The Korea Herald

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
Kim Sun-wook’s performances rescheduled for January

Dec 12, 2020

Kim, Chung Kyung-wha will go onstage in Seongnam on Dec. 20, leaving two-thirds of seats empty
Rookie girl group NiziU tops Japan's weekly music chart with debut album

Dec 8, 2020

JYP Entertainment's new girl group NiziU has topped Japan's Oricon weekly music chart with its debut single album, the company said Tuesday. The nine-member group's album, "Step and a Step," ranked ...
Spike in COVID-19 cases puts S. Korean music industry on edge

Dec 8, 2020

Random cluster infections are breaking out across the country and the South Korean music industry is no exception from the new coronavirus. In most cases, infections have escalated into bigger cases...
Artists' voices re-created with AI

Dec 7, 2020

With the development of artificial intelligence and deep learning, things that were once impossible are now becoming possible, including re-creating the voices of deceased musical artists to sing con...
Pianist Kim Sun-wook’s recital canceled due to pandemic

Dec 4, 2020

Kim Sun-wook’s piano recital scheduled for Monday at the Lotte Concert Hall in Jamsil, eastern Seoul, has been canceled. Classical music concert organizer Vincero said the decision to indefinitely p...
W400m budget created for project to support Asian artists’ K-pop training

Dec 3, 2020

The National Assembly on Wednesday passed a budget of 400 million won ($365,000) for the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism’s project to support Asian artists’ K-pop training. The amount is far ...