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Mon, September 25, 2023 | 06:36

[INTERVIEW] German professor hopes to boost appreciation for Korean traditional music

INTERVIEWGerman professor hopes to boost appreciation for Korean traditional music

Korean history has its fair share of music. However, despite all its deep-rooted traditions, the country's various traditional music genres, known collectively as “gugak,” have been lesser-known compared to more contemporary music trends like K-pop, not only to people abroad, but also many Koreans. But for Anna Yates-Lu, a German-born assistant professor of ethnomusicology in...

2022-05-26 08:43

'Gugak' musicians protest plan to reduce education of traditional music

'Gugak' musicians protest plan to reduce education of traditional music

“Gugak,” or Korean traditional music, has faced many trials and tribulations in the course of its history. During Japan's 1910-45 colonial occupation of Korea, Japan attempted to assimilate Koreans by suppressing gugak, which was important to Koreans' national spirit and identity. Industrialization and westernization prompted Koreans to appreciate more music from other parts ...

2022-05-12 11:54

Renowned bass Youn Kwang-chul sings national anthem at inauguration

Renowned bass Youn Kwang-chul sings national anthem at inauguration

World-class bass Youn Kwang-chul was invited to sing the Korean national anthem during President Yoon Suk-yeol's inauguration ceremony in Seoul, Tuesday, as a symbol of overcoming prejudice and discrimination, according to the presidential transition committee. Youn, together with the Rainbow Choir, consisting of children of multicultural backgrounds, sang the national anthem...

2022-05-10 13:35

Multicultural children's choir opens Yoon's inauguration ceremony

'Music to be played until Russian invasion of Ukraine ends'

'Music to be played until Russian invasion of Ukraine ends'

From Handel's famous aria “Lascia ch'io pianga” to Korean singer Yang Hee-eun's “Morning Dew,” beautiful cello melodies held busy office workers in rapt attention during lunch hour on May 6. The music was from “Concert for Peace,” which is held every weekday at 12:30 p.m. for 30 minutes in front of Ewha Girls' High School in Jeong-dong, central Seoul. The special project was ...

2022-05-10 08:57

Korean National Symphony Orchestra seeks to become 'classical music ambassador'

Korean National Symphony Orchestra seeks to become 'classical music ambassador'

The Korean National Symphony Orchestra (KNSO) will focus on nurturing talent in classical music, not only musicians in Korea but also musicians abroad, with a blueprint to become a “Korean classical music ambassador,” its leaders said, Tuesday. Such a goal and ambition have followed the orchestra obtaining the title of “national” from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Touri...

2022-05-04 14:00

HYBE calls for swift decision on BTS' military exemption

HYBE calls for swift decision on BTS' military exemption

HYBE called on the National Assembly to swiftly reach a decision on BTS' possible exemption from compulsory military service, saying the unresolved issue is causing headaches for its artists.

2022-04-10 16:47

BTS lights up Las Vegas, plays concert for 50,000 fans

HYBE's 'The City' project aims to connect K-pop to major cities

With 'Love Dive,' Ive looks to infuse fresh wind into K-pop industry

With 'Love Dive,' Ive looks to infuse fresh wind into K-pop industry

Rising rookie girl group Ive said Tuesday it would like to bring a fresh wind into the K-pop scene with its just-released new single, "Love Dive."

2022-04-05 20:55

Billie Eilish and Finneas bond and win Oscar for best song

Billie Eilish and Finneas bond and win Oscar for best song

“No Time to Die” is proving a song very much alive at awards shows. The 007 song by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell has won a Golden Globe, a Grammy and now an Oscar for best original song. The sister-and-brother artists thanked the whole Bond team and O'Connell closed the speech with words of gratitude for their parents, saying they had “always been our biggest inspirati...

2022-03-28 20:45

'CODA' wins best picture in a streaming first at the Oscars

Beyonce, Billie Eilish to perform at the Oscars

Beyonce, Billie Eilish to perform at the Oscars

Beyonce, Billie Eilish and Finneas, Reba McEntire and Sebastian Yatra have been booked to perform this year's Best Song nominees at Sunday's 94th Oscars ceremony.

2022-03-23 20:41

[INTERVIEW] Pianist Lim Dong-hyek: 'Most nervous about performing in Korea'

INTERVIEWPianist Lim Dong-hyek: 'Most nervous about performing in Korea'

Listing all the accolades that pianist Lim Dong-hyek has earned during his 20-year career would take a long time, but just to mention a few, he ranked second at the Chopin Competition for Young Pianists in Russia at the age of 12, as the youngest participant that year, and won the fifth prize at the International Busoni Piano Competition in Italy in 2000, before becoming the ...

2022-03-16 16:01

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