Here's what to expect at Korean campus fests

A live performance recording of Beethoven’s “Emperor Concerto” by Lim Yun-chan, the youngest winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, will be released in November, Universal Music announced Tuesday. Lim will take the stage with the Gwangju Symphony Orchestra, led by conductor Hong Seo-kwon, on Saturday at Tongyeong Concert Hall to perform Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-f...

But even the pandemic couldn't keep her idle. “Like many people who did what they had always wished to do, during the lockdown I also did what I had wanted to do,” she added. In her apartment in a city near Vienna, Austria, where she’s now based, she ran a series of online lessons for students via livestream and also wrote a flute textbook in Korean, that will be published in the US and Taiwan....

MARSEILLE -- A festival dedicated to James Joyce's novel "Ulysses" is touring 18 European cities, with artists and writers linking the work to contemporary issues such as immigration. "Ulysses," published in 1922, counts among the 20th century's key novels, and its centenary has already sparked much celebration in Joyce's native Ireland. But Liam Browne, co-artistic curator of "Ulysses European...

Some areas of downtown Seoul, Suwon and Hwaseong will be closed to traffic starting Friday through Sunday. Detailed information on road closures and detours can be found at the websites of Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, the Seoul Traffic Information Center, Suwon City and the official website of the 2022 King Jeongjo's Royal Parade. The festival is jointly organized by the Seoul Metropolitan ...

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In 2022, the festival, which runs from Sept. 24 to Oct. 30, features various programs including Re:Boot! Daehakro, a preliminary boom-up outdoors festival; Welcome Theater, consecutive performances at a single theater; and Welcome K-Stage, performances streamed online, among many others. Featuring this weekend as part of the festival is “Legendary Little Basketball Team,” a creative steady-selli...

Next week is a big week for Busan. Not only will some of the biggest film stars grace the red carpet for the Busan International Film Festival, another glitzy festival -- "Busan Starry Night Festa" -- that is being held for the first time will light up the port city. Major tourist destinations across Busan will come alive with films, live performances and tasty refreshments, starting Saturday to...

JW Marriott Hotel Seoul showcases Autumn Teppanyaki Selection Tamayura, the luxury Japanese dining destination at JW Marriott Hotel Seoul, greets autumn with an authentic set-course teppanyaki menu. The highlight of the epicurean eight-course dinner is the main dish of Korean Woorungchan hanwoo beef tenderloin, grilled to perfection on an iron hotplate. Autumn pine mushroom shabu-shabu showcas...

The new president of the Seoul Arts Center on Thursday unveiled plans to focus on “pure art," such as opera and ballet, as the organization seeks to return to its original goals. Chang Hyoung-joon, who was appointed in June as the 17th president of South Korea’s top art complex by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said, "The Opera Theater, which was built as an opera and ballet theate...

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On Nodeul Island, music-related street arts and a circus will fill the uninhabited artificial island located on the Han River. Mozart's opera “The Magic Flute” will be performed in German on an open stage by the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. For a detailed time schedule, visit the official website of the Seoul Street Arts Festival. The festival is org...

The 9th edition of K-Music Festival, hosted by the Korean Cultural Centre UK, is set to bring an experience beyond K-pop with a lineup of artists that use traditional Korean music to find new sounds during the eight-week event. K-Music 2022 will kick off Oct. 5 with a joint concert by Dal:um and ReMidas at the Barbican Centre in London. Dal:um, a musical duo featuring gayageum player Ha Su-yean...