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Concerts, museums and theater

Classical Concerts Vienna Strauss Festival Orchestra New Year’s Concert Seoul Arts Center* Jan. 18 The Vienna Strauss Festival Orchestra, founded in 1978, will perform with soprano Im Sun-hae in its fourth performance in Korea. The orchestra has been touring throughout Europe, Asia and America with a wide repertoire. Tickets cost 40,000 to 150,000 won. Call (02) 599-5743. Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Seoul Arts Center* Feb. 21-22 The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (RCO) will perform on Feb. 21-22 under the baton of renowned Korean conductor Chung Myung-whun at Seoul Arts Center. The Korean maestro will be leading a program of Kodaly’s “Dances of Galanta,” Mendelssohn’s violin concerto and “Concerto for Orchestra” by Bartok. This will be followed by another concert on Feb. 22 with a program of the Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 with London-based pianist Kim Sun-wook and the Brahms Symphony No. 2. Tickets cost 70,000 to 400,000 won. Call 1577-5266. Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra & Thomaner Choir Seoul Arts Center* Feb. 23 The Gewandhaus Orchestra and Thomaner

Jan 12, 2012

Turtle Marathon to be held Sunday

Celebrate “Seollal,” or Lunar New Year holiday, by joining the Turtle Marathon at Mt. Nam in central Seoul, Sunday. The Hankook Ilbo, a sister paper of The Korea Times, hosts the 414th Turtle Marathon with Nonghyup to boost consumption of “hanwoo” (native Korean beef). The monthly event has drawn more than 120,000 people since 1978. Chae Hyung-seok, a director at Nonghup, will lead this month’s walkathon. The winners of the 2011 Miss Korea pageant will join the event as well. After the seven-kilometer walk, broadcaster Lee Sang-yong will host a draw for raffle prizes. This month’s prizes include Korean beef and duck meat gift sets as well as a voucher for a room at the Donggang Cistar resort and the Seoul Residence Hotel, newspaper subscription coupons, Merrell trekking shoes, movie tickets from Interpark, cosmetics and more. Middle and high school students who participate in the cleanup afterwards will receive certification for two hours of volunteer work. Admission is free. For more information, visit turtle.hankooki.com. When: Jan. 15, meet at 7:40 a.m. and the

Jan 11, 2012By Do Je-hae

Exhibitions to lure more art fans in 2012

By Kwon Mee-yoo Plenty of art exhibitions are expected to please art lovers this year as many museums and galleries are presenting talented Korean artists working both domestically and overseas along with contemporary international masters. Korean talents Installation artist Suh Do-ho will hold a solo exhibition at Leeum, the Samsung Museum of Art from March to June. He will be the first living Korean artist to ever exhibit in the Leeum. Suh is expected to present new works as it is his first Korean exhibition since 2006. Suh’s signature series on “hanok,” or Korean traditional houses such as “Fallen Star 1/5” and “Home Within Home” is expected to be on display. His works are based on Oriental spirituality and a Korean identity, yet expressed in a modern, universal way. He represented Korea in the 2001 Venice Biennale and now divides his time between New York and Seoul. Lee Bul will come to Artsonje Center in September after having an exhibition at Mori Art Museum in Tokyo, Japan. She rose to stardom after displaying sequin-encrusted rotting fish in her work “Maj

Jan 9, 2012By Kwon Mee-yoo

Shedding new light on Kim Whan-ki

By Kwon Mee-yoo Kim Whan-ki (1913-74) led the modern abstract art movement in Korea. He drew objects such as mountains, the moon, cranes and white porcelain jars, popular subjects of Korean paintings, using Western techniques. Kim later devoted himself to pointillism, portraying an affection and longing for home country. Some refer to Kim as “the Picasso of Korea,” since he was prolific enough to leave some 3,000 artworks including oil paintings, gouache paintings and drawings. He also disassembled the objects he drew like Picasso did. Kim is one of the first-generation Western-style painters in Korea and it was natural for him to seek a Korean identity in Western style. Kim Young-na, director-general of the National Museum of Korea, in her book “20th Century Korean Art” said he achieved Asian abstractionism based on a communion with nature. A retrospective exhibition at Gallery Hyundai sheds new light on the modern abstract artist through Feb. 26. About 60 representative works are on display, including four on display to the public for the first time. Painter w

Jan 5, 2012By Kwon Mee-yoo

Classical concerts

Classical Concerts Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra New Year’s Concert Sejong Center for the Performing Arts* Jan. 15 Renowned Violinist Chung Kyung-wha, who recently completed a four-city tour on Dec. 26, 2011, is returning to the stage on Jan. 15 with her brother Chung Myung-whun and the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra (SPO) at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts. She will play Bruch’s “Scottish Fantasy.” The SPO will also perform Mahler’s 1st symphony “Titan” in the second half of the program, a piece that appeared on the orchestra’s second Deutsche Grammophon recording in November 2011. Tickets range from 20,000 to 70,000 won. Call (02) 399-1114. Vienna Strauss Festival Orchestra New Year’s Concert Seoul Arts Center* Jan. 18 The Vienna Strauss Festival Orchestra, founded in 1978, will perform with soprano Im Sun-hae in its fourth performance in Korea. The orchestra has been touring throughout Europe, Asia and America with a wide repertoire. Tickets cost 40,000 to 150,000 won. Call (02) 599-5743. Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra & Thomaner Choir Seoul Arts

Jan 5, 2012By Do Je-hae

Clubs; Art Exhibitons; Traditkional; Kids; Sports; Horseracing

Club Underlounge Seoul Hongdae or Hongik University Area This is the local club of a hip Japanese chain that also has a branch in Shanghai, located in the famous clubbing area Hongdae. Located near the main entrance of Hongik University. Call (02) 325-5715 or visit www.underlounge.kr. Boutique Club 52 Itaewon Once called Function inside Macaroni Market, Club 52 boasts a chic and modern interior with the DJ spinning the beats for the hippest crowd from the center of the dance floor. Featuring top DJs from both home and abroad, two bars inside the club serving the coolest cocktails including some made with Hendrick’s gin, and a high-class interior, Club 52 is always the place for good times. Club Volume Itaewon Located in the Crown Hotel near Noksapyeong Station, Club Volume offers the finest venue for specially themed weekly events. Club Volume was listed by TIME magazine among the “10 things to do in 24 hours in Seoul.” Call 1544-2635 for more information. Le Nuit Blanche Cheongdam-dong Formerly Club Answer, Le Nuit Blanche is a posh restaurant, t

Jan 5, 2012By Do Je-hae

SAC ignites fine arts ’hallyu’ via ballet

‘Endless Voyage’ to showcase Lee’s original choreography By Lee Hyo-won Many arts and culture experts point out how narrow-sighted it is to think that K-pop and TV dramas are all there is to “hallyu” (Korean wave) content, and an arts center is stepping forward to explore the possibilities of fine art genres such as dance. With this is mind, Seoul Arts Center (SAC) will open the New Year by inviting stars of top Korean dance troupes to perform together this week. “Endless Voyage,” to be staged Wednesday and Thursday at the Opera Theater, will not only provide a rare opportunity to see principal dancers of the National Dance Company of Korea, Korea National Ballet Company (KNBC) and Universal Ballet Company (UBC) on the same stage, but also premiere original choreography, sets and music by some of the country’s iconic artists. During the past couple of years the local arts scene witnessed an unprecedented “ballet fever”: local productions enjoyed sell-out performances for the first time and also garnered mainstream appeal through popular TV programs featuring dance, whi

Jan 2, 2012

Raising curtain to abundant year in musicals

By Kwon Mee-yoo The year 2012 is going to be full of musical joy as a long list of touring, licensed and homegrown musical productions — from the longest-running musical in the world to a theater version of Korean wave drama — wait to be staged. Touring productions coming to Korea One of the musicals receiving the highest expectations for 2012 is “Wicked,” which will come to Blue Square in Hannam-dong from May to October. The Broadway extravaganza explores what happened before Dorothy entered the Land of Oz and the relationships between the Wicked Witch of the West, Glinda the Good and the Wizard of Oz. Theatergoers will be greeted by a giant dragon and clockwork mechanics above and around the proscenium, a green-skinned witch and a bubbly blonde witch as well as whimsical costumes in presenting the emerald city of Oz. The Australian tour will come to Korea after stopping at Singapore. An English production of the sung-through French-Canadian musical “Notre Dame de Paris” will come to the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts from Jan. 19 to Feb. 26. It is c

Jan 2, 2012By Kwon Mee-yoo

Clubs, art exhibitions and sports games

Clubs Underlounge Seoul Hongdae or Hongik University Area This is the local club of a hip Japanese chain that also has a branch in Shanghai, located in the famous clubbing area Hongdae. Located near the main entrance of Hongik University. Call (02) 325-5715 or visit www.underlounge.kr. Boutique Club 52 Itaewon Once called Function inside Macaroni Market, Club 52 boasts a chic and modern interior with the DJ spinning the beats for the hippest crowd from the center of the dance floor. Featuring top DJs from both home and abroad, two bars inside the club serving the coolest cocktails including some made with Hendrick’s gin, and a high-class interior, Club 52 is always the place for good times. Club Volume Itaewon Located in the Crown Hotel near Noksapyeong Station, Club Volume offers the finest venue for specially themed weekly events and talented international DJs for unforgettable nights of dancing and debauchery. Reborn after extensive renovations to maintain its reputation as a quality club with a superior sound system, luxurious setting and stylish peo

Dec 29, 2011By Do Je-hae

Concerts, museums and theater

Classical Concerts 2012 Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra & Thomaner Choir Feb. 23, 2012. Seoul Arts Center* The Gewandhaus Orchestra and Thomaner Choir will visit Korea for the third time to perform Bach’s St. Matthew’s Passion. The choir members are composed of students aged 8 to 18 years old; and the historical choir is over 800 years old. The orchestra will be conducted by Georg Christoph Biller. Tickets cost 30,000 to 180,000 won. For more information, call (02) 599-5743. London Symphony Orchestra Seoul Arts Center* Feb. 27-28 Britain’s no. 1 orchestra will visit Korea for the first time in 6 years. Conducted by Valery Gergiev, the concert will feature violinist Sarah Chang and pianist Denis Matsuev. Tickets cost 70,000 to 350,000 won. For more information, please call (02) 599-5743. Vienna Strauss Festival Orchestra New Year’s Concert Seoul Arts Center* Jan. 18 The Vienna Strauss Festival Orchestra, founded in 1978 by artistic producer Peter Guth, will perform with soprano Im Sun-hae and hold its fourth performance in Korea, following one last ye

Dec 29, 2011By Do Je-hae
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