Exceptional Students from Music, Dance, and Traditional Arts Schools Shine in a Spectacular Display of Creativity
On 22 December, the K-Arts hosted a joint performance made
up of 6 winner teams of K-Arts Audition 2023. The K-Arts Audition is a contest
for students enrolled in performing arts majors in the School of Music, School of
Dance, or School of Korean Traditional Arts. Each school ran 2 rounds of
competitive auditions through which the final winners of the year were selected.
This year, the event marks 4 years. The outstanding students who won the
audition are provided with opportunities to develop their competence through various
means such as co-performance with internationally renowned orchestras abroad, and financial support
for entering concours or music recording.
Through the joint performance, the K-Arts introduces the
current students with exceptional abilities in across genres, namely classical
music, traditional performances, contemporary dance, and media performance.
This year’s audition discovered many experimental and challenging works through
the field-based selection process.
The occasion began with “6:10 Inferno” by Team Paradise
(the winner from the School of Korean Traditional Arts) which continued with “sPlaCe”
by Kim Dakyeong and Ahn Dayeong (the winner from the School of Dance), “Benefit”
by String (the winner from the School of Dance), “Body Building” by Park
Suyeong (the winner from the School of Dance), Philippe Gaubert’s “Fantaisie
for Flute and Piano” and Paolo Tabllione’s “La Traviata Fantasy” by Kim Yeseong
(the winner from the School of Music).
President Kim Daejin of K-Arts expressed anticipation
for the event commenting, “Like the meaning of ‘The One and Only’ itself, the
artists from 3 schools selected through this year’s audition will deliver the
original performances in colors of their own.”