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[New in Korean] Actor Kim Hye-ja's memoir explores 60-year career
[Herald Review] Musicals that are treats for the ears, feasts for the eyes
[Weekender] Tale of Daechi moms: Women who go all in for kids’ college dreams
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[Exclusive] Mastermind behind Twice’s global success to helm JYP USA
Mar 16, 2022
K-pop powerhouse JYP Entertainment’s newly established US arm will be led by the person largely responsible for the global success of the label’s girl group Twice. “Shin Hyun-kuk has been tapped to helm US operations. He is a chief director of one of the four artist management and marketing teams and JYP Three Sixty’s chief executive officer,” a JYP Entertainment official told The Korea Herald T...
After multiple cancellations, SPO’s artist-in-focus to perform for the first time since 2019
Mar 16, 2022
Augustin Hadelich, an Italian-German-American violinist and Seoul Philharmonic’s Artist-In-Focus, will take the stage later this month for the first time without any cancellations as a visiting artist since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Five concerts featuring the 37-year-old violinist will take place as planned starting from March 31, an official at SPO confirmed on Monday. During his vi...
Pianist Lim Dong-hyek marks 20th anniversary with new album, recital series
Mar 15, 2022
After signing a contract with EMI Classics at the age of 17, Lim released his first CD in 2002, which included compositions by Chopin, Schubert and Ravel. He first stole the limelight in the world’s classical music scene by becoming the youngest top prize winner of the 2001 Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud International Piano Competition in Paris. In 2003, Lim won third place at the prestigious ...
Balming Tiger to hold exclusive showcase at 2022 SXSW
Mar 8, 2022
Balming Tiger is set to perform at the International Day stage at Brush Square Park on March 17 as well. Launched in 1987, SXSW is an annual collective showcase of film, music and interactive media held every March in Austin, Texas, US. It is one of the largest and most influential music industry events alongside Singapore’s Music Matters and France’s MIDEM. This year’s festival will run from Ma...
Ailee to drop new English-language album ‘I’m Lovin’ Amy’
Mar 7, 2022
Singer Ailee will release an all-English language album Monday, the artist’s management agency The L1ve said. The album, titled “I’m Lovin’ Amy” will hit online music streaming sites at 6 p.m., wrapping up her previous releases “I’m,” “Lovin” and “Amy.” It is the singer’s second English album work after single “Sweater” released in December 2019. Leading the 12-track album is “Murder On The Da...
[Newsmaker] Leaving their instruments behind, Ukrainian musicians return home to take up arms
Mar 3, 2022
Seoul Pops Orchestra director Ha Sung-ho to organize concert for Ukraine
Boston Symphony Orchestra to perform US premiere of Chin Un-suk’s new violin concerto
Mar 2, 2022
Chin, 60, is an internationally acclaimed composer and winner of multiple awards, including the 2004 Grawemeyer Award, the 2005 Arnold Schoenberg Prize, the 2010 Prince Pierre Foundation Music Award and the 2017 Wihuri Sibelius Prize. In 2021, Chin became the first Asian to receive Denmark’s prestigious Leonie Sonning Music Prize and was also named as an honorary member of the American Academy o...
Aespa clinches three prizes at 19th Korean Music Awards
Mar 2, 2022
K-pop girl group aespa swept up three prizes at the 19th Korean Music Awards, achieving a milestone as the rookie group with the most number of prizes at the awards. At the annual music awards ceremony held at Nodeul Live House on Nodeul Island, central Seoul, Tuesday, the quartet took home the song of the year award for its megahit “Next Level,” which dropped May last year. “Next Level” also w...
Cho Seong-jin steps in for pro-Putin Russian pianist at Carnegie Hall
Feb 28, 2022
South Korean pianist Cho Seong-jin stepped in to replace Russian pianist Denis Matsuev, whose performances Friday at Carnegie Hall in New York were canceled following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Carnegie Hall announced Friday that Cho would join the Vienna Philharmonic under the baton of Canadian conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin for that evening’s program, performing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concert...
Classic meets gypsy jazz for duet guitar performance
Feb 25, 2022
Two leading Korean guitarists from the genres of classical and Latin jazz will meet for a live duet performance this spring. Titled as “Two Guitars,” classical guitarist Park Kyu-hee and Spanish jazz guitarist Park Ju-won will perform together at the Lotte Concert Hall in Seoul’s Songpa-gu on March 17, performance agency MusicandArtCompany announced Friday. This will be the duo’s second appearan...
Dynamic Duo’s Choiza to make solo debut in 20-year music career with ‘Jaeho’
Feb 25, 2022
South Korea’s hip-hop artist Choiza of Dynamic Duo is set to make a solo debut with his first EP, “Jaeho,” at 6 p.m. on Friday, according to the artist’s agency Amoeba Culture. It will mark the rapper’s first step as a solo musician, about 20 years after his debut as a member of hip-hop trio CB Mass in 2000. The title of the album “Jaeho” is Choiza’s first name. The upcoming EP will talk about ...
[Herald Interview] Chang Ki-ha discovers ‘voice’ is his identity
Feb 23, 2022
Wry singer-songwriter returns as solo artist with ‘Levitation’
TXT’s Yeonjun, Taehyun feature in Salem Ilese’s new single ‘PS5’
Feb 23, 2022
Yeonjun and Taehyun, members of K-pop boy band Tomorrow X Together (TXT), took part in US pop singer Salem Ilese’s new single “PS5” as featured artists, according to Big Hit Music Wednesday. “PS5” is a love song that deals with choosing between playing a game and spending time with a lover, produced by famous DJ Alan Walker. In the song, the two TXT members rhythmically sing, “(Let me play the g...
[Herald Review] Virtual influencer Rozy sings of finding true self through ‘Who Am I’
Feb 22, 2022
Rozy, the first virtual social media influencer in South Korea, has made her debut as a singer by dropping her first single, “Who Am I,” at Tuesday noon. The song, a medium-tempo ballad, talks about the troubles of being a virtual human. Its warm melody and Rozy’s captivating and refreshing voice adds emotional depth to the song. The lyrics speak of the worries about the 22-year-old’s identity, ...
Sales of physical albums by K-pop artists surge 67% on-year in January
Feb 17, 2022
The K-pop music industry has extended its growth momentum this year with a surge in physical album sales in January, according to data compiled by South Korean music chart tracker Gaon Chart. The top 400 albums sold more than 4.05 million copies in and out of the country last month, up 66.9 percent from the same period previous year. The figure, however, dropped by 5.4 percentage points from Dec...
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