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Korea is home to the third largest music market in Asia and has gained widespread international attention for its rich history of traditional music as well as the now ubiquitous genre of K-Pop. However, in this week’s instalment in the KCCUK Culture Series we will be focusing on the slightly lesser-explored category of Korean classical music.
For a number of years the KCCUK has introduced UK audiences to Korean classical music through our regular KCC House Concert programme. Although our live music events are currently suspended due to Covid-19, our new KCC Home Theatre Series presents a handpicked selection of online concerts, uploaded to our YouTube channel every Thursday and featuring a wide range of classical music performances, among other genres.
The history of classical music in Korea
The opening of Korean ports in 1876 (the late Joseon Dynasty) brought the first major introduction of Western culture into the peninsula, including Western classical music. The history of the early introduction of Western musical styles was one of instruction and performance in vocal and instrumental music by foreigners. Representative examples are the hymns taught by Christian missionaries and the Western ensemble established by Germany’s Franz Eckert (1852–1916).
In 1910, Korea
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BREAKING | Ji Young Lim Awarded 1st Prize at Queen Elisabeth Competition
20 year old Ji Young Lim from South Korea, has just minutes ago been awarded 1st prize at the 2015 Queen Elisabeth International Violin Competition.
2nd and 3rd prizes were awarded to 26 year old Oleksii Semenenko from Ukraine - and 22 year old VC ‘Young Artist’ William Hagen from the United States
4th, 5th and 6th prizes were awarded to 24 year old VC 'Young Artist' Tobias Feldmann from Germany, 18 year old VC ‘Young Artist’ Stephen Waarts from United States/Holland - and 21 year old Fumika Mohri from Japan.
A graduate of the Korea National University of Arts, where she studied with Nam-Yun Kim, Ji Young is a former prize winner at the Henri Marteau and Indianapolis International Violin Competitions.
She will receive 25,000 Euro (USD$31,000), a CD recording, a number of international concert engagements and the 4 year use of the ‘Huggins’ Stradivarius – on generous loan from the Nippon Music Foundation.
VC 'Young Artist' Stephen Waarts was awarded the VRT Audience Prize.
1st Round, Semi-Final and Final Round performances available at: http://bit.ly/1RACd4n