KoreaTimes(682) - Music, Entertainment & Arts, page 10

Entertainment
& Arts

Sports

World

SCMP
Asia

Video

Photos

Site Map E-paper Subscribe Register LogIn
Site Map E-paper Subscribe Register LogIn

Entertainment & Arts

Music

Mon, July 4, 2022 | 09:50

More than 7,000 indie musicians active in Korea, most of them in Seoul

There are around 7,000 indie musicians in Korea and most of them are active in Seoul, according to a study published Wednesday. According to data compiled by the Record Label Industry Association of Korea based on performances and albums released between 2017 and 2020, there are 2,814 indie bands in Korea, including 7,004 musicians.

Park Ji-won | 2021-07-21 16:52

Local singing legend blamed for hiking virus concerns with 24,000 fans at Daegu concerts

Legendary trot singer Na Hoon-a is facing public criticism after having drawn 24,000 fans to his concerts in Daegu amid concerns over rising COVID-19 cases across the country. Na, 74, held six concerts, titled “AGAIN,” at EXCO in Daegu's Buk District from July 16 to 18. The concert organizer limited each concert to 4,000 people and all six sold out.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2021-07-18 16:26

'#BoycottZukerman' spreads online after master violinist's offensive remarks against Asians

The hashtag, “#Boycott Zukerman,” has recently been spreading online after Israeli-American violinist and violist Pinchas Zukerman was found to have made “anti-Asian remarks” during his online masterclass in June and other occasions.

Ko Dong-hwan | 2021-07-14 16:41

[INTERVIEW] 'Shamanic funk' band ADG7 carries on legacy of North Korean folk music

In recent years, there have been various experiments in gugak, or traditional Korean music. Budding young musicians have churned out new styles of gugak, mixing old and new, or East and West, for modern-day audiences.

Kwak Yeon-soo | 2021-07-14 16:02

[INTERVIEW] Japan-born ethnic Korean musician comforts minorities with music

For some, music is just something to enjoy. But for Park Soon-a, a 52-year-old player of the Korean traditional string instrument named gayageum, who was born in Japan as a third-generation ethnic Korean, largely referred to here as “Zainichi” Korean, and who learned the instrument in both Koreas, music is a way to find her identity and communicate with the world.

Park Ji-won | 2021-07-12 17:44

[INTERVIEW] Inspired by Korean dramas, Swiss classical flutist initiates soundtrack project

Philipp Jundt, a flutist and professor at Neuchatel Conservatory in Switzerland, has become a huge fan of Korean dramas during his 12 years of living in Korea from 2008 to 2020 as an exchange professor. He first began to watch the TV series to improve his Korean language skills as well as to learn about Korean culture. But soon he found himself addicted to them, and watching ...

Park Ji-won | 2021-07-05 19:27

'Not the end': Fans mark 50 years since Jim Morrison's death

Rockers old and young cried, shared a drink and perhaps even a joint in a stylishly overgrown cemetery in Paris on Saturday, marking 50 years since the death of 1960s icon Jim Morrison. Dozens of fans of the frontman of psychedelic rock band The Doors, who decamped to the French capital in early 1971 and died shortly afterwards of a heart attack, flocked to his grave in an ov...

2021-07-04 09:44

Steinway Piano Gallery opens in Seoul hoping to expand high-quality piano market

The German-American piano company Steinway & Sons has opened the largest exhibition hall for the instrument in Korea. The Steinway Piano Gallery opened in downtown Seoul in early June, displaying 18 Steinway pianos in the 600-square-meter space.

Park Ji-won | 2021-06-28 14:17

David Bowie painting bought for $4 sold at auction for nearly $90,000

A painting by British pop icon David Bowie recently discovered and purchased for about $4 at a Canadian store that resells donated goods, has been sold at auction in Toronto for nearly $90,000, the auction house said Friday.

2021-06-26 10:00

Korean traditional music lecture program in English to begin in July

The Seoul Donhwamun Traditional Theater is launching a new English-language lecture program providing foreign residents of Korea with practical information about the genres to help raise appreciation of the country's rich musical traditions.

Park Ji-won | 2021-06-26 09:05

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

CEO & Publisher : Oh Young-jin
Digital News Email : webmaster@koreatimes.co.kr
Tel : 02-724-2114
Online newspaper registration No : 서울,아52844
Date of registration : 2020.02.05
Masthead : The Korea Times
Copyright © koreatimes.co.kr. All rights reserved.