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Making Stravinsky visible

The Korea National Contemporary Dance Company’s “Three Stravinsky” is a set of three dances based on three compositions by Igor Stravinsky, one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. ...

November 21, 2018
Theater
European tour marks SPO’s first step toward normalcy

The Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra is taking tangible steps to return to normal after a yearslong struggle. The orchestra will embark Nov. 25 on a tour of five European cities -- Geneva, Udine, Lucern...

November 19, 2018
Music
Korean Empire period works show advent of modern Korean art

The short-lived Korean Empire (1897-1910), also known as the Daehan Empire, an interregnum between Joseon and Japanese colonial rule, is often seen as a dark period in Korean history when the 600-yea...

November 18, 2018
Arts&Design
Mariinsky Ballet’s Spanish rom-com comes to Seoul

The Mariinsky Ballet will perform “Don Quixote” at the Sejong Center in Seoul from Thursday to Sunday, with ballerino Kim Ki-min and ballerina Viktoria Tereshkina in the lead roles. The production i...

November 14, 2018
Theater
Achim Freyer’s “Das Rheingold” kicks off 2-year journey

Achim Freyer’s “Das Rheingold” will kick off a two-year journey on Wednesday. The German producer’s latest opera -- the first installment of the Ring Cycle by Richard Wagner -- will premiere Wednesd...

November 13, 2018
Theater
'Love Story’: Making North Korea relatable

Director Lee Kyung-sung’s “Love Story” is a play that is faithful to the theater’s fundamental function: imagination. “Love Story” follows on the heels of Lee’s 2017 work “Walking Holiday,” inspired...

November 12, 2018
Theater
Will Park Su-geun beat his own record?

Park Su-geun’s 1961 work “People at the Marketplace” will be auctioned on Nov. 21 at K Auction’s November sale. Park is a Korean painter known for his artworks that portray the daily life of the Kor...

November 9, 2018
Arts&Design
‘A Black Box’ looks at Korea’s modern history through photo of King Gojong

The Seoul Arts Center on Wednesday began a run of director Lee Su-in’s “A Black Box,” a 2017 play written by Lee Kang-baek. The story was inspired by a real picture of King Gojong that was presented...

November 8, 2018
Theater
Sounds of Munich

Two acclaimed orchestras based in Munich will perform in Seoul later this month, in what are perhaps the most awaited concerts of the season. Their performances will feature pianists Sunwoo Ye-kwon ...

November 7, 2018
Music
Violinist Yang In-mo releases first Deutsche Grammophon album

Violinist Yang In-mo on Monday released his first album under the Deutsche Grammophon label. The album is a live recording of a May 3 recital at Kumho Art Hall, where he performed all 24 caprices by ...

November 5, 2018
Music
Cellists Lee Sang-eun and Lee Jeong-hyoun win Isang Yun Competition 2018

Korean cellists Lee Sang-eun and Lee Jeong-hyoun won first prize at Isang Yun Competition 2018, Tongyeong International Music Foundation announced Saturday. Third prize went to Russian cellist Lev S...

November 4, 2018
Music
[Newsmaker] Shin Sung-il dies of cancer at 81

Actor Shin Sung-il died of lung cancer Sunday. He was 81. Shin was diagnosed with stage 3 lung cancer in June 2017 and was undergoing chemotherapy when his condition recently deteriorated. Shin was...

November 4, 2018
Film
Korean National Ballet unveils new ‘Mata Hari’

Strong theatricality and musicality sum up the Korean National Ballet’s “Mata Hari.” The ballet company unveiled “Mata Hari” to the public and press Tuesday afternoon, ahead of the opening performan...

October 31, 2018
Theater
Han Jeong-sun’s exhibition ‘Untamed Thoughts’ shows quest to free a caged spirit

Artist Han Jeong-sun’s exhibition “Untamed Thoughts” showcases her allegorical paintings, which deal with wildness and breaking free of constraints, at a local cultural center called The Forest in No...

October 31, 2018
Arts&Design
‘Only God knows when I will stop dancing’

One of the greatest living ballerinas, Bolshoi Ballet’s prima ballerina Svetlana Zakharova will perform in the Universal Ballet’s “La Bayadere,” returning to Seoul for the first time since 2005 when ...

October 30, 2018
Theater

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