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Violinist Sarah Chang to hold solo recital tour in winter

Jul 22, 2019

Violinist Sarah Chang will embark on a six-city tour across Korea in December, marking her first solo recitals here in seven years. The 39-year-old Korean American musician, also known as Chang Youn...
[Feauture] Offering classical music to more in Seoul

Jul 21, 2019

With tickets to classical music concerts typically around 100,000 won ($85), and sometimes triple that for big-name performers, prices have been a major barrier to widening the audience for classical...
Wiz Khalifa, Joey Bada$$, Rejjie Snow to hold Seoul concert in September

Jul 19, 2019

Hip-hop artists Wiz Khalifa, Joey Bada$$ and Rejjie Snow will hold a joint concert in Seoul in September, local promoters said. The upcoming show will be held Sept. 7 at 7 p.m. at Olympic Park in So...
BTS makes Time's list of 25 most influential people on internet

Jul 17, 2019

K-pop superstars BTS has made it on Time magazine's list of the 25 Most Influential People on the Internet for the third year in a row. The K-pop septet was among the 25 people the US magazine unvei...
Lee Moon-sae to hold charity concert in Pyeongchang in August

Jul 15, 2019

Korean singing legend Lee Moon-sae will hold an outdoor charity concert in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province, next month, his agency said Monday. According to KMOONfnd, the concert will be held at 7:30 ...
BTS wraps up Japan stadium tour

Jul 15, 2019

BTS has successfully completed the Japanese leg of its tour. Following its tour of the Americas and Europe, BTS performed for 210,000 fans in Japan as part of its “Love Yourself: Speak Yourself” tou...
DAY6 aims to capture beautiful moment of youth in new album

Jul 15, 2019

Youth, the main theme in the previous hit songs by five-piece K-pop rock band DAY6, such as "Congratulations" and "You Were Beautiful," still runs deep in its new album released Monday: "The Book of ...
Lena Park to unveil 9th album

Jul 12, 2019

Singer Lena Park, also known as Park Jung-hyun, will release her ninth full-length album on July 18. Titled “The Wonder,” the upcoming album marks her first full-length album in seven years. Her mos...
Scandal-ridden member Kangin to leave Super Junior

Jul 11, 2019

Kangin, a scandal-ridden member of long-running K-pop boy band Super Junior, said Thursday he will leave the team, ending his 14-year membership. The 34-year-old, whose real name is Kim Young-woon, ...
Pianist Im Sung-mi honored to ‘breathe with audience’

Jul 11, 2019

Pianist Im Sung-mi took the stage for the 711th edition of “The House Concert” at Daehangno, central Seoul, on Monday. “The House Concert” is a small-scale music project run by artistic director Par...
BTS' 'IDOL' music video hits 500 m YouTube views

Jul 11, 2019

The music video of K-pop super band BTS' hit song "IDOL" surpassed 500 million YouTube views Thursday, the band's fifth music video to accomplish the feat. The hypnotic music video off the band's pr...
[Herald Interview] Pianist Kevin Kenner explores humor in classical music

Jul 10, 2019

Pianist Kevin Kenner believes humor can improve people’s lives, even more than aspirin. Kenner, who is in South Korea for his second solo recital in the country, titled “Humoresque,” will perform at...
Big Hit, Netmarble team up on new music-streaming platform

Jul 9, 2019

BTS likely to release new songs exclusively for the platform
BTS becomes highest-charting foreign artist in Japan with new Japanese single

Jul 9, 2019

Super group BTS topped Japan's Oricon weekly singles chart this week with its latest Japanese single "Lights/Boy With Luv," garnering the highest weekly score for any foreign artist in the Japanese m...
Pianist Son Yeol-eum to make BBC Proms debut

Jul 8, 2019

Pianist Son Yeol-eum is set to make her BBC Proms debut later this month. Son is to perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 15 in B flat major with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Omer ...