“Performing Traditional Korean Music on the Violin” May 13th 2021, Thu. 11am This virtual concert will be premiered on the Youtube channel of Korean Cultural Center of Chicago. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxlvyzn5mMg Wheaton College professor, Soh-Hyun Park Altino will perform a violin performance of ‘Ajaeng Sanjo’ by Master Kim Il-gu, an Intangible Cultural Property of Korea. Sanjo, which is a very difficult and artistic genre that boasts excellent technique and musicality, and has been developed as a solo music for traditional Korean musical instruments since the 19th century. A Zoom interview with Professor So-Jung Lee, Music Director of KCCoC with our guest violinist,...

As live performances are difficult due to the pandemic, the Korean Cultural Center of Chicago will hold Thursday Concert Series, “Mozart in the Morning” through online concert beginning March. The concert will be delivered to the music lovers on the Korean Cultural Center of Chicago’s Youtube channel on the second Thursday of March, April and May from 11am to 12noon. April 8th: The theme of the April concert is “Korean folk song, its infinite possibilities”. It will be an opportunity to enjoy Korean folk songs played on the piano, which is considered the king of classical instruments, in the form...