul Pops Orchestra violinists Sergiy Salo and Olga Knyazeva seek to deliver message of world peace, harmony
Mar 22, 2022
Ukrainian and Russian colleagues believe music, culture stronger than politics and war
Three leading string quartets come together for spring concert
Mar 22, 2022
Violinists Jeon Chae-ann and Kim Dong-hwi, violist Jang Yoon-sun and cellist Park Seong-hyeon make up Arete Quartet which was founded in 2019. The ensemble is this years Kumho Rising Star. The four members are students at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich. Last year, Arete Quartet won the 2021 Prague Spring Festival Competition’s Viktor Kalabis and Zuzana Ruzickova Prize, awarded...
’Can’t Stop This Party’ a new challenge for singer-songwriter Seori
Mar 22, 2022
In May 2020, Seori made a splash debut, coming to global spotlight with her first EP “?depacse ohw.” Among her fans, she has been dubbed the “Korean Billie Eilish.” “I grew up listening to Avril Lavigne’s songs. She has been one of my favorite musicians who led me to become who I am as a singer-songwriter. She has been the object of my envy as an artist,” she said. The singer-songwriter is reco...
Hybe, FNC to kick off series of US auditions in April
Mar 21, 2022
FNC will also hold a series of in-person auditions in the US, starting next month. The upcoming audition, titled “2022 FNC Pick Up Stage: USA Tour,” will take place in six cities sixteen times. It will begin in Seattle on April 18-19 and continue traveling to San Francisco on April 20-21, Los Angeles on April 22-24, and New Jersey and New York on April 28-May 1. Anyone born between 2003 and 2010...
The Korean Symphony Orchestra officially adds ‘national’ lable to its name
Mar 18, 2022
The Korean Symphony Orchestra on Friday is officially adding “national” into its name following the culture minister’s approval earlier this month. The name change for the orchestra, which is under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, has been pushed for several years, but faced opposition from the KBS Symphony Orchestra, which was once the National Symphony Orchestra. Despite being an ...
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