주말동안 즐길 온라인 공연... 내년 데뷔 20주년 맞는 이루마의 특별한 선물영상<br /><br />It's Friday and you know what that means,... it's time for our Life With Culture segment to let you know what's on this weekend. Our art and culture correspondent Kim Bo-kyoung is here with us in the studio. Bo-kyoung, I heard you had a chance to interview neo-classical pianist and composer Yiruma?<br />That's right. I am sure lots of people know his very first solo piano piece 'May Be'. Yiruma has rearranged this song from a single melody to a richer sound with an orchestra and named the new piece 'Maybe Christmas'.<br />The melody soothes listeners' hearts, as if it is trying to say that one day, the time will come for us to enjoy our daily lives again.<br />"It's the song 'May be' I wrote that in my early 20s and I titled it May be, May stands for the month May, I basically wanted to stand out the expectation you get when the spring comes. I had this willingness of making it into arrangement of orchestra work. I wanted to explore my music which has been written already and make that into a whole new piece, which was Maybe Christmas."<br />This recently-released song is also something of a preview for his special album celebrating the 20th anniversary of Yiruma's debut. A new song will be released every month until March when the full album will be ready.<br />I can't wait to hear the full song the orchestra version of 'May be'.<br />I heard that his concert will be live streamed this weekend?<br />Yes, his show will be live-streamed this Sunday at 1PM in 35 CGV theaters, as well as on Olleh TV and mobile TV application 'SEEZN'. Here is what viewers can enjoy that day.<br />"You will be able to hear my early works and recent works, the new ones,… Sunset Bird and Room with a view, Nocturnal mind,… and I will arrange that into an ensembles,… so there will be a small group of string players which will be accompanying me, which will be quite nice to hear the new sounds of my pieces."<br />I am very much looking forward to it. And I hear that Yiruma has also prepared a special show for us?<br />That's right. Without further ado, let's hear his encouraging message and music.<br />"I am sure many of you are having hard time right now because of the pandemic situation, but hopefully I hope it would end very soon. Maybe I could meet you at the venue next year in the proper concert, I wish you best of luck, merry Christmas everyone just take care of yourself and others."<br />What other cultural events can we take in this weekend?<br />Fans of classical music will be pleased to hear that there's something of a Beethoven extravaganza this weekend.<br />'The Seoul International Music Festival' will present Beethoven's music every day at 7:30 PM from this Friday to Sunday on Naver TV channel 'OPUS TV'.<br />Adding to that,... a revised version of Beethoven’s Ninth 'Choral' will be played by the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra on Sunday,... live-streamed on SPO's Naver TV and YouTube channels...
