Category: Events

Visual art and Klimt

Popular art piece of Klimt Inside. Photo: Claudia Grey

Following the success of Van Gogh: Festival of Lights and Music, this last season has been all about Klimt Inside, a visual art exhibition of Gustav Klimt’s art work, experienced from an angle never seen before. This exhibition has been…

Water guns = summer fun

At the 4th Sinchon Water Gun Festival in Seoul. Photo by Nam Kwon Heo.

It was an extremely hot summer in Korea. To help everyone cool off, the 4th Sinchon Water Gun Festival was held along Yonsei-ro in Sinchon from July 9th to 10th. This annual festival, started by event promoter Gil-woo Han, reminds…

Happy 70th birthday, KNU!

Girl group Red Velvet perform hits like "Ice Cream Cake" to delighted fans at Kangnam University's 70th anniversary celebration. (Photo: Charles Ian Chun)

April 20 was the 70th anniversary of the founding of Kangnam University. The day before, students and faculty packed the auditorium in Wooweon Hall to celebrate this milestone. Pastor Seung-tae Yoon led a prayer for the school, followed by commendations…

The 35th Night of English Literature

The Kangnam Hakbo Nov 2015 - A scene from Molière's "The Pretentious Young Ladies at the 35th Night of English Literature. Photo: Jini Han

The English Literature department holds its own big event every year. This year, the 35th Night of English Literature was held at the Education building of Kangnam University the evening of October 6, 2015. This event had two parts. In…

Last day to win tickets to MOVES

"Voices in the Wind" choreography by James Jeon for the Ballett Basel. From the premiere of MOVES at Gwacheon Citizens Hall, 24 September 2015. Photo: Charles Ian Chun

무료 티켓 2장에 응모하세요! Tomorrow is the last day for KNU students to WIN TWO FREE TICKETS (value: 50,000 won each!) to MOVES at the National Theater of Korea 국립극장 THURSDAY OCTOBER 1st! HOW TO ENTER (응모 방법): LIKE (“좋아요”를…

Professor and student join in concert for peace

German School of Music Weimar viola professor Erwan Richard and 3rd-year viola student Lee Hyun Kyung perform with chamber orchestra at a Concert for Unification at DMZ during the 5th Yeoncheon DMZ International Music Festival, 30 August 2015. Image: KBS News

In celebration of the 70th anniversary of Korea’s National Liberation Day, the 5th Yeoncheon DMZ International Music Festival was held between July 25 and August 2. In addition to concerts, the festival’s Music Academy holds private lessons, masterclasses, lectures, and…

Musicians Wanted!

The Light perform at the 2nd Suwon Open Mic, Alleyway Taphouse. February 2015. (Photo courtesy of Alleyway Taphouse)

Hello and welcome to Kangnam University! Most of us are here to work and study and we have very busy lives. However, all work and no play makes us very dull people. For this reason, it is very important to do things…

Enjoying a festive fall

Kangnam University’s fall festival from October 28-30 was a bit of needed respite after the previous week’s midterm exams and the cancellation of the spring festival first semester following the tragic sinking of the Sewol ferry. Spirits were high as…

Yang Woo Hyung at Sejong Center

Yang Woo-hyung, Piano Recital, Sejong Center, 15 Jan 2014, 7:30 pm

Yang Woo Hyung, Director of the German School of Music Weimar, gives a program of Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms next week at Sejong Center for the Performing Arts. Yang Woo Hyung Piano Recital Sejong Center, Seoul Wednesday 15 January 2014…

KFEA presents “Capriccio Italien”

Korean Flute Educators Association's Flute Orchestra presents their 11th Regular Concert "Capriccio Italien", Jang Cheon Art Hall, Seoul. 4 Dec 2013.

German School of Music Weimar flute professor Philipp Jundt and friend of GSMW Hyeri Yoon perform tomorrow evening with the Korean Flute Educators Association’s Flute Orchestra at their 11th Regular Concert “Capriccio Italien”. Jang Cheon Hall, Seoul Wednesday 4 December…

Harmony educates and entertains

Harmony is a student club at Kangnam University that works to spread awareness of people with disabilities. To that end they presented Thursday evening’s Night of the Differently-abled, an event that offered both entertainment and a lesson. Social Welfare majors Hwang Min-ji…

2013 GSMW Graduation Concert

Kangnam University, German School of Music Weimar 2013 Graduation Concert, Olympus Hall, Seoul, 6 December 2013

Kangnam University German School of Music Weimar Graduation Concert Olympus Hall, Seoul Friday 6 December 2013 7:00 pm 올림푸스홀 서울 강남구 삼성동 114-9, 올림푸스 타워 B1 (02) 6255-3270

Christmas in Music with Maxence Larrieu

On Saturday 30 November, German School of Music Weimar flute professors Philipp Jundt and Dorothee Binding will join the Seoul Flute Choir and celebrated French flutist Maxence Larrieu for Christmas in Music. The holiday festivities begin this weekend! Seoul Arts Center,…

GSMW Flute Concert: Masters & Students

Kangnam University & German School of Music Weimar present Masters & Students Flute Concert: Hyeri Yoon, Philipp Jundt, Dorothee Binding, GSMW flute students, Hyelim Ahn and Shunji Hirota (piano), Dolce Art Hall, Seoul 2 Dec 2013

Kangnam University and the German School of Music Weimar present Masters & Students Flute Concert Hyeri Yoon Seoul National University Philipp Jundt German School of Music Weimar Dorothee Binding German School of Music Weimar and Flute Students of the German…

Students compete in English Writing Contest

Kangnam University’s Department of English Literature hosted the 2013 English Writing Contest this morning in Gyeong-cheon Hall. After opening remarks by Department of English Literature professor Chung Indon and Kangnam University Vice President of Academic Affairs Yoo Yang-geun, over sixty…

Artistry gets a warm reception

Last Wednesday evening at a private art gallery in Shinsa Dong, German School of Music Weimar violin professor Viktoria Kaunzner and her students performed at a reception for London-based Korean painter and performance artist Francesca Cho, whose works are on…