The premiere of the licensed Korean-language musical “Beetlejuice” will be delayed once again as technical glitches continue, according to CJ ENM, the co-producer of the show. The show is now set to start July 6, and performances scheduled before then will be canceled, with compensation to be provided, the co-producer announced on Thursday. The Korean version of the Broadway musical “Beetlejuic...

Yoon Do-hyun, the lead singer of YB, posted on his personal Instagram account the same day, that although YB is a 24-year-old band in Korea, they are just “little boys when in front of Metallica,” adding that it is an honor to be participating in the band’s project. Dee Company, the management agency of YB, told The Korea Herald that profits from the album sales will go to both Metallica‘s chari...

The program for the recital includes Beethoven’s Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 “Spring,” followed by Szymanowski’s Nocturne and Tarantella, Op. 28, Saint-Saens’ Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor, Op. 28 and Wieniawski’s Fantaisie Brillante on Themes from “Faust,” Op. 20. Russian pianist Ilya Rashkovskiy, who accompanied Kim on the piano at the Tongyeong International Music Fe...

Baritone singer Kim Gi-hoon,won the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition held in the United Kingdom on Saturday. Established in 1983, the competition is organized jointly by BBC Wales and Welsh National Opera and its winners include some of the biggest names in opera such as Bryn Terfel. With the win, Kim became the first Korean to receive this main prize at the competition. Kim received...

The Yeowoorak Choice features artists who have created their own music worlds. Park Soon-ah, a gayageum player who learned music in both South and North Korea as a third-generation Korean-Japanese, the group Haepaary, who combines royal ancestral rites music with electronic sounds, and Chudahye Chagis will take to the stage. The most experimental concepts will be highlighted through the Director...

Among the highlights of this year’s Music in PyeongChang is a concert by renowned pianist Paik Kun-woo and violinist Clara Jumi Kang. Another program of note is a concert by Bulgarian violinist Svetlin Roussev and English violist Luke Turrell who will perform works by Leo Ornstein and Franz Schubert. This year’s special concerts will be performed by the winners of the Isangyun Competition, an in...

South Korean composer Shin Dong-hoon has won the Claudio Abbado Composition Prize, a prestigious award from the Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic, organizers announced on Monday. Shin, 37, is the first Asian winner and the sixth recipient of the prize, named after Italy’s legendary conductor Claudio Abbado, who also served as the artistic director of the Berlin Philharmonic. The award i...

British rock band Coldplay has unveiled a music video for its new song "Higher Power" featuring South Korean dance group Ambiguous Dance Company. The 4 minute, 16 second clip, uploaded on the band's official YouTube channel on Tuesday (local time), shows lead singer Chris Martin dancing alongside members of the Korean dance group. The music video by award-winning director Dave Meyers is a short...

Concert pianist Son Yeol-eum will hold a recital dedicated to medical staff serving on the COVID-19 front lines at the Myeong-dong Cathedral on Monday. The cathedral under the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seoul invited Son, the joint second prize winner at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2011, to perform. The concert, held in support of those hit by the pandemic, will be attended b...

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In an homage to Kim’s songs, the foundation released five covers from the album on Sunday by Han Yeong-ae, Yurisangja, acapella band Maytree, alternative pop band Leenalchi and Taeil from K-pop band NCT. Following Sunday’s release, five more songs from the album -- covered by Kwon Jin-won, Park Hak-gi, Yoon Do-hyun, Yoon Jong-shin, Lee Eun-mi, Jang Pil-soon, Crying Nut, Wendy of Red Velvet and m...

A compilation of music from Korean drama series performed by world-class musicians will be released under the Deutsch Grammophon label in July. Titled ”Shades of Love,” the album featuring well-known classical musicians such as Philipp Jundt, Daniel Hope, Richard Yongjae O’Neill and Albrecht Mayer will be released July 9, according to Universal Music Group on Friday. “The Song for My Brother” f...

Harmonicist Park Jong-seong, 36, will go on the stage with the Prime Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of conductor Baek Yoon-hak at the Gangdong Arts Center in eastern Seoul on June 13. Park has won awards with his harmonica at international competitions in Japan, China and Germany. The musician has also released three solo albums so far. “There have been occasions where I was invited to ...

Unveiled in 1997, the 20-minute contemporary work with four movements is the first concerto written by Chin. She later wrote more concertos for the violin, cello, clarinet, saenghwang -- a type of reed instrument -- and more. It was Chin who recommended Kim to the Berlin Philharmonic for the upcoming concert. Kim has performed the piece onstage on many occasions and also recorded the work with t...