President Kim Daejin Is Appointed the Music Director of International Special Music & Arts Festival 2022

President Kim Daejin of the K-Arts was appointed the music director of the International Special Music & Arts Festival 2022, a special event for artists with development disorders. The event took place at the Pyeongchang Alpensia Resort in Gangwon-do from 26 to 29 July. Beginning from the Pyeongchang Special Olympics 2013, the Special Olympics Korea has organized the event to let artists with developmental disabilities and non-disabled from different countries enjoy music, arts, and sports together. It ultimately encourages our society to embrace developmental disabilities. The theme of this year’s festival was “Again, we are here together,” conveying the meaning of a festival of the artists with developmental disabilities reunited in Pyeongchang after surviving COVID-19.

In this event, 450 artists including 110 artists with developmental disabilities participated. President Kim opened the event by directing the classical music on the first day of the ceremony. Every night during the festival, many programs such as classical music concerts, master classes, visual arts exhibitions, and activities for experiencing the Special Olympics were provided for all participants.