2021. April 6 Ticket

Zia Hyunsu Shin & Ditto Orchestra | An Jong-do Harpsichord Piano Recital | Hello Summer | Chung Myung-whun Piano Recital | Avignon Festival Cinema | Wicked | Kim Sung-jae Piano Recital | Phantom | Chicago |

ZIA HYUNSU SHIN & DITTO ORCHESTRA Lotte Concert Hall

April 14: Violinist Zia Hyunsu Shin will showcase the famous "The Four Seasons" by Antonio Vivaldi as well as Astor Piazzolla's "Four Seasons in Buenos Aires" during an upcoming concert.

Thanks to her powerful performances, Shin has earned a wide fandom. She won the first prize at Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud International Violin Competition in 2008 and made her professional debut as a solo violinist the following year playing Mendelssohn Violin Concerto at the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington D.C. under Ivan Fischer.

The concert begins at 11:30 a.m.

Tickets cost 38,000 won ($33.70).

Jamsil Station, line No. 2, exit 1 or 2.

AN JONG-DO HARPSICHORD PIANO RECITAL Seoul Arts Center, IBK Chamber Hall

April 24:Pianist An Jong-do will be staging a recital for the first time in four years. He'll not only perform on piano but show off his harpsichord skills as well.

In the first half of the recital, An will be performing French composer Louis Couperin's works on harpsichord and then Mozart's pieces. Then in the second half, he'll move onto the piano to perform various pieces from different eras including Johann Froberger and Robert Schumann.

The recital begins at 8 p.m.

Tickets range from 30,000 won to 50,000 won.

Nambu Bus Terminal Station, line No. 3, exit 5.

HELLO SUMMER Doosan Art Center, Yeongang Hall

April 27 – June 20: Based on a Japanese play “This Time it’s Real” by Mayumi Nakatani, the Korean production of the play with a new title, “Hello Summer” will be staged at the Doosan Art Center in central Seoul. The play, which premiered in Japan in 2002, revolves around a couple who have been married for six years.

For the upcoming play, actors Jung Won-jo, Song Yong-jin and Jang Ji-hu will alternate the role of Taemin, the husband, while Park Hye-na and Lee Ye-eun will alternate the role of Summer, the wife.

The play begins at 8 p.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays; 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Wednesdays; and at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. on weekends and public holidays. There are no shows on Mondays.

Tickets cost 66,000 won.

Jongno 5-ga station, line No. 1, exit 1.

CHUNG MYUNG-WHUN PIANO RECITAL Seoul Arts Center, Concert Hall

April 28: Maestro Chung Myung-whun will come down from the podium and sit before the piano to hold a recital for the first time in seven years.

Although he’s internationally known as a conductor, Chung is in fact the first Korean to take second place at the 1974 Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow. He’s performed on piano while being an active conductor, but held back from holding recitals as a pianist.

After releasing his first piano album through ECM in 2013, Chung went on tour the following year. Chung will be dropping another piano album next month through Deutsche Grammophon, which includes “Haydn Piano Sonata No. 60,” “Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 30” and “Brahms: 3 Intermezzo, Op. 117.” During the upcoming recital, he’ll be introducing the pieces on the album.

According to the 68-year-old musician, his 2014 album was “composed of music that he wanted his grandchildren to listen to.” The upcoming album, however, Chung said he wanted to “express different sides of life through music.”

The recital begins at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets range from 40,000 won to 15,000 won.

Nambu Bus Terminal Station, line No. 3, exit 5.

AVIGNON FESTIVAL CINEMA LG Arts Center

Film version of ″King Lear″ directed by Olivier Py for the Festival d'Avignon will be screened at the LG Arts Center in southern Seoul on April 30 and May 2. [CHRISTOPHE RAYNAUD DE LAGE]

April 28 - May 2:For those stuck in the nation amid the coronavirus pandemic, unable to go watch renowned performances in Europe, the LG Arts Center decided to bring the Avignon Festival, a world renowned performing arts festival that gets held in France every year, here.

Five film versions of the performances that were once performed at the Festival d’Avignon will be presented, including “Hamlet” directed by Thomas Ostermeier, “My Cold Room” by Joel Pommerat, Shakespeare’s “King Lear” by Olivier Py, “Thyeste” by Thomas Jolly and “Cesena,” which will be presented by dance ensemble Rosas.

Tickets cost 20,000 won.

Yeoksam Station, line No. 2, exit 7.

WICKED Blue Square, Sinhan Card Hall

Through May 1: The Korean production of blockbuster Broadway musical "Wicked" is making a return to Korea for the first time in five years. The sell-out show will feature veteran musical actors including Oak Joo-hyun and Son Seung-yeon as Elphaba and Jung Sun-ah and Na Ha-na as Glinda.

Adapted from the best-selling novel "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West" (1995) by Gregory Maguire, the musical is an alterative view of L. Frank Baum's famous story "The Wizard of Oz."

Taking the point of view of Oz's witches, "Wicked" tells the story of how the Wicked Witch of the West and the Good Witch of the North were originally close friends.

The musical gained a strong following after its premiere in Korea in 2012 and an 11-month run in 2013.

Performances start at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays; 3 p.m. on Wednesdays; and at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on weekends and holidays.

There are no shows on Mondays.

Tickets range in price from 60,000 won to 150,000 won.

Hangangjin Station, line No. 6, exit 2 or 3.

KIM SUNG-JAE PIANO RECITAL Seoul Arts Center, Recital Hall

Pianist Kim Sung-jae [ARTUZ COMPANY]

May 13:People are easily mesmerized by music that requires brilliant techniques, which leads pianists to focus on such area. Pianist Kim Sung-jae says he wants audience members to truly feel the depth and meaning of music through his performance rather than his technical excellence.

Kim will be playing pieces from renowned composers including Beethoven, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Schumann and Scarlatti.

After a recital in Gwangju on May 3, Kim will be coming up to Seoul’s Recital Hall on May 13. The recital begins at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets cost 20,000 won.

Nambu Bus Terminal Station, line No. 3, exit 5.

PHANTOM Charlotte Theater

Through June 27: Based on Gaston Leroux’s 1910 novel “The Phantom of the Opera,” the musical version premiered in 1991, with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and a book by Arthur Kopit.

Both the international version and the Korean production of the musical have been much loved by Korea’s Phantom fans. The Korean production premiered in 2018. For this Korean production, veteran actors including Park Eun-tae, Kai, Jeon Dong-suk and Kyuhyun alternate the title role of the Phantom.

Although he has outstanding talent as a singer, the Phantom has to hide underneath the opera theater with his face covered by a mask because of a deformity.

Kim So-hyun, Im Sun-hae, Lee Ji-hye, and Kim Soo will be on stage as Christine Daaé, who starts as a lovely woman but turns into the diva of the opera.

The show begins at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays; 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays; 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturdays and public holidays and at 3 p.m. on Sundays. There are no shows on Mondays.

Tickets range in price from 60,000 won to 150,000 won.

Jamsil Station, lines No. 2 and No. 8, exit 3.

CHICAGO D-Cube Arts Center

Tiffany Young is playing Roxie Hart in ″Chicago.″ [SEENSEE COMPANY]

Through July 18: The Korean production of a hit musical “Chicago” is being staged at the D-Cube Arts Center in western Seoul.

The musical is based on a 1926 play of the same name by reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins about actual criminals and crimes she reported on in Chicago.

The musical revolves around Roxie Hart, an ambitious chorus girl, who murders her lover. Tiffany Young, a member of K-pop girl group Girls’ Generation has been cast to play Roxie. Veteran musical actor and singer Ivy will alternate the role with Tiffany Young.

Other cast members include Yoon Gong-ju and Choi Jung-won who will alternate the role of Velma Kelly; and Park Gun-hyung and Choi Jae-rim, who will be alternating the role of Billy.

Show begins at 7:30 p.m. on weekdays; at 2 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on weekends. There are no shows on Mondays.

Tickets range from 60,000 won to 140,000 won.

Sindorim Station, lines No. 1 and 2, exit 1 or 5.

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