An ornately decorated Korean drum (buk), used as part of a palace ceremony. (Pixabay) Among the many Korean instruments with a long history, the gayageum is perhaps the best know. A plucked zither ...

The second most widely used Korean string instrument is the haegeum, a 2-string fiddle that was introduced to Korea from China in the Koryo dynasty (918-1392). It is the equivalent of the “erhu” ...

Some Susquehanna Valley students are preserving historic Korean music that's ... CHAIRMAN KANG IS AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FROM SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA. ... all classical traditional Korean instruments.

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Unsuk Chin, the curator of the Seoul Festival in Los Angeles, shares music by some of her favorite young composers and performers. By Zachary ...

MILAN (AP) — South Korean conductor Myung-whun Chung was named on Monday the new musical director of the famed Milan opera house, Teatro alla Scala, the first Asian to hold the position.