The Korea Herald

Pianist Kim Sun-wook’s recital canceled due to pandemic

Dec 4, 2020

Kim Sun-wook’s piano recital scheduled for Monday at the Lotte Concert Hall in Jamsil, eastern Seoul, has been canceled. Classical music concert organizer Vincero said the decision to indefinitely p...
W400m budget created for project to support Asian artists’ K-pop training

Dec 3, 2020

The National Assembly on Wednesday passed a budget of 400 million won ($365,000) for the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism’s project to support Asian artists’ K-pop training. The amount is far ...
Pianist Sunwoo Yekwon to give virtual reality tour of Lotte Concert Hall

Dec 2, 2020

Pianist Sunwoo Yekwon is planning to show the public around the Lotte Concert Hall in virtual reality. The Lotte Foundation for Arts and LG Uplus, a major local telecom operator, joined hands to pres...
Kim Sun-wook, Chung Kyung-wha duo to go onstage on Dec. 18

Nov 28, 2020

Third wave of COVID-19 puts performing art scene at unease
Pianist Cho Seung-jin’s encore recital canceled

Nov 25, 2020

Concert pianist Cho Seung-jin’s encore recital in Seoul slated for Saturday has been canceled, due to a resurgence in COVID-19 cases. Cho, the winner of the 2015 International Chopin Piano Competiti...
BTS gets Grammy nod in another landmark feat

Nov 25, 2020

WASHINGTON/SEOUL -- South Korea's K-pop megastar BTS was nominated for the Grammy Award in best pop duo/group performance, becoming the first South Korean pop artist to be nominated for the US music ...
Sunwoo Yekwon shares his ‘Mozart soul’ through new album

Nov 24, 2020

Though more often associated with the names of Romantic composers -- Chopin, Schumann and Schubert, for example -- pianist Sunwoo Yekwon hopes to share the Mozart side of himself through a new album....
Rock star Yoon Do-hyun clarifies COVID-19 rumors about Daegu concert

Nov 23, 2020

One concertgoer tests positive, 10 people in close proximity test negative
Chamber music gets a push

Nov 23, 2020

Lotte Concert Hall names Korean Chamber Orchestra, Esme Quartet inaugural in-house artists
Cho Seung-jin recital goes pay-per-view

Nov 22, 2020

Concert pianist Cho Seung-jin’s recital in Seoul on Saturday will be streamed live to audiences at home for 10,000 won ($8.95). According to Credia, the organizers of the Cho’s month-long nationwide...
BTS' new album 'BE' tops iTunes charts in 90 countries

Nov 21, 2020

K-pop sensation BTS has topped 90 regional iTunes charts with its latest album titled "Be," the band's agency said Saturday. Released the previous day, the band's fifth Korean-language studio album ...
[Eye interview] ‘Peace and love is the best vaccine!’

Nov 20, 2020

Septuagenarian singer-songwriter releases new album with message of love for pandemic-stricken world
Pianist Cho Seung-jin to have finale recital in Seoul

Nov 16, 2020

Concert pianist Cho Seung-jin, 26, will wrap up his much-appreciated nationwide tour across Korea with an encore recital in Seoul on Nov. 28. The nationwide tour kicked off in Gwangju on Oct. 28 and...
Soprano says 20th century Korean songs best way to express her ‘free spirit’

Nov 11, 2020

German classical music label DG releases album with two Korean-language songs
Soprano Park Hyesang records Korean-language songs for her first DG album

Nov 10, 2020

Soprano Park Hyesang said Tuesday that she has picked two Korean-language songs for her new album to show her own process of self-discovery as a Korean vocalist. Her latest album "I Am Hera," named ...