After completing a sponsored trip to South Korea for music professionals in October, I stayed in the country, striking out on my own. I grabbed a train to the Jarasum International Jazz Festival ...

That jazz appeals to younger audiences, is fun, and not so serious, is more than a mere notion, materializing in, of all places, South Korea. The Jarasum Jazz Festival created there by promoter In Jae ...

Photo Credit: Michael Yu Born and raised in South Korea, Lee is not only a conductor but a composer, arranger and producer who leads her own 18-piece jazz orchestra. Still somewhat of a newbie to ...

Fewer recognize Korea as a place to cultivate jazz. This form of music, celebrated by American scholar Cornel West as the music of freedom and democracy, has devotees worldwide, but has emerged in ...

Now South Korea is paying its respects to its own godfathers of jazz. A recent documentary titled “Bravo Jazz Life” features Ryu and six other musicians. And on Friday Ryu and others will hold ...

Park Sung-yeon, known to music fans here as the godmother of jazz in Korea and founder of the country's first jazz club, died on Saturday. She was 76. In 2015 she collapsed from chronic renal ...

South Korean jazz vocalist Woong San (2nd L) holds an interview with Yonhap News Agency in Seoul on Jan. 25, 2025. (Yonhap) ...

CHELSEA, MANHATTAN,, NY, UNITED STATES, June 3, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In an illuminating conversation with New York Art Life Magazine, Siwon Lee, the acclaimed ...