Long Thibaud Competition Winner and Harvard Literature Student Returns With Debut Album

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Teenage pianist Kim Se-hyun, who won the Long-Thibaud Competition last year, has released her debut album and is meeting fans back home.

Culture and arts reporter Kim Soo-hyun brings us the story.

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[Pianist Kim Se-hyun Recital / September 6 / Lotte Concert Hall]

Pianist Kim Se-hyun, who won France's Long-Thibaud Competition last year at the age of 17, has released her debut album and is holding a recital.

Since her competition victory, Kim has performed on various stages, including the French Bastille Day concert and a peace concert marking the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day.

Her debut album features Chopin's Etudes, which she has frequently performed, alongside works by Fauré, who was influenced by Chopin.

[Kim Se-hyun / Pianist: "I think the time has come to empty rather than fill. I feel I've realized that I don't need to play the etudes as fast as I did during the competition. Especially to let the music breathe more, the tempo can actually be more flexible...."]

As a literature student at Harvard University, she noted that literature and music share a common thread in storytelling, adding that she wrote a poem for every Chopin etude she studied.

At her recital celebrating the album release, she will perform pieces by both Chopin and Schubert.

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[Musical Dracula / Through October 18 / LG Arts Center Seoul]

History's most famous vampire, Count Dracula, has been reimagined in a blood-red romance spanning 400 years.

Featuring music by Frank Wildhorn, the musical "Dracula" premiered on Broadway in 2004. It has reached its sixth season in Korea since 2004, having been staged under a non-replica production model that creates entirely new staging, music arrangements, and scripts.

Set against a gothic stage and powerful music, Dracula is portrayed not merely as a figure of terror, but as a romantic protagonist who waits 400 years for a single love.

Shin Sung-rok, KIM JUNSU, and Jeon Dong-seok star as Dracula, while Cho Jung-eun, Park Ji-yeon, and Kim Hwan-hee passionately portray Mina, the lover of his fate.

(Camera: Lee Moo-jin | Video Editing: Park Chun-bae | Footage courtesy of OD Company)
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