The Korea Herald

Grand Mint Festival to be held with limited number of audiences

Aug 7, 2020

The 14th Grand Mint Festival will take place at Olympic Park, eastern Seoul, on Oct. 24 and 25 with a limited audience due to the spread of COVID-19. The festival organizers said they will sell less...
Pentaport Rock Festival to be held Oct. 16-17 both on, offline

Aug 5, 2020

The 2020 Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival will take place Oct. 16-17 at Songdo Pentaport Park, the city of Incheon announced on Wednesday. The festival will take place both on and offline, with perfo...
‘Mr. Trot’ Seoul concert to start Aug.7 with restrictions

Aug 2, 2020

The “Mr. Trot” Seoul concert, featuring top contestants from TV Chosun’s record-breaking program, has been rescheduled to Aug. 7 to 23, after the local government relaxed regulations on large-scale c...
[Herald Interview] Violinist without a music stand

Aug 1, 2020

Blind violinist Kim Ji-sun is set for a new page of her life with plans across the Pacific region. Kim will attend the Manhattan School of Music in New York next year for graduate studies. She will ...
In-person music theater festival to take place

Jul 31, 2020

It’s coming three months later than planned, but the 19th Uijeongbu Music Theatre Festival will be held with live audiences from Aug. 7-16 in the Gyeonggi Province city. The in-person performing art...
2020 PLZ Festival at DMZ brings music to border area

Jul 30, 2020
[Herald Interview] ‘I am the luckiest conductor’

Jul 27, 2020

SPO conductor looks back on 2020 Mahler Competition, tortuous trip to Germany
Songpa-gu draws criticism over cancellation of ‘Mr. Trot’ concert

Jul 25, 2020

The much-anticipated “Mr. Trot” tour, scheduled to start Friday at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena in Seoul and continue nationwide, has been delayed yet again after the local government banned concerts...
MPyC kicks off 3-week run celebrating Beethoven

Jul 22, 2020

The curtain went up on the 17th Music in PyeongChang festival Wednesday, kicking off three weeks of concerts. The biannual classical music festival, organized by the Gangwon Arts & Culture Foundatio...
NGC publishes English e-book on gugak instruments

Jul 22, 2020

The National Gugak Center recently published the second edition of English-language e-book “Traditional Korean Instruments: A Practical Guide for Composers,” aiming to introduce gugak, traditional Ko...
Resumption of large indoor concerts deadlocked again due to COVID-19

Jul 22, 2020

A recent spike in novel coronavirus cases in Seoul and its nearby cities has hindered the scheduled resumptions of large concerts in the capital, which have been on hold for months. On Tuesday, Song...
Pianist Kim Sun-wook to hold recital in September

Jul 21, 2020

Classical music production company Vincero announced Monday that pianist Kim Sun-wook’s much-anticipated recital will be held Sept. 13 at the Seoul Arts Center. Kim’s recital was initially scheduled...
S. Korean soprano Sumi Jo wins art award in Italy

Jul 19, 2020

Grammy Award-winning South Korean soprano Sumi Jo has won an award in Italy's global film and music festival, according to the singer on Sunday. Sumi Jo has received the art award in the music divis...
Ssak 3 sweeps music charts, bring back ‘90s vibe

Jul 19, 2020

Ssak 3 released the group’s newest song, “Here at the Beach Again” at 6 p.m. on Saturday and rocketed to the top of various music charts, including Melon, Flo, Bugs and Genie Music, among others, Sun...
Sumi Jo releases single, mourning COVID-19 victims

Jul 15, 2020

Celebrated soprano Sumi Jo has released her new single “Life is a Miracle,” singing for the victims of the COVID-19 pandemic. The new single “Life is a Miracle,” released on YouTube on Friday, mourn...