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Les Arts Florissants brings 18th century Baroque opera to stage

The extravagance of the Baroque period will be reenacted through an operatic performance later this month as period music specialist William Christie will be performing with period instrument ensemble Les Arts Florissants. The group will perform at the Seoul Arts Center Sept. 23, prior to a performance in Daejeon Sept. 24 at the Daejeon Arts Center. The performances are part ...

Music | 2017-09-19 16:46

Guitarist, pianist, cellist coming to Seoul

Several renowned classical artists in different genres will be meeting with their Korean fans in the coming months. The Czech Philharmonic Orchestra will be visiting Seoul to perform on Sept. 28 at 8 p.m. at the Seoul Arts Center. The orchestra's visit this month is the fourth since visits in 1991, 2001 and 2014. This tour of Korea and Japan will be commemorative for the orch...

Music | 2017-09-18 18:09

Prodigy K-pop composer enlists Marine Corps

K-pop duo band Akdong Musician’s composer and singer Lee Chan-hyuk, often regarded as a musical prodigy, enlisted in the Marine Corps on Monday.

Music | 2017-09-18 15:54

Bobby becomes first YG young artist to release solo album

Rapper Bobby of IKON, YG Entertainment’s latest boy band, has become the first to release a solo album. While individual members of YG Entertainment’s most successful groups BIGBANG and 2NE1 each have solo activities _ notably G-Dragon and Tae Yang from BIGBANG and CL of 2NE1 _ chief producer and the owner of the entertainment company Yang Hyun-suk has not allowed any of the ...

Music | 2017-09-17 19:12

Lotte Concert Hall offers 'On Air' concert

A music concert themed and staged like a live audiovisual radio show will take place every month at the Lotte Concert Hall until the end of the year. The concerts, dubbed "On Air Concert" will include narration during the performances. The stage will be set up as a radio broadcasting station recording booth. The concerts are the second part of a two-part year-long series and ...

Music | 2017-09-17 17:03

Veteran singers all out to promote indie bands

Veteran pop singer Lee Seung-hwan has joined hands with CJ Culture Foundation to promote indie musicians and his first collaboration will be held Oct. 21 at YES24 LiveHall with rocker trio iamnot. Lee picked iamnot as a frontrunner of this project to hold a solo concert, where the band is given a mission to fill up the 2,000 seats at the event hall. The band vocalist and guit...

Music | 2017-09-11 18:24

Koreans seize major prizes at global music competitions

Korean musicians are winning prizes at major global music competitions. After pianist Sohn Jeung-beum won first prize at the respected 66th German classical music competition, the ARD Music Competition, Friday, as the first Korean to win in the category, other Korean musicians have followed, clinching victory in other categories and competitions.

Music | 2017-09-11 16:24

Korean pianist wins German music competition

A 26-year-old Korean pianist won first prize at the respected German classical music competition, ARD Music Competition, Friday (local time). Sohn Jeung-beum is the first Korean to win in the piano category in the history of the competition which began in 1952 in Munich, Germany. The ARD is the largest classical music competition in Germany and had its 66th anniversary this y...

Music | 2017-09-10 16:10

Pentagon releases album comprised of their own music

K-pop boy band Pentagon of Cube Entertainment released their fourth mini-album “DEMO_01,” proudly introducing as their first album in which they produced all tracks on it themselves. K-pop groups usually receive tracks from popular music producers and begin to write their own songs only after releasing several studio albums. But Pentagon, which debuted only a year ago, has de...

Music | 2017-09-08 18:18

Dolce Matinee Concert invites composer Lee An-sam

The 53rd Dolce Matinee Concert featuring renowned composer Lee An-sam as guest composer will be held Monday at the Dolce Art Hall in Seoul. The concert will consist of 14 works of music composed by Lee, which are melodies put to poems written by 12 poets. Three of the 14 pieces were written by poet Seo Young-soon.

Music | 2017-09-08 17:11

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