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Summary: MUSIC SEIL KOREAN SONGS CONCERT Seoul Arts Center Concert Hall Today This concert features songs from the lyric opera canon with the Prime Philharmonic Orchestra and a host of opera stars providing the music including sopranos Kim Young mi and Kim Eun ju tenors Kang Mu rim and Na Seung suh and baritones Wo Ju ho and Jang Yu sang Violinist Baek Ju young will also perform The concert starts at 8 p m Tickets range from 30 000 won $26 50 to 100 000 won Nambu Bus Terminal Station line No 3 exit 5 02 555 4713 www sac or kr RUSSIAN PIANIST MIROSLAV KULTYSHEV Seoul Arts Center Concert Hall Sunday In this concert celebrating 20 years of diplomatic relations between Korea and Russia Russian pianist Miroslav Kultyshev will play Chopin s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No 1 as well as Chopin polonaises nocturnes and etudes He will be joined by the Millennium Orchestra Kultyshev was the winner of the 2007 International Tchaikovsky Competition and a finalist in the 2010 Chopin International Piano Competition The concert starts at 8 p m Tickets range from 40 000 won to 100 000 won Nambu Bus Terminal Station line No 3 exit 5 02 580 1300 www sac or kr SOPRANO INESSA GARANTE Seoul Arts Center Concert Hall Dec 1 Inessa Garante who is originally from Latvia became famous after her debut in 1995 with Giulio Caccini s Ave Maria In this performance Garante will sing Lascia chi io pianga from Friedrich Handel s opera Rinaldo and Vissi d arte vissi d amore from Giacomo Puccini s opera Tosca among others Pop singer Kai will join Garante for a duet of Libiamo and Time to Say Goodbye from Giupseppe Verdi s opera La Traviata The concert starts at 8 p m Tickets range from 30 000 won to 90 000 won Nambu Bus Terminal Station line No 3 exit 5 02 1544 1555 www sac or kr RICHARD CLAYDERMAN Goyang AramNuri Arts Center and other venues Dec 3 to 10 Pianist Richard Clayderman brings his renditions of classical and pop songs to Korea where he is doing a seven city tour to Busan Ilsan Daegu Jeonju Changwon Seoul and Jinju Clayderman s album Ballade Pour Adeline has sold more than 22 000 copies His repertoire includes Gershwin s Rhapsody in Blue Vangelis Chariots of Fire and classic Korean pop songs like To J originally recorded by Shin Seon hee and Invisible Love originally recorded by Shin Seung hun Clayderman performs in Seoul at 8 p m on Dec 4 at Goyang AramNuri Arts Center and on Dec 9 at Kyunghee University s Pyunghwa Theater Tickets range from 40 000 won to 120 000 won 02 1688 2026 www clayderman co kr HWANG BYUNG KI TRIBUTE CONCERT Seoul Arts Center Concert Hall Dec 4 Artists and musicians celebrate the 50th birthday of renowned traditional musician Hwang Byung ki The program will be hosted by Hwang and broadcaster Lee Geum hee Featured performers include the Kim Sam jin Dance Company traditional dance Ahn Eun mi contemporary dance Dasrum Korean traditional music Kazuhito Yamashita guitar and more The concert starts at 2 p m Tickets range from 30 000 won to 100 000 won Nambu Bus Terminal Station line No 3 exit 5 02 548 4480 www sac or kr HANDEL S MESSIAH Sejong Center for the Performing Arts Dec 7 Handel s Messiah one of the most well known religious works in the Western choral canon is the centerpiece of this year end concert The concert starts at 7 30 p m Tickets range from 10 000 won to 50 000 won Gwanghwamun Station line No 5 exit 1 or 8 02 541 4533 www sejongpac or kr 2000 2010 KUMHO ART HALL HIGHLIGHT Kumho Art Hall To Dec 23 To celebrate its 10th anniversary Kumho Art Hall is presenting a series featuring previous performers including the cellist Sim Yun suk Nov 24 pianist Choe Hui yeon Nov 24 and Dec 2 gayageum player Ji Aeri Dec 9 the Chamber Music Society featuring Kim Dae jin Oh Yun ju David Kim and others Dec 16 and the Kumho Asiana Soloists Dec 23 The concert starts at 8 p m Tickets range from 8 000 won to 30 000 won Tickets for the Dec 16 concert are 30 000 won Gwanghwamun Station line No 5 exit 7 02 6303 7700 www kumhoarthall com ROCK LEGEND SHIN JOONG HYUN Daehangno Small Theater Dec 10 to Jan 15 The legendary 72 year old guitarist known in Korea as the godfather of rock presents a month of concerts He chose Daehangno Small Theater because it was where he performed in 1960 at the height of his career He will perform his hits Lover in the Rain One Cup of Coffee My Love Beauty and more Last December Shin became the first Asian musician to have a tribute guitar made for him by Fender Musical Instruments Corp He will play the tribute guitar which was named the Shin Joong hyun Tribute Stratocaster at the concert The concert starts at 7 30 p m There are no performances on Mondays Tickets are 50 000 won Hyehwa Station line No 4 exit 1 02 764 4444 THEATER 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF MADANG NORI Seoul World Cup Stadium Saturday to Jan 2 This performance celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Korean traditional performance Madang Nori a mixture of music dance and song This performance will retell the story of Chunhyang and starts off with a twist from the original by having the first scene of Chunhyang and Mongryong s first night together rather than the original scene in which Chunhyang and Mongryong fall in love at first sight Performances start at 3 p m Tickets range from 35 000 won to 45 000 won Seoul World Cup Stadium Station line No 6 exits 1 2 and 3 02 747 5161 KYUNGSOOK KYUNGSOOK S FATHER Seoul Arts Center Jayu Theater To Dec 5 The first play in the Seoul Arts Center s masterwork series is a humorous and heart warming story about a family struggling to survive the Korean War and its aftermath Kyungsook hates her father a janggu Korean drum player who spends his time drinking instead of taking care of his mother wife and two young daughters When the war breaks out he runs away leaving his young daughters to look after the family When he finally realizes his mistake he returns for his family only to discover that they have already moved on without him Performances are at 7 30 p m on Tuesdays Thursdays and Fridays 3 and 7 30 p m on Wednesdays 2 and 6 p m on Saturdays and 3 p m on Sundays The Nov 20 show is at 6 p m Tickets range from 20 000 to 30 000 won Nambu Bus Terminal Station line No 3 exit 5 02 580 1300 www sac or kr LULU Seoul Arts Center Opera Theater Tomorrow to Sunday Austrian composer Alban Berg s opera Lulu will be presented in Korea for the first time Lulu is the story of a woman who goes from the height of popularity to the depths of despair and has many affairs in between This opera is known for the discordant melody that makes the audience feel the characters emotions Soprano Park Eun ju stars as Lulu Performances start at 8 p m Tickets range from 10 000 to 150 000 won Nambu Bus Terminal Station line No 3 exit 5 02 586 5282 www sac or kr LOVE LETTER Sejong Center for the Performing Arts Grand Theater Dec 1 to 4 This performance tells the history of Seoul through the story of two young lovers The story begins during the Joseon Dynasty when the city was known as Hanyang and moves to the Japanese colonial period when the city was renamed Kyungsung Eventually the performance gets to the present day The production is directed by Park Sae won Performances are at 7 30 p m from Wednesday to Friday and at 3 and 7 30 p m on Saturday Tickets range from 10 000 won to 70 000 won Gwanghwamun Station line No 5 exit 1 or 8 02 399 1114~6 www sejongpac or kr SWAN LAKE Seoul Arts Center Opera Theater Dec 7 to 12 The Korea National Ballet Company presents Swan Lake with special guest star Choi Yoo hee first soloist of London s Royal Ballet This will be Choi s first performance in Korea Shows are at 7 30 p m Tuesday to Friday at 3 and 7 30 p m on Saturday and at 3 p m on Sunday Tickets range from 5 000 won to 100 000 won Nambu Bus Terminal Station line No 3 exit 5 02 399 1114~6 www sac or kr ANNIE Sejong Center for the Performing Arts Grand Theater Dec 16 to 28 The Seoul Metropolitan Musical Theater presents an encore production of Annie three years after it was first shown in Korea The 2007 production received the Best Foreign Musical Award at the Korea Musical Awards Performances are at 2 30 and 7 30 p m Tuesdays through Fridays and at 3 and 7 p m Saturdays and Sundays Tickets range from 30 000 won to 50 000 won Gwanghwamun Station line No 5 exit 1 or 8 02 399 1772 www sejongpac or kr POET YI SANG DEC 12 Hwaseong Art Hall Dec 18 to 26 Actor Bae Su bin SBS s Shining Inheritance and MBC s Jumong stars in this show about the life of legendary poet Yi Sang Yi who died at the age of 27 is one of Korea s most celebrated post modern poets and this year marks the 100th anniversary of his birth He experimented with new literary forms and undertook an exploration of his identity at a time when most other writers were writing about the political issues of the time The performance is open for people ages 16 and up Performances are at 8 p m Tuesday to Friday and at 3 and 7 p m on weekends Performances are at 7 p m on Dec 18 and at 3 p m on Dec 19 Tickets range from 20 000 won to 30 000 won Byeongjeom Station line No 1 exit 1 or 8 031 267 8888 http hcf or kr BILLY ELLIOT LG Arts Center Open run Based on the movie of the same name and with music by Elton John this musical has been a mega hit worldwide This is the first non English language production of the show which was previously produced in Britain Australia and the United States Four men will alternate in the title role including Im Sun woo who is the youngest person ever to play the character It was nominated in 15 categories at the 2009 Tony Awards and ended up winning 10 of the major awards including best musical Performances are at 8 p m from Tuesdays to Fridays and at 2 p m and 7 30 p m on Saturdays Sundays and holidays Tickets range from 50 000 won to 130 000 won Yeoksam Station line No 2 exit 7 02 3446 9630 www musicalbillyelliot co kr FESTIVALS DESIGN ART FESTIVAL 2010 Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Art Museum To Saturday This festival highlights some of the latest trends in graphic art sculpture furniture and painting with pieces from a variety of emerging artists Jung Chan woo a well known young artist will display his new work in a collection called Shoot for Your Dreams Tickets range from 4 000 to 8 000 won Nambu Bus Terminal Station line No 3 exit 5 02 586 5282 www designartfair com Event information is culled from the Korea Tourism Organization and other online sources Copyrights ⓒ JoongangIlbo Jcube Interactive Inc All rights reserved MUSIC SEIL KOREAN SONGS CONCERT Seoul Arts Center Concert Hall Today This concert features songs from the lyric opera canon with the Prime Philharmonic Orchestra and a host of opera stars providing the music including sopranos Kim Young mi and Kim Eun ju tenors Kang Mu rim and Na Seung suh and baritones Wo Ju ho and Jang Yu sang Violinist Baek Ju young will also perform The concert starts at 8 p m Tickets range from 30 000 won $26 50 to 100 000 won Nambu Bus Terminal Station line No 3 exit 5 02 555 4713 www sac or kr RUSSIAN PIANIST MIROSLAV KULTYSHEV Seoul Arts Center Concert Hall Sunday In this concert celebrating 20 years of diplomatic relations between Korea and Russia Russian pianist Miroslav Kultyshev will play Chopin s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No 1 as well as Chopin polonaises nocturnes and etudes He will be joined by the Millennium Orchestra Kultyshev was the winner of the 2007 International Tchaikovsky Competition and a finalist in the 2010 Chopin International Piano Competition The concert starts at 8 p m Tickets range from 40 000 won to 100 000 won Nambu Bus Terminal Station line No 3 exit 5 02 580 1300 www sac or kr SOPRANO INESSA GARANTE Seoul Arts Center Concert Hall Dec 1 Inessa Garante who is originally from Latvia became famous after her debut in 1995 with Giulio Caccini s Ave Maria In this performance Garante will sing Lascia chi io pianga from Friedrich Handel s opera Rinaldo and Vissi d arte vissi d amore from Giacomo Puccini s opera Tosca among others Pop singer Kai will join Garante for a duet of Libiamo and Time to Say Goodbye from Giupseppe Verdi s opera La Traviata The concert starts at 8 p m Tickets range from 30 000 won to 90 000 won Nambu Bus Terminal Station line No 3 exit 5 02 1544 1555 www sac or kr RICHARD CLAYDERMAN Goyang AramNuri Arts Center and other venues Dec 3 to 10 Pianist Richard Clayderman brings his renditions of classical and pop songs to Korea where he is doing a seven city tour to Busan Ilsan Daegu Jeonju Changwon Seoul and Jinju Clayderman s album Ballade Pour Adeline has sold more than 22 000 copies His repertoire includes Gershwin s Rhapsody in Blue Vangelis Chariots of Fire and classic Korean pop songs like To J originally recorded by Shin Seon hee and Invisible Love originally recorded by Shin Seung hun Clayderman performs in Seoul at 8 p m on Dec 4 at Goyang AramNuri Arts Center and on Dec 9 at Kyunghee University s Pyunghwa Theater Tickets range from 40 000 won to 120 000 won 02 1688 2026 www clayderman co kr HWANG BYUNG KI TRIBUTE CONCERT Seoul Arts Center Concert Hall Dec 4 Artists and musicians celebrate the 50th birthday of renowned traditional musician Hwang Byung ki The program will be hosted by Hwang and broadcaster Lee Geum hee Featured performers include the Kim Sam jin Dance Company traditional dance Ahn Eun mi contemporary dance Dasrum Korean traditional music Kazuhito Yamashita guitar and more The concert starts at 2 p m Tickets range from 30 000 won to 100 000 won Nambu Bus Terminal Station line No 3 exit 5 02 548 4480 www sac or kr HANDEL S MESSIAH Sejong Center for the Performing Arts Dec 7 Handel s Messiah one of the most well known religious works in the Western choral canon is the centerpiece of this year end concert The concert starts at 7 30 p m Tickets range from 10 000 won to 50 000 won Gwanghwamun Station line No 5 exit 1 or 8 02 541 4533 www sejongpac or kr 2000 2010 KUMHO ART HALL HIGHLIGHT Kumho Art Hall To Dec 23 To celebrate its 10th anniversary Kumho Art Hall is presenting a series featuring previous performers including the cellist Sim Yun suk Nov 24 pianist Choe Hui yeon Nov 24 and Dec 2 gayageum player Ji Aeri Dec 9 the Chamber Music Society featuring Kim Dae jin Oh Yun ju David Kim and others Dec 16 and the Kumho Asiana Soloists Dec 23 The concert starts at 8 p m Tickets range from 8 000 won to 30 000 won Tickets for the Dec 16 concert are 30 000 won Gwanghwamun Station line No 5 exit 7 02 6303 7700 www kumhoarthall com ROCK LEGEND SHIN JOONG HYUN Daehangno Small Theater Dec 10 to Jan 15 The legendary 72 year old guitarist known in Korea as the godfather of rock presents a month of concerts He chose Daehangno Small Theater because it was where he performed in 1960 at the height of his career He will perform his hits Lover in the Rain One Cup of Coffee My Love Beauty and more Last December Shin became the first Asian musician to have a tribute guitar made for him by Fender Musical Instruments Corp He will play the tribute guitar which was named the Shin Joong hyun Tribute Stratocaster at the concert The concert starts at 7 30 p m There are no performances on Mondays Tickets are 50 000 won Hyehwa Station line No 4 exit 1 02 764 4444 THEATER 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF MADANG NORI Seoul World Cup Stadium Saturday to Jan 2 This performance celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Korean traditional performance Madang Nori a mixture of music dance and song This performance will retell the story of Chunhyang and starts off with a twist from the original by having the first scene of Chunhyang and Mongryong s first night together rather than the original scene in which Chunhyang and Mongryong fall in love at first sight Performances start at 3 p m Tickets range from 35 000 won to 45 000 won Seoul World Cup Stadium Station line No 6 exits 1 2 and 3 02 747 5161 KYUNGSOOK KYUNGSOOK S FATHER Seoul Arts Center Jayu Theater To Dec 5 The first play in the Seoul Arts Center s masterwork series is a humorous and heart warming story about a family struggling to survive the Korean War and its aftermath Kyungsook hates her father a janggu Korean drum player who spends his time drinking instead of taking care of his mother wife and two young daughters When the war breaks out he runs away leaving his young daughters to look after the family When he finally realizes his mistake he returns for his family only to discover that they have already moved on without him Performances are at 7 30 p m on Tuesdays Thursdays and Fridays 3 and 7 30 p m on Wednesdays 2 and 6 p m on Saturdays and 3 p m on Sundays The Nov 20 show is at 6 p m Tickets range from 20 000 to 30 000 won Nambu Bus Terminal Station line No 3 exit 5 02 580 1300 www sac or kr LULU Seoul Arts Center Opera Theater Tomorrow to Sunday Austrian composer Alban Berg s opera Lulu will be presented in Korea for the first time Lulu is the story of a woman who goes from the height of popularity to the depths of despair and has many affairs in between This opera is known for the discordant melody that makes the audience feel the characters emotions Soprano Park Eun ju stars as Lulu Performances start at 8 p m Tickets range from 10 000 to 150 000 won Nambu Bus Terminal Station line No 3 exit 5 02 586 5282 www sac or kr LOVE LETTER Sejong Center for the Performing Arts Grand Theater Dec 1 to 4 This performance tells the history of Seoul through the story of two young lovers The story begins during the Joseon Dynasty when the city was known as Hanyang and moves to the Japanese colonial period when the city was renamed Kyungsung Eventually the performance gets to the present day The production is directed by Park Sae won Performances are at 7 30 p m from Wednesday to Friday and at 3 and 7 30 p m on Saturday Tickets range from 10 000 won to 70 000 won Gwanghwamun Station line No 5 exit 1 or 8 02 399 1114~6 www sejongpac or kr SWAN LAKE Seoul Arts Center Opera Theater Dec 7 to 12 The Korea National Ballet Company presents Swan Lake with special guest star Choi Yoo hee first soloist of London s Royal Ballet This will be Choi s first performance in Korea Shows are at 7 30 p m Tuesday to Friday at 3 and 7 30 p m on Saturday and at 3 p m on Sunday Tickets range from 5 000 won to 100 000 won Nambu Bus Terminal Station line No 3 exit 5 02 399 1114~6 www sac or kr ANNIE Sejong Center for the Performing Arts Grand Theater Dec 16 to 28 The Seoul Metropolitan Musical Theater presents an encore production of Annie three years after it was first shown in Korea The 2007 production received the Best Foreign Musical Award at the Korea Musical Awards Performances are at 2 30 and 7 30 p m Tuesdays through Fridays and at 3 and 7 p m Saturdays and Sundays Tickets range from 30 000 won to 50 000 won Gwanghwamun Station line No 5 exit 1 or 8 02 399 1772 www sejongpac or kr POET YI SANG DEC 12 Hwaseong Art Hall Dec 18 to 26 Actor Bae Su bin SBS s Shining Inheritance and MBC s Jumong stars in this show about the life of legendary poet Yi Sang Yi who died at the age of 27 is one of Korea s most celebrated post modern poets and this year marks the 100th anniversary of his birth He experimented with new literary forms and undertook an exploration of his identity at a time when most other writers were writing about the political issues of the time The performance is open for people ages 16 and up Performances are at 8 p m Tuesday to Friday and at 3 and 7 p m on weekends Performances are at 7 p m on Dec 18 and at 3 p m on Dec 19 Tickets range from 20 000 won to 30 000 won Byeongjeom Station line No 1 exit 1 or 8 031 267 8888 http hcf or kr BILLY ELLIOT LG Arts Center Open run Based on the movie of the same name and with music by Elton John this musical has been a mega hit worldwide This is the first non English language production of the show which was previously produced in Britain Australia and the United States Four men will alternate in the title role including Im Sun woo who is the youngest person ever to play the character It was nominated in 15 categories at the 2009 Tony Awards and ended up winning 10 of the major awards including best musical Performances are at 8 p m from Tuesdays to Fridays and at 2 p m and 7 30 p m on Saturdays Sundays and holidays Tickets range from 50 000 won to 130 000 won Yeoksam Station line No 2 exit 7 02 3446 9630 www musicalbillyelliot co kr FESTIVALS DESIGN ART FESTIVAL 2010 Seoul Arts Center Hangaram Art Museum To Saturday This festival highlights some of the latest trends in graphic art sculpture furniture and painting with pieces from a variety of emerging artists Jung Chan woo a well known young artist will display his new work in a collection called Shoot for Your Dreams Tickets range from 4 000 to 8 000 won Nambu Bus Terminal Station line No 3 exit 5 02 586 5282 www designartfair com Event information is culled from the Korea Tourism Organization and other online sources Copyrights ⓒ JoongangIlbo Jcube Interactive Inc All rights reserved

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