Gwangju University Liberal Education Center to Hold 'Piano Talk Concert' on the 2nd

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Gwan-woo] Gwangju University is producing online lecture content about the lives and musical worlds of great musicians such as Mozart and Beethoven.

The Gwangju University Liberal Education Center announced on the 1st that it will hold a "Piano Talk Concert" at the Hosimgwan Small Auditorium on the afternoon of the 2nd.

This talk concert was planned to create online lecture content for the liberal arts course "Open Life Theory: Designing Life through Culture and Arts."

It was also prepared to comfort students exhausted from non-face-to-face classes due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.

In the piano talk concert, Professor Kim Jeong-ah from the Department of Music will provide commentary and piano performances, sharing the lives and music of Mozart, Beethoven, and Chopin.

The program consists of Mozart's "Piano Sonatas No. 1 and 2," "Variations on 'Ah! vous dirai-je, maman'," Beethoven's "F?r Elise," "Moonlight Sonata," and Chopin's "Nocturne," among others.

The course "Open Life Theory: Designing Life through Culture and Arts" has established itself as a representative liberal arts lecture at Gwangju University.

In particular, it invites cultural and artistic professionals from various genres each semester and conducts relay special lectures, gaining popularity among students.

Kim Jeong-ah, director of the Gwangju University Liberal Education Center, said, "We are developing and operating courses on art appreciation and creation to cultivate the sensitivity and creativity absolutely necessary for our students living with artificial intelligence in the Fourth Industrial Revolution era." She added, "In the future, we will expand and develop the course content through agreements with local cultural and artistic organizations and strive to brand it so that it can spread to the local community."

Meanwhile, as part of the university innovation support project, the Gwangju University Liberal Education Center has been operating liberal arts courses focused on cultural and artistic appreciation and creative practice since 2017 to nurture talents with creative convergence capabilities needed in the Fourth Industrial Revolution era.

Additionally, it conducts performance evaluations each semester, continuously observing changes in students' core competencies and supporting various programs.

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