Yeowoorak Festival celebrates 15th edition with traditional Korean music in central Seoul

The 15th edition of the Yeowoorak Festival will be held from July 4 to 27 at the National Theater of Korea in Jung District, central Seoul.

2024-06-06

Culture Ministry to host five open air concerts at Blue House through November

Fall is looking like a musical season for the Blue House this year. The Culture Ministry on Thursday announced a series of alfresco concerts at the former presidential compound will be held through November.

2023-09-08

Three keys to promoting our traditional music

I sincerely hope that gugak will be loved by more people and reborn as our great traditional culture.

2023-08-10

Cha Ji-yeon learns to live with suffering in final 'Seopyeonjae' run

German philosopher Frederick Nietzsche famously said that to live is to suffer. But is there a way to avoid that suffering? Musical “Seopyeonjae” says there isn’t. But this bleak answer is oddly consoling after sitting through a 150-minute show ...

2022-09-08

Fit for royalty

Boy band Kingdom performs during Thursday's showcase for its fourth EP "History Of Kingdom : Part IV. Dann," which dropped on the same day, dressed in robes similar to those worn by the kings of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). The band's seven ...

2022-03-31

Young musicians transform gugak earning the genre fresh popularity

“I believe going down this road, with traditional music, won’t be a lonely one,” said Seodo Band’s (stylized as sEODo BAND) vocalist Seodo, whose real name is Seo Jae-hyun. After JTBC’s gugak, or traditional Korean music, competition show...

2021-12-29

Yeowoorak Festival lets artists take their own spin on gugak

Gugak, or traditional Korean music, has definitely gone hip. This can largely be contributed to the four-member band Leenalchi, which has been taking the world by storm, together with Korea’s contemporary dance troupe Ambiguous Dance Company ...

2021-06-27

MBN to launch new audition program based on gugak

Cable channel MBN will air a music audition show like never before. It announced the launch of its new program "Joseon Panstar," a competition for gugak, or traditional Korean music, musicians. MBN announced on Wednesday that it will start ...

2021-04-28

National Gugak Center has your Seollal vacation covered

Many Koreans still celebrate the Lunar New Year and see it as the time when families and relatives get together to celebrate the incoming New Year and pay respects to their ancestors. Usually, museums across the country and Seoul’s royal palaces ...

2021-02-07

Traditional Korean arts get younger, fresher makeover

It’s not that easy to buy a ticket for a traditional Korean performance without any knowledge of the show, let alone enjoy it. Even for a patriotic Korean, it can be difficult to stay awake throughout a concert of a gugak ...

2021-01-21

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