Hyundai Culture to Host Creative Chamber Music 'Yesterday's Folk Song, Today's Portrait' on September 6

The creative chamber music performance 'Yesterday's Folk Song, Today's Portrait - Reborn Folk: Heritage & Creation', organized by Hyundai Culture and featuring Piano On, will be held on September 6 at 6:00 PM at the Dream Forest Art Center Concert Hall. This performance is a project selected for the 2026 Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture Senior Artist Support, sponsored by the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture.

Main Program and Cast

This stage consists of works by domestic composers including Jeong Bu-gi, Kim Eun-hye, Hong Seung-gi, Shin Dong-il, Kang Chan-yi, Lee Young-jo, and Lee Byeong-uk. Centered around the piano, various instruments such as the gayageum, saenghwang, piri, haegeum, janggu, and guitar will collaborate, showing an attempt to connect the past and present of Korean music.

Meaning of the Creative Chamber Music Project

Piano On is a piano ensemble founded in 2005, which has accumulated a repertoire of about 300 songs, including 200 Korean creative compositions. Lee Hye-gyeong, the CEO who planned this performance, aimed to highlight folk songs as a living art passed down to the next generation by reinterpreting the memories and emotions contained in folk songs through the perspectives of contemporary composers.

Enhancing Audience Accessibility

The performance is composed based on folk song melodies familiar to the public, such as 'Yeouya Yeouya', 'Saeya Saeya', and 'Gangwon-do Arirang'. It was designed so that even audiences unfamiliar with modern creative music can naturally enjoy new musical attempts that break the boundaries between tradition, classical music, and creative music.

Source: Hyundai Culture Press Release (Newswire)

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