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Thu, June 1, 2023 | 10:32

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 ...

Dong Sun-hwa | 2022-03-16 16:01

Veteran trot singer Na Hoon-a to release new album

Veteran trot singer Na Hoon-a to release new album

Long-time trot legend Na Hoon-a will release a series of new songs in celebration of the 55th anniversary of his musical debut. Titled “Seven-Colored Scent,” the album featuring seven tracks - including “Fighting Match,” “Mother (Wife's Mother),” “Change” and “Wisdom of Love” - will come out on Tuesday, according to his agency Yearah and Yesori.

Park Han-sol | 2022-02-20 14:42

Harvard student transforms Shimcheong into Disney-inspired Korean princess

Harvard student transforms Shimcheong into Disney-inspired Korean princess

"There was no Korean Disney princess so I decided to make my own," Julia Riew wrote as she unveiled a preview of "Dive," a song for her new musical project, "Shimcheong: A Folktale."

Kwon Mee-yoo | 2022-02-09 15:21

Popera singer Lim Hyung-joo reappointed as Grammys' voting member

Popera singer Lim Hyung-joo reappointed as Grammys' voting member

Korean popera singer Lim Hyung-joo has been reappointed as a voting member of the Grammy Awards, his management agency here said Friday.

2022-02-04 15:25

More foreign conductors leading Korean symphony orchestras

More foreign conductors leading Korean symphony orchestras

Since January, Finnish violinist and conductor Pietari Inkinen has been leading the KBS Symphony Orchestra as the new music director, succeeding Romanian-born conductor Yoel Levi. “I want to bring people together and communicate with them through our universal language, music,” Inkinen, who also serves as the chief conductor of the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie and Japan Philha...

Dong Sun-hwa | 2022-01-26 17:23

[INTERVIEW] Music is about savoring, not competing: Hareem

INTERVIEWMusic is about savoring, not competing: Hareem

Most singers release albums regularly - or at least occasionally - throughout their careers. But world music artist Hareem does not. This free-spirited musician has not put out a new album in 18 years, out of the belief that music is not about commercialization and competition, but is more about savoring and sharing. Hareem, whose real name is Choi Hyun-woo, said he did not r...

Dong Sun-hwa | 2022-01-25 09:01

Two orchestras hit sour note vying for official 'national' recognition

Two orchestras hit sour note vying for official 'national' recognition

One of Korea's two leading symphony orchestras has set off a cacophony of sorts after attempting recently to be named as a “national orchestra.”

Park Ji-won | 2022-01-13 17:08

Korean violinist invited to Basel Peace Forum

Korean violinist invited to Basel Peace Forum

Korean violinist Won Hyung-joon will give a speech at the Basel Peace Forum, the first Korean to speak at the event, which promotes peace building initiatives.

Kwon Mee-yoo | 2022-01-12 14:42

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