The Korea Herald

Lim brothers to go onstage for first duo piano recital

Feb 6, 2021

Pianist brothers Lim Dong-hyek and Lim Dong-min are to hold a duo recital at the Seoul Arts Center on March 3 as part of their nationwide tour across Korea. The tour will kick off in Tongyeong, Sout...
Spotify begins service in Korea without IU’s songs

Feb 2, 2021

The world’s largest music streaming platform Spotify on Tuesday announced the official launch of its service in Korea. “We’re looking forward to working even closer with the entire Korean music indu...
NCSoft’s K-pop platform Universe kicks off globally

Jan 29, 2021

South Korean game maker NCSoft launched its K-pop entertainment platform Universe in 134 countries on Thursday. The all-in-one platform allows users to access exclusive content such as music videos,...
Violinist Kim Dong-hyun to perform at Kumho Instrument Bank series recital

Jan 29, 2021

Kim plays on 1763 Guadagnini on a loan from Kumho art foundation
BTS agency Big Hit to invest W70b in K-pop giant YG

Jan 27, 2021

Big Hit Entertainment, the agency behind global star BTS, announced on Wednesday that it plans to invest 70 billion won ($63 million) in YG Entertainment, one of the biggest K-pop agencies in South K...
Pianist Cho Seong-jin to play 94-second of never-before-heard Mozart

Jan 24, 2021

Pianist Cho Seong-jin is set to perform the world premiere of a previously unknown work by Mozart, 248 years after it was composed, in celebration of the great musician’s 265th birthday. Cho will pe...
K-pop stars to launch new K-pop acts in 2021

Jan 15, 2021

Big names in K-pop are launching new K-pop bands this year, promising a fresh crop of talented musicians. Shinsadong Tiger was the producer of K-pop sensation EXID and has written hit tracks for sev...
Pianists make their way to podium

Jan 13, 2021

Pianist Sunwook Kim makes official debut as conductor
Gamut of classical music in store for 2021

Jan 11, 2021

Though the COVID-19 pandemic crisis is yet to be resolved, the classical music scene is filled with high hopes for 2021, waiting to welcome audiences back to concert halls. Pianist Kim Sun-wook kic...
Top Korean artists reach over 10.6b streams on Spotify in 2020

Jan 9, 2021

Korea’s top 10 most streamed artists on Spotify chalked up a total of 10.6 billion streams on the platform in 2020, the popular streaming service announced on Thursday in its yearly wrap up. Boy b...
Clarinetist Kim Han to go ‘On Air’ at Kumho Art Hall

Jan 4, 2021

Kim is first wind instrumentalist named artist-in-residence at Kumho hall
[Feature] Hot to trot: Singers reign supreme on Korean small screen

Dec 23, 2020

Broadcasters vie to capture audience with trot music competitions
Spotify to launch in Korea in first half of 2021

Dec 18, 2020

The world’s largest music streaming platform Spotify on Friday announced that it would officially launch its service in South Korea in the first half of 2021. “We are excited about our upcoming laun...
Celebrate New Year with Europe’s finest orchestras at local cinemas

Dec 15, 2020

Though the COVID-19 pandemic limits us from going to New Year celebration concerts, local cinema franchise Megabox will screen the recordings of the New Year celebration concerts by the Berlin Philha...
SPO comes up with 4-month plan for 2021

Dec 14, 2020

Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra releases season programs from January to April, coping with pandemic times