Hyundai Motor Chung Mong-Koo Foundation Holds 'Dongpyeonje Village Gugak Street Festival' Online

The 6th Dongpyeonje Village Gugak Street Festival (Photo by Hyundai Motor Company Chung Mong-Koo Foundation)

[Asia Economy Reporter Jihee Kim] The 6th Dongpyeonje Village Gugak Street Festival, part of the Arts World Village Project hosted by the Hyundai Motor Chung Mong-Koo Foundation and organized by the Korea National University of Arts, will be held online from the 6th to the 25th of this month. Under the theme "Distant Distance, United Sound," the 6th Dongpyeonje Village Gugak Street Festival is produced as 16 VOD videos and will be available through the 'Arts World TV' platform.

The Hyundai Motor Chung Mong-Koo Foundation announced on the 1st that this year's Dongpyeonje Village Gugak Street Festival, opening on the 6th, will be streamed live on Naver LIVE. The opening performance at 7 PM that evening will feature gugak performances by four female vocalists spanning three generations. Participants include master singer Ahn Sook-sun, Miss Trot alumna Song Ga-in, master singer Kim Young-im, and gugak prodigy Song So-hee. Song Ga-in will also present a special performance with Seojin-sil, the vocalist of the world music band AUX, and the traditional music group Woori Sori Baraji, while Song So-hee will perform a modern reinterpretation of folk songs in collaboration with the group Second Moon.

Prior to the opening performance, a pre-program featuring 'Ensemble Sinawi,' which interprets traditional music through modern Sinawi, and a midday pavilion concert performed by contemporary pansori singer Inarae and master singer Jang Moon-hee will be broadcast live on Naver LIVE at 4 PM on the 6th.

Additionally, until the 25th of this month, VODs of the 'Kim Deok-su Jeon傳' performance held at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in May, as well as performances by Haegum Plus led by Kang Eun-il, will be uploaded. Following these, gugak program VODs featuring global gugak masters and master singers, as well as Hyundai Motor Chung Mong-Koo Foundation gugak scholarship recipients Go Han-dol, Kim Ki-jin, and Seo Ui-cheol, will be sequentially released.

Kwon Oh-gyu, Chairman of the Hyundai Motor Chung Mong-Koo Foundation, said, "This year, we plan to hold the Dongpyeonje Village Gugak Street Festival with excellent masters and master singers again. Although it is unfortunate that the festival will be held online rather than in person as in previous years, I hope that many people will enjoy the sounds of our culture resonating from this small village."

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