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CNN to broadcast concert in Seoul honoring Hyundai Group's founder
A scene from a CNN "Showtime" episode featuring a memorial concert held in February at Seoul Arts Center to mark the 25th anniversary of the death of Hyundai Group founder Chung Ju-yung. Courtesy of Hyundai Motor Group
By Jhoo Dong-chan
A memorial concert held in February for late Hyundai Motor Group founder Chung Ju-yung will be broadcast globally through CNN's "Showtime" program, Hyundai Motor Group said Wednesday.
The episode airs Saturday at 4:30 p.m. on CNN International, reaching viewers worldwide.
The concert, held Feb. 25 at Seoul Arts Center's Concert Hall to mark the 25th anniversary of Chung's death, brought together four of Korea's most celebrated pianists — Kim Sun-wook, Sunwoo Ye-kwon, Cho Seong-Jin and Lim Yun-chan — under the theme "Resonance Continued."
Chung Ju-yung, who died in 2001, founded what became one of Korea's largest industrial conglomerates, with interests spanning automobiles, shipbuilding and construction.
CNN's "Showtime" is a TV series that goes behind the scenes of major global events. The episode covers not only the concert itself but also rehearsals, backstage preparation and the craftspeople who made the performance possible.
The program includes footage from Steinway & Sons' factory in Queens, New York, where more than 12,000 parts are assembled over roughly a year to produce a single grand piano. It also follows the tuning of the four concert grand pianos at Seoul Arts Center, spotlighting Lee Jong-yeol, Korea's first master-certified piano tuner, whose work was described as essential to the concert's sound.
The concert opened with Kim Sun-wook and Cho Seong-Jin performing Schubert's Fantasy in F minor for Piano Four Hands, D.940, followed by Sunwoo Ye-kwon and Lim Yun-chan performing Rachmaninoff's Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos, Op.17.
The evening closed with all four pianists performing Wagner's "Tannhäuser Overture" and Liszt's "Hexameron," both arranged for four pianos.
Hyundai Motor Group said the broadcast is expected to convey the concert's message to a global audience and reflect the values of collaboration and innovation associated with its founder.
This article was published with the assistance of generative AI and edited by The Korea Times.