KOREAN TRADITIONAL MUSIC LECTURE CONCERT May 4, 2023 - 8 p.m. / Korean Cultural Center(Brussels) @KCC Free / For reservation, please click here May 5, 2023 - 8 p.m. / Love 2 Arts Gallery(Antwerp) Desguinlei 90, 2018 Antwerpen @Love 2 Arts Free / For reservation, please click here *Language: English The Korean Cultural Center in Brussels is organizing a special lecture concert of Korean traditional music(Gugak) to commemorate the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Korea and the EU. Four astonishing musicians, Hyo Young KIM (Saenghwang), Mina JUNG (Gayageum), Hyo Chang KWON (Percussion), Jaein HWANG (Haegeum), and Korea’s most representative music critic, Jung Kang YOON will take us to an experimental musical world enriched with the Korean traditional music. This lecture concert will allow spectators to deepen their experience with a broad and intriguing repertoire that includes a mixture of traditional to contemporary sounds performed by musicians on stage and the explanations of the music by Jung Kang YOON. Audiences will get to hear the stories behind the pieces and performances by Jung Kang YOON’s commentary. Jung Kang Yoon is a renowned art critic who was awarded the first Gaeksuk(Auditorium) Art Critic Award in 1985. He has expanded his career as a director and festival artistic director. He is well-known for his honest writing that is more humanistic and relatable than anyone else's. Hyo Young Kim is a representative Saenghwang performer and a composer of Korean traditional music. She is highly acclaimed for her pursuit of new music that is not limited to traditional music by boldly experimenting with other instruments and genres. Mina Jung is a Gayageum player and a singer-songwriter who coined the term "Modern Gayageumer". She gained attention by performing at indie clubs in Hongdae. Her songs contain a warm and affectionate perspective on marginalized life. Hyo Chang Kwon is a member of the music group "Sangjaru" who studied traditional music and Yeonhee (Korean traditional performing arts). He engages in boundaryless activities such as composing, music directing, performing Yeonhee, leading a band with a focus on Janggu and Kkwaenggwari, and writing essays. Jaein Hwang is a composer and a Haegeum player who is active in both Korean traditional music and Western music. Hwang gained attention with the music video for his piece "Simmering(Goda)" for three Gayageums, which was directed by P. Lindborg and selected for several film festivals including the Cannes Short Film Festival. The piece was also published by Black Dot Press in the UK. Program Gilnori / Binari 길놀이 / 비나리 Sangryeongsan 상령산 Suryongeum 수룡음 Upbinding the Two 둘 묶어내기 Pungnyeonga(A Good Harvest Song) / Cheonan Samgeori(Cheonan Three-Forked Road) 풍년가 / 천안삼거리 Whatever We Are 무엇이 되어 Puri for Saenghwang 생황을 위한 푸리 Sanjo Ensemble 산조합주 

[KCC MUSIC SEASON 2023] KCC x MuCH: Baritone Daegyun Jeong 19.04.2023 - 20h @ Korean Cultural Center ▶FREE / For reservation, please click here   Lyric baritone Daegyun Jeong is coming to Korean Cultural Center in Brussels this spring. Daegyun Jeong studied singing at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music in Singapore under the tutelage of Prof. Alan Lee Bennett from 2013-2017. From 2017 to 2019 he has completed his master’s degree at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln. Immediately after in 2019, he pursued the concert exam course with a focus on opera and concert under Prof. Mario Hoff and Prof. Johannes Martin Kränzle. Daegyun Jeong took part in various masterclasses with renowned artists: Helmut Deutsch, Roger Vignoles, Claudia Barainsky, Lothar Odinius, Bo Skovus, Edith Wiens and Lucio Gallo. In the 2017/18 season, he made his debut at the Theater Aachen as Forester (The cunning little vixen) and in 2018 he appeared at Munich’s Cuvilliéstheater as Guglielmo (Così fan tutte). From 2019 to 2021, Daegyun Jeong was a member of the NRW Opera Studio and could be seen here in numerous roles such as Dortmund Opera as 3. Edler (Lohengrin), Wuppertal Opera as Schaunard (La Bohème), Messenger (Strawinky’s Oedipus Rex), Samuel (Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance) and Duphol (La Traviata). He embodied Marullo (Rigoletto) at the Aalto-Theater Essen and Yamadori (Madama Butterfly) at the Musiktheater im Revier Gelsenkirchen. In 2021, he has been a member of the Opera Fuoco in Paris, founded by David Stern, and made his debut as Guglielmo (Così fan tutte) at the La Grange aux Pianos Festival in France. At the same time, he is a soloist of the ensemble at the Dortmund Opera and will make his debut as Papageno (Die Zauberflöte) and Chou En lai (Nixon in China) in the season 2022/23. Since the 2022 season, he is an Artist in residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, under the direction of José van Dam and Sophie Koch. *Piano Marie Datchary. *This concert is held in collaboration with Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel. Program The House of Life by Ralph Vaughan Williams 1.Love-Sight. Andante con moto ma non troppo (A major) 2.Silent Noon. Largo sostenuto (E♭ major) 3.Love’s Minstrels. Lento (D major) 4.Heart’s Haven. Lento ma con moto (E major) 5.Death in Love. Allegro maestoso (C major) 6.Love’s Last Gift. Andante con moto (F major) Melodies by Henri Duparc 1.La vie antérieure  2.Le galop (Op.2, no.5) 3.Phidylé Drei Gesänge, D. 902 Op. 83 by Franz Schubert 1.L’incanto degli occhi. Allegretto (C major) 2.Il traditor deluso. Allegro assai (E minor) 3.Il modo di prender moglie. Allegro ma non troppo (C major) Korean Folksongs 1.One star 2.The boat song

KOREA NATIONAL CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY "DOUBLE BILL: <Mechanism> & <Everything Falls Dramatic>" 16.04.2023 - 20h / KVS BOL Ticket: €15 > €12 Buy tickets CLICK HERE The Korea National Contemporary Dance Company (KNCDC), Korea's leading contemporary dance organization, returns to Belgium after their successful performance <Immixture> at the Theatre Varia in 2017. The Korean Cultural Center in Belgium invites the Korea National Contemporary Dance Company to present two new works that were created by remarkable choreographers: <Mechanism> by Jaeyoung Lee and <Everything Falls Dramatic> by Sungim Her. This will be the first commemorative performance of the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Korea and the EU in 2023. Mechanism_by Lee JaeyoungⓒAiden Hwang <Mechanism> by Jaeyoung Lee Choreographer Jaeyoung Lee (artistic director of SIGA), who has actively expanded his artistic horizons through a cross-genre collaboration based on his directing ability to create a solid structure of a work, presents a work titled Mechanism. Lee sees through the essence through a phenomenon, bringing it onto the stage as well as into his own world of art. Mechanism focuses on humans placed inside small and large systems, such as Space-Earth-Civilization-Society, and illuminates a ‘movement of resistance’ taking place, although they live in accordance with the systems. Everything in this world belongs to a system. Space, earth, civilization, society and humans exist in all kinds of systems. A body exists within a structure, and a body in itself is a structure. Its mechanism is generated and revealed by dynamics and chemical reactions. Even a movement of resistance to such systems is a very reasonable and natural situation. While structures and systems exist, movements to escape from them generate energy, thereby creating a mechanism. Choreographer Jaeyoung Lee Jaeyoung Lee founded the dance company SIGA with the aim of talking about life and people and sharing sympathy ‘little by little’ through dance. Jaeyoung Lee, who is dedicated to broadening his scope of dance gradually, has tried new challenges and adventures in every performance by collaborating with artists from different fields such as theater directors, musicians, actors/actresses, mime artists and installation artists. www.companysiga.com Everything falls dramatic_by Her Sungim ⓒKeun Ou Choi <Everything Falls Dramatic> by Sungim Her Choreographer Sungim Her has been noted for illuminating the stories of those on the margins and raising questions about stereotypes in a bold manner. In this work, the choreographer dramatically and calmly portrays “things that disappear and fall” that we encounter in life. Tranquility and anxiety, certainty and uncertainty, as well as appearance and disappearance. Our different senses let us know and feel “disappearance”, which is invisible and untouchable. Amid unpredictable uncertainties, we see each other disappearing and experience separations, expected but not prepared. Sometimes, we come to part unexpectedly without preparation. In our transient lives, “to disappear” is the beginning of a new life to come, as well as the natural consequence of life. Disappearance may probably be discussed only in the context of the present. This piece portrays things that we encounter and that we see disappear and fall in a both dramatic and calm way. Disappearance is not only an unfamiliar and unwelcome moment that constantly shakes us, but is an unavoidable and inevitable destiny. We want to feel distant from it while being very close to it. However, our life becomes more valuable by disappearing. Choreographer Sungim Her Sungim Her has portrayed and illuminated the stories of those who are excluded or marginalized in society. After studying choreography at P.A.R.T.S.(School for Contemporary Dance) in Belgium, she has been working both in Korea and in Europe, collaborating and performing with Jan Fabre, Les Ballets C de la B, Cie Alias, Abattoir Fermé and Needcompany. Working with Needcompany, a Belgian dance company, for more than 11 years since 2009, Her has created and presented more than 13 pieces including 25 moves and All Tomorrow’s Parties. She has also worked on projects across genres: she choreographed and performed in the piece Three Tales by Opéra de Lille, and also performed in Hotel Poseidon, a Belgian indie film. Since 2012, Sungim Her has actively created her own productions in Europe: Philia, Tuning, Nymf, Nutcrusher, W.A.Y and Everything Falls Dramatic. Sungim Her attempts to communicate with a wide range of audiences both in Korea and in Europe through her multi-genre collaborations and performances on the global stage. www.sungimher.com Korea National Contemporary Dance Company Established in 2010, the Korea National Contemporary Dance Company (KNCDC) is Korea's only national contemporary dance company. Through dance created in collaboration with artists with exceptional creative capacities, KNCDC aspires to create contemporary Korean dance which tells stories of history, society and daily lives of contemporaneity that can be appreciated across regions and by all generations. As an organization that specializes in the creation of new productions, KNCDC seeks to realize diverse contemporary values in dance performances. KNCDC produces productions by inviting choreographers with authentic artistic directions and selecting the most suitable dancers for each project. KNCDC continues to work to provide the best environment for dance where the artists and audience can grow together. And as a platform where artists and audiences meet, the company hopes to form a healthy ecosystem where diverse values can coexist. www.kncdc.kr/en/main Dancer <Mechanism> Lee Jaeyoung, Kwon Hyuk, Kim Soyeon, Kim Heajin, Byeun Hyelim, Yang Jinyoung <Everything falls dramatic> Her Sungim, Lee Sejoon, Cho Junhong, Jo Hyundo, Choi Seungmin, Ha Jihye Lighting Designer Lee Younguk / Stage Manager Lee Doyup *Co-hosted by Korea National Contemporary Dance Company, Korean Culture and Information Service, Korean Cultural Center in Belgium

[KCC MUSIC SEASON 2023]  KCC x MuCH: Trio Pantoum Concert 13. 02. 2022 - 20h / Free / Korean Cultural Center ▶For reservation, please click here Meet the ‘Trio Pantoum’, one of the most promising European chamber music ensembles of the genreation at the Korean Cultural Center.   A Pantoum is a poetic form of Malaysian origin that arrived in France in the 19th century with the orientalist artistic movement, in which two ideas, one picturesque and descriptive, the other intimate and sentimental, are constantly intertwined.   This literary and artistic movement greatly influenced French music at the turn of the 20th century (so much so that the second movement of Ravel’s trio, entitled ‘Pantoum’, is directly inspired by its formal and thematic rules). In 2016, Hugo Meder (violin), Bo-Geun Park (cello) and Virgile Roche (piano) founded the Trio Pantoum while still in their first year at the Paris Conservatoire. Rapidly developing an exceptional symbiosis both on and off stage, these brilliant young musicians pursued their shared passion for chamber music, seeking the ideal balance between cohesion and individual expression. Under the direction of Emmanuelle Bertrand and Michaël Hentz, they embarked on a thorough study of the chamber music repertoire for strings and piano, which they were fortunate enough to pursue in the prestigious master-classes of the Trio Wanderer at the Paris Conservatoire between 2018 and 2020, of Claire Désert and Ami Flammer (2019 to 2021), and of François Salque and Louis Rodde since 2021. Hugo, Bogeun and Virgile have also received advice from many internationally renowned musicians such as Günter Pichler, Irvine Arditti, Marc Coppey, Alexis Galpérine, Emmanuel Strosser, Jérôme Pernoo, Jonas Vitaud, Xavier Gagnepain and Olivier Charlier, and have benefitted from advice from members of the Ébène, Modigliani and Diotima Quartets during masterclasses at the Paris conservatoire. Under the auspices of the ECMA (European Chamber Music Academy) programme, they have also worked with Hatto Beyerle (Alban Berg String Quartet), Johannes Meissl (Artis Quartet), Patrick Jüdt, Antonio Meneses (Beaux-Arts Trio) and members of the Talich and Škampa Quartets. The trio was awarded third prize (first prize not awarded) at the Joseph Joachim International Chamber Music Competition in Weimar in 2022, a unanimous first prize at the FNAPEC European Chamber Music Competition in 2021 and so on. Program Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Trio in D major, Op.70 No.1 Joseph Haydn, Piano Trio in A major Hob XV:18 Op.36 No.1 Hans Werner Henze, Chamber Sonata for piano, violin and cello, piano trio Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Trio in B-flat major, K.502

Dream Play These21 <Chronicle of Alibis> ￮︎ 18.1.2023 / 19h30 @ KVS, Brussels * English subtitles will be provided   10€ / Reservation Required, please click here for reservation The Best Korean Play Of 2013/ One of the Best Korean Plays Of 2013 This work is the most commonplace chronicle and yet the most political one. What is political is the most individual, and the most trivial. When a national history moves, so does the history of an individual who belongs to the country. In what moments of life does a person confront the country as a citizen? Looking back on the republic’s leaders who led the Korean chronicle of alibis, how is my life affected by what kind of leader I meet and experience, and what are the alibis that are hidden inside my life? Synopsis  A chronicle that is very ordinary and yet political. The father, who is a graduate of the Republic of Korea Field Artillery School, and fought in the Korean War as a corporal, is shedding tears in front of a boot camp. He is waiting for his youngest son who has just completed a four-week long boot camp before serving his military duty as a public officer. His older brother was a war veteran, and all his nephews and sons have already served the country as corporals. What was the reason behind his tears?    "The director’s autobiographical narratives−including his dead father and his older brother−interlace a history of the Individual with a history of the Nation, harmonizing the viewpoint of history with self-introspection, overcoming dichotomy to, achieve a new political theater." (Korea Theater Critics Association)  Written/Directed by Jae-Yeop Kim – Head of Dream Play These21 (Playwright/Director) Instead of fabricating a fable or creating a myth, he hopes to fight within the history in this age which requires honesty. He hopes not to package it with the label of art but rather to be analysed through the thought of humanities and social science. What we dream of may not be theatre. Our theatre is the living ground of community which researches on and communicates with the contemporary thesis of the 21st century. Theatre cannot become theatre anymore, and this theatre –which did not reach theatre- should overcome and go beyond it. Dream Play These21 dreams of ‘the theatre that does not have to be theatre.’ * This play produced by the National Theater company of Korea was performed at the Myeongdong Theater in 2019