Some upcoming Western classical recitals & concerts outside the frenetic big cities — finding out what’s on there can be (more than) a bit tricky (: Most of the programs are quite standard and unadventurous, but to be honest that’s similar in the bigger cities too. Unfortunately, almost all the websites only have ticketing … Continue reading
This week the Daegu International Contemporary Music Festival opens. It’s run by the Daegu Young Musicians’ Society and looks great! It starts on Wednesday, June 23rd and runs until Friday. The venue is Daegu Citizens’ Hall. Here is this year’s program:———- Tickets Single concert: 20,000won 1 day pass: 40,000won 3 day pass: 100,000won Easiest way … Continue reading
Some of what’s on in the next little while: Gangwon-do New York in Chuncheon Festival – Young classical musicians active in New York from the U.S., Canada , Romania, Argentina, Korea and more have set up this lively festival in ‘the middle of nowhere’. Programs are a real mix – from Schubert to Zorn. Venues … Continue reading
There is an interesting little, and somewhat hidden, concert happening soon. It will celebrate Buddha’s birthday, and offers a chance to enjoy new music from one of Korea’s composers who aren’t well known abroad. I think it is a just-show-up-and-see-what-happens sort of concert. >>> Chung-Ang University professor emeritus and Buddhist music composer Pak Beom-hun (박범훈) will hold … Continue reading
If you spend too much time in the capital region here (Seoul plus Gyeonggi satellite cities), you start to believe nothing happens in Korea outside this bubble. Wrong! (: More proof: Information is just up about a piano masterclass and competition in Busan. The artistic director is Russian pianist Alexey Lebedev who … Continue reading
Hero, traitor, iconoclast, prisoner, exile: Enigmatic Korean composer Isang Yun has been many things. Almost two decades after his death, a German-made film goes searching for the truth behind the musician. Watch the trailer here Maria Stodtmeier’s recent documentary, “In Between: Isang Yun in North and South Korea,” investigates the many misconceptions surrounding the enigmatic composer and … Continue reading
Some of what’s on in the next little while: Gyeonggi-do Flutist Jean Ferrandis with soprano Sérine de Labaume & Centro Philharmonic Orchestra – Spring Green Concert at the Seongnam Arts Center Sat 5th 19:30 British tenor Ian Bostridge – recital of Schumann lieder with Julius Drake piano at Aram Art Hall, Goyang-si Sat 19th at … Continue reading
Competitors who passed the semifinal round of the Seoul International Music Competition are: Sohn Jeung-beum (Korea) Sara Daneshpour(USA) Charles Richard-Hamelin (Canada) Han Chi-ho (Korea) Kim Jongyun (Korea) Kim Heejae (Korea) I hope the judging has been impartial (or as much as it can be). The finals will be on this Saturday and Sunday at the … Continue reading
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