Cheongwadae Reception Hall Transformed into Cultural and Artistic Space... K-Classic Performance

Performances by Kim Sunwook, Son Yeoreum, Sunwoo Yegwon, Yang Inmo, and others

The State Guest House of the Blue House, which once hosted state banquets at diplomatic events, is being transformed into a cultural and artistic space.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on the 25th that from the 1st to the 11th of next month, four "K-Classic" concerts titled "Coloring the Blue House Autumn" will be held on the second floor of the Blue House State Guest House.

The stage will be organized in collaboration with the Seoul Arts Center, the National Symphony Orchestra, and others. The first performer is Sunwook Kim, the youngest winner of the 2006 Leeds International Piano Competition. He will hold a solo recital at 3 p.m. on the 1st of next month, performing Schubert's "Four Impromptus" and Liszt's Sonata in B minor, among others.

Sunwook Yekwon, who became the first Korean to win the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2017, will perform with the National Symphony Orchestra at 3 p.m. on the 4th of next month. Yekwon will play Tchaikovsky's "The Seasons" (October) and Rachmaninoff's "Variations on a Theme of Corelli." The National Symphony Orchestra will perform Mozart's "Divertimento" and Piazzolla's "Libertango."

At 7 p.m. on the 7th of next month, violinist Inmo Yang, who became the first Korean to win the Jean Sibelius Violin Competition in May, will perform with the National Symphony Orchestra. Yang will play Mozart's Violin Sonata K301 and Sibelius's "Five Pieces for Violin and Piano" (with pianist Sangwook Park). The National Symphony Orchestra will again perform Mozart's "Divertimento" and Piazzolla's "Libertango."

The finale will be presented by pianist Yeol Eum Son, artistic director of the PyeongChang Daegwallyeong Music Festival. Starting at 7 p.m. on the 11th of next month, she will perform Kapustin's Variations Op. 41 and Hertz's "Wizard of Oz Fantasy," among others.

The performances will be recorded on video. Some will be released through on- and offline screenings as part of the Seoul Arts Center's performance video project "Sac on Screen."

General admission applications will be accepted online (Interpark) from the 26th to the 27th of this month. Two hundred people will be randomly selected, fifty per performance. The remaining seats will be allocated based on the Yoon Suk-yeol administration's "vulnerable-friendly" national philosophy to aspiring artists with disabilities, winners of the Munhwa Nuri Card essay contest, young artists, and others.

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