United by Classics! UNIST Hosts Performing Arts Festival

Future science and technology talents will gather on the UNIST campus to present a feast of classical music.

UNIST announced on the 20th that it will hold the UNIST Performing Arts Festival (UPAF) on campus from the 25th to the 28th.

This event provides an opportunity for students from science and technology specialized universities and university students from the Ulsan area to receive guidance from professional classical musicians and perform the results. The two performances during the festival will be open for all citizens to enjoy free of charge.

The festival begins with a special performance titled "A Midsummer Night's Concert." At the concert, violinist Jong-eun Lee, a UNIST professor, cellist Hoon-sun Chae, and pianist Geon-young Hwang will perform a piano trio.

Professor Lee graduated from The Juilliard School in New York, while Hoon-sun Chae and Geon-young Hwang graduated from the Berlin University of the Arts (Hans Eisler). The three have won numerous domestic and international competitions and are currently active performers both in Korea and abroad.

Under the theme of "Fusion of Science, Technology, and Art," a media art performance will also be presented. Artificial intelligence will read the musicians' performances in real time and express them through media art.

The media art performance was prepared by Professor Kyung-ho Lee's team from the UNIST Department of Design. The performance will begin at 7:30 PM on the 25th at the first floor of the UNIST Academic Information Center's Ji-gwan Library.

UPAF Promotional Poster.

The masterclass will be held over two days, the 26th and 27th, at Kyungdong Hall on the 4th floor of the UNIST Main Administration Building. On the 26th, it will be divided into morning and afternoon sessions from 9:30 AM to 6:45 PM, and on the 27th, it will be held only in the morning.

A total of 27 students will participate in the masterclass, including 22 students from four science and technology specialized universities?UNIST, KAIST, POSTECH, and GIST?and 5 students from the Ulsan University College of Music. The general public is welcome to observe.

Additionally, students who have honed their skills in the masterclass will form 10 teams with professional musicians to perform masterpieces by Schubert, Schumann, and others. This concert will be held at 7:30 PM on the 27th at the Ji-gwan Library.

Choi Jin-sook, head of the College of Humanities and organizer of the festival, said, "This event was planned to expand exchanges among future science and technology talents, to fuse art and science and technology, and to promote harmony between UNIST and the Ulsan region. Since a variety of free performances for citizens have been prepared, we hope many people will come and enjoy them."

This event is hosted by the UNIST College of Humanities and the Department of Design, supported by the College of Engineering, and organized by the Documentation and Information Team.

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