A traditional music concert takes place during a media showcase in the Secret Garden at Changdeok Palace in Seoul on April 26, 2016.
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) – An annual music festival taking place in South Korea’s palaces has been expanded in size and will come with more distinctive features, organizers said Tuesday.
The 8th annual music event, “Listening to Korean music in Palaces,” organized by the Korean Traditional Performing Arts Foundation (KoTRA) under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, is to open on May 14 and run until Oct. 16.
The festival will be held in the city’s four most prominent palaces from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) — Gyeongbok Palace, Changdeok Palace, Changgyeong Palace and Deoksu Palace — and Jongmyo Shrine.
A traditional dance performance takes place during a media showcase in the Secret Garden at Changdeok Palace in Seoul on April 26, 2016.
Among the diverse cultural offerings at the historic spots, the festival has been one of the most popular, with the accumulated number of visitors reaching at 340,000.
Designed to utilize the country’s tourism assets and promote traditional art, the festival started in 2008 as a pilot project and became a regular cultural fixture the next year.
In this photo provided by the Korean Traditional Performing Arts Foundation, Hwang Byung-ki, a highly respected master of gayageum, or a Korean zither-like string instrument, speaks during a press briefing in Seoul on April 26, 2016.
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