Korea Times to present 2023 Spring Concert

• Published date: 02 March 2023
• Publication title: The Korea Times

The Korea Times will hold its annual Spring Concert at Seoul Arts Center, March 23, starting at 8 p.m. The 18th concert, co-hosted by the newspaper and its sister publication the Hankook Ilbo, is taking place to support Busan's bid to host World Expo 2030.

Internationally acclaimed conductor Hong Seok-won, award-winning violinist Han Soo-jin and the Korean National Symphony Orchestra (KNSO) will present classical pieces by Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky and Beethoven. The program features Shostakovich's Festive Overture, Op. 96, Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92.

Hong, the artistic director of the Gwangju Symphony Orchestra, was the first Korean principal conductor of the Tyrolean State Theater in Innsbruck, Austria ? one of the largest cultural centers in the city.

Han is the first Korean...