Korean Classical Musicians

            Korea is a civilized and very modernized country and so yes, classical music is also well established there. The famous Korean classical musicians include Flutist Jasmine Choi, Pianist Jacob Jiho Shin, and Violinist KoN. As for Jacob Jiho Shin, he's a pop pianist, but his music can still fall under this blog post.

         I said that classical music is well established in Korea, but that doesn't mean it's popular, unfortunately. Especially since Korea offers such talented musicians, Jasmine Choi is the first Korean principal pianist for the Vienna Symphony. You can check out one of her performances here, isn't she crazy talented? Pianist Jacob Jiho Shin has studied at Berkley, and you can check out one of his performances here. Actually, these two have been in a popular Korean T.V. show called "Star King" and "Star King" is basically a talent show. Most of the time, normal people with some crazy thing to show off go on but these two famous musicians were on this show.

         Koreans are more into K-pop and other music genres but not really classical. Which I find to be a shame since there are talented musicians they could look into. Also the fact that Koreans are not very interested in classical music is also a stumbling block for students who want to become a famous musicians. Now, of course, just like America, Koreans are all very different and so it's not like Korean musicians have absolutely no fans. But they are the minority, like super minority. It's also true that unlike in America, Korean students do not have to take up an instrument or sports to impress colleges, they just have to study hard. Only those who want a major in musical instrument do take up instruments and instead, they study less. So Korean schools do not hold assemblies where its orchestra or band plays a few pieces for them. I don't even think Korean schools have its own band or orchestra - the instrumentalists all meet up as a club, instead of a class like here in America. So Korean students are not offered to listen to classical music like American students are, hence I feel like that's why not all Koreans look into classical music, and therefore, there's not many classical music listeners.

         I feel like these talented musicians shouldn't be on a show intended for non-famous people to be on, they should be on shows appropriate for them. It's true that not many Koreans are fans of classical music, but I'm sure there would be a consistent amount of viewers, because there are still young Koreans dreaming to be famous musicians and/or just fans of this music genre.


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