Segye Times | [Segye Local Hot News] Seocho District: Enjoy High-Quality ‘Culture and Arts’ From Your Own Living Room

-Relieve "COVID-19 cabin-fever stress" while comfortably enjoying culture and arts performances from your own living room

-4.10 (Fri) ~ 4.30 (Thu), participate via Seocho District Office's YouTube and communicate in real time with performers through comments

-① 'Seorip Culture Class' (Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, from 19:00 for 40 minutes)

☞ Wonderful performances and enjoyable talk concerts by renowned music, art, literature, and travel artists

-② '3-Minute Relay Classics with a Story <Love & Hope>' (from the 10th, daily from 12:00)

☞ Carrying messages of love and hope

[Seocho-gu = Segye Times, Reporter Lee Jang-sung] Seoul's Seocho District (District Mayor Cho Eun-hee) will launch, starting on the 10th (Fri), through its official YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/SeochoCity), a next-level online culture and arts service, 'Seorip Culture Class,' along with the online performance 'Three-Minute Relay Classics with a Story: Love & Hope,' to comfort residents worn out by the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and to support artists whose stages have shrunk.

First, 'Seorip Culture Class' is organized around four themes — music, art, literature, and travel — and can be viewed as an online live broadcast on the district office's official YouTube channel, offering a time of healing through art for residents whose spirits have been worn down by the closure of cultural facilities due to COVID-19.

In particular, as Seocho residents rank first in communicative administration, comments will be exchanged between residents watching on YouTube and the artists.

Through this, the district expects residents to actively participate in culture and the arts and deepen their understanding of the works.

'Seorip Culture Class' opens on the 10th (Fri) with the [Music] edition, its first broadcast hosted by well-known classical YouTuber "Jenny Yoon," followed on the 11th (Sat) by a travel talk show hosted by popular podcaster Tak Jae-hyung.

Following that, renowned artists across different genres each day — including Korean painter Kim Hyun Jung, travel writer Shin Kyung-ah, saxophonist Brandon Choi, and violinist Kim Ji-yoon — are planning and preparing a variety of content.

Meanwhile, the Seocho Symphony Orchestra's 'Three-Minute Relay Classics with a Story' is also being pursued.

From the 10th (Fri) to the 20th (Mon), under the theme 'Love,' conveying feelings of love and gratitude to medical staff, volunteers, and others, the orchestra will unfold a special message of love to help overcome these difficult times through classical music, each piece carrying its own story, every day.

From the 21st (Tue) to the 30th (Thu), under the theme 'Hope,' the orchestra will present video performances of classical music carrying messages of love and hope amid difficult circumstances.

The district will also continue to actively communicate with residents about culture and the arts through the YouTube comments section.

The Seocho Symphony Orchestra, a resident ensemble of the Seocho Culture Foundation, continues active performance activities including foundation-planned concerts and invited performances at the 'Seorip Festival.' The solo relay performances will feature many talented young artists of the Seocho Symphony Orchestra (Principal Conductor Bae Jong-hoon), offering world-class culture and arts performances.

District Mayor Cho Eun-hee said, "I hope the new online culture and arts services, 'Seorip Culture Class' and 'Three-Minute Relay Classics with a Story, Love & Hope,' will give strength to the tired hearts of residents and local artists who are going through a difficult time due to COVID-19," adding, "We will continue to work to ensure residents can comfortably enjoy high-quality culture and arts performances from their own living rooms."

□ 'Seorip Culture Class' Program

1. April 10 (Fri) 19:00 - Harpist Jung Min-jung (Music edition)

2. April 11 (Sat) 19:00 - Travel writer Shin Kyung-ah (Travel edition)

3. April 13 (Mon) 19:00 - Classical saxophonist Brandon Choi (Music edition)

4. April 15 (Wed) 19:00 - Dahaim Ensemble (Music edition)

5. April 16 (Thu) 19:00 - Korean painter Kim Hyun Jung (Art edition)

6. April 17 (Fri) 19:00 - Marimba, Gong Seong-yeon (Music edition)

7. April 18 (Sat) 19:00 - Travel writer Tae Won-jun (Travel edition)

8. April 20 (Mon) 19:00 - Recorder, Kim Gyu-ri (Music edition)

9. April 22 (Wed) 19:00 - Tango Collectivo (Music edition)

10. April 23 (Thu) 19:00 - Western-style painter Cho Yoon-jin (Art edition)

□ '3-Minute Relay Classics with a Story' Program

1. 4.10 (Fri) - Salut d'Amour (Edward Elgar) - Violin, Kim Kyung-ah (Concertmaster)

2. 4.13 (Mon) - 'Waltz' from Suite Antique (John Rutter) - Flute, Ahn Myung-joo

3. 4.14 (Tue) - Liebesleid (Fritz Kreisler) - Viola, Lee Sang-min

4. 4.15 (Wed) - Träumerei (Schumann) - Piano, Park Jung-hwa

5. 4.16 (Thu) - 'The Swan' from Carnival of the Animals (Saint-Saëns) - Cello, Jo Jin-young

6. 4.17 (Fri) - Widmung (Schumann) - Violin, Yoon Yeom-gwang (Assistant Concertmaster)

7. 4.18 (Sat) - Gabriel's Oboe (Ennio Morricone) - Oboe, Choi Sung-sik

8. 4.19 (Sun) - On Wings of Song (Mendelssohn) - Violin, Kim Kyung-ah (Concertmaster)

9. 4.20 (Mon) - Romance (Schumann) - Flute, Ahn Myung-joo

※ Program after the 20th is under discussion

Written by — Lee Jang-seong