Ministry of Culture New Year's Concert Held... Featuring Kim Ki-hoon, Lim Sun-hye, and Others

Online Live Broadcast at 7 PM on the 5th

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on the 2nd that it will hold a New Year's concert online at 7 p.m. on the 5th to welcome the Year of the Black Tiger. It will be broadcast live through the National Theater of Korea's Naver TV and YouTube channels, as well as the KBS YouTube channel. It will also be aired on KBS 1TV's 'Open Concert' at 5:40 p.m. on the 16th.

The stage was prepared to express gratitude and hope to the people who have worked hard to restore daily life. Conductor Choi Soo-yeol and the KBS Symphony Orchestra will perform the national anthem and Bernstein's 'Candide Overture.' Major music from globally loved Korean Wave content such as the drama 'Ojingeo Geim' (Squid Game) and the film 'Gisaengchung' (Parasite) will also be arranged for orchestra and presented.

Baritone Kim Ki-hoon, who became the first Korean vocalist to win the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition in May last year, will sing 'The Impossible Dream' from the musical 'Man of La Mancha.' World-renowned soprano Lim Sun-hye will perform 'Over the Rainbow' from the film 'The Wizard of Oz.' Pianist and artistic director of the PyeongChang Daegwallyeong Music Festival, Son Yeol-eum, will showcase Liszt's 'Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major.'

Emerging artists leading Korean classical music will also appear. Pianist Park Jae-hong, who became the second Korean to win the Busoni International Piano Competition last year, and cellist Han Jae-min, who won the George Enescu International Competition as the youngest winner in 2020, will perform. Along with violinist Shin Ji-a, active both domestically and internationally, they will present Beethoven's 'Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Cello, 3rd Movement,' among other pieces.

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