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Thu, October 22, 2020 | 04:03

French pansori singer Laure Mafo shows passion in Korean music

French pansori singer Laure Mafo shows passion in Korean music

These days most people are exposed to Korean culture through the global phenomenon of K-pop or addictive Korean dramas. However, for Cameroonian-born French citizen Laure Mafo, it was pansori, a traditional style of narrative music. Mafo quit her job to fly to Korea to learn it. "I like how pansori tells stories of good triumphing over evil. It is similar to the stories my gr...

Kwon Mee-yoo | 2020-10-15 17:15

'Ghost' director lauds Koreans' sense of responsibility

'Ghost' director lauds Koreans' sense of responsibility

"Ghost," a musical based on the 1990 film of the same name, returned to Korea seven years after its premiere, presenting the timeless love story on stage with a touch of technology and theater magic.

Kwon Mee-yoo | 2020-10-13 17:25

'Music affirms the feeling of being alive,' says pianist Paik Kun-woo

'Music affirms the feeling of being alive,' says pianist Paik Kun-woo

Pianist Paik Kun-woo, 74, spent one year working on a project to learn more about the life and work of Schumann. Last year, the Paris-based artist started studying the music of the German composer and recorded some of his pieces in Tongyeong in May for an album released with Deutsche Grammophon in September. He will start his recitals playing Schumann in nine cities in Korea ...

Park Ji-won | 2020-10-08 15:30

Disney films to be played in orchestral concert

Disney films to be played in orchestral concert

“Disney In Concert: A Dream is a Wish,” an annual concert hosted by Credia and the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, will be held at the art house on Nov. 21 to 22 where songs of hit animated Disney films will be played by orchestras and singers.

Park Ji-won | 2020-10-05 16:45

Park Eun-tae breaks frame in 'Kinky Boots'

Park Eun-tae breaks frame in 'Kinky Boots'

The musical "Kinky Boots" has returned to Korea, this time with a new Lola in Park Eun-tae, who breathes new life into the show which conveys the message of “Be Yourself, Everyone Else Is Already Taken.”The musical tells the story of an unexpected friendship between Charlie, the inheritor of a four generation shoe manufacturing family business, and Lola, a drag queen whose fa...

Kwon Mee-yoo | 2020-09-28 16:00

'Sharing magic is our duty': SSF artistic director

'Sharing magic is our duty': SSF artistic director

Amid cancellations and delays of classical music concerts due to the spread of COVID-19, the 15th Seoul Spring Festival of Chamber Music (SSF) has also been hit hard. The festival had to be delayed from May to October and replace many of its acts due to the difficulties of overseas musicians visiting Seoul. But the artistic director of the festival stressed instead that the 1...

Park Ji-won | 2020-09-27 17:43

Pansori performance 'In a Dream' highlights minor characters

Pansori performance 'In a Dream' highlights minor characters

As a practitioner of pansori, a traditional narrative musical genre, Lee Seung-hee is familiar with the five existing repertoires of pansori - Chunhyangga, Simcheongga, Heungbuga, Sugungga and Jeokbyeokga. Also as a contemporary woman living in the 21st century with a new found focus on women's rights on the agenda in Korea, Lee found some uncomfortable elements in the tradit...

Kwon Mee-yoo | 2020-09-23 16:54

K-pop stars fuel sudden popularity of livestreamed Korean musicals

K-pop stars fuel sudden popularity of livestreamed Korean musicals

Struggling to survive amid the COVID-19 pandemic, theaters are starting to offer musical fans the chance to watch performances via a paid livestreaming service.

Kwon Mee-yoo | 2020-09-09 17:15

Taiwanese musician in Seoul aims to bridge cultures through traditional music

Taiwanese musician in Seoul aims to bridge cultures through traditional music

For Hsu Yun Pei, a 28-year-old traditional Taiwanese musician, Korea has become her new home and new stage. Hsu, who plays a Chinese two-stringed fiddle called an “erhu,” first came to Korea in September 2013 as an exchange student from Taipei National University of the Arts. She studied for a year at Chonnam National University in Korea's southwestern city Gwangju, learning ...

Jung Da-min | 2020-09-02 14:10

National orchestra members investigated for violating ban on side work

National orchestra members investigated for violating ban on side work

Some members of state-run art orchestras are being investigated for violations of a ban on “outside work,” after their alleged private tutoring came to light because they were in contact with students who tested positive for COVID-19.

Park Ji-won | 2020-08-31 16:25

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