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Korean pianists Jae-Hong Park and Do-Hyeon Kim took first and second places side by side at the 63rd Busoni International Competition, which ended in Bolzano, Italy, in the early morning of the 4th in our view. It is the second time for a Korean to win this competition, which has produced many famous pianists, after Moon Ji-young in 2015.



The Specialist will tell you in detail about Koreans sweeping international competitions.



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This is Chopin's new album by Seong-Jin Seong.



I'm currently on a concert tour in Korea, and this time too, the popularity of tickets sold out as soon as reservations started.



The start of this craze was winning the Chopin Competition.



[Songjin Cho/Pianist: (During the Chopin Competition in 2015) When I think about it, I am still very nervous… But thanks to the Chopin Competition, I was able to perform many of the performances I wanted… ]



Concours, which in English means competition, competition, contest.



This competition is fierce.



The 2015 Chopin Competition, where Seong-Jin Seong won the prize, is held only once every five years.



About 80 people will advance to the finals after video judging and preliminaries.



The finals are a long journey that takes more than three weeks to compete in the finals, with only 10 remaining after going through rounds 1, 2, and 3.



Another famous competition, the Queen Elizabeth Competition in Belgium, is held once every four years by category, and the duration of the competition is more than a month.



In particular, the finalists must return their cell phones and be locked up in the campsite, practicing a song they have never seen before, and performing on stage for only 8 days.



Let's take a look at an old video.



It's in the middle of downtown Seoul, and it's raining colorful papers and the streets are full of welcoming people.



The main character of the car parade is the conductor Myeong-Hoon Jeong.



In 1974, I received second place in the piano section of the Tchaikovsky Competition.



Since the 2000s, as Korean musicians have won more contests, contests are no longer as big news as they used to be.



However, in Europe, the home of classical music, there was even a movie about why Koreans sweep competitions.



[(From the Belgian movie 'Korean Classical Generation') In the past 20 years, 700 Korean musicians have advanced to the finals of major competitions, and 110 have won.]



This year, Korean musicians are winning the competition one after another.



In particular, Kim Ki-hoon, winner of the BBC Cardiff Competition, became a hot topic with a moving stage that made the judges cry.



Why are you doing so well?



Talent, passion for education, education system, etc. There are many reasons, but in fact it is simple.



It means preparing for the competition more diligently and diligently than anyone else.



There is a reason why you can't help but be so eager.



The competition is the most effective way for young musicians from Korea, not the home of classical music, to enter the center of the world music scene.



In addition, in Korea, where the classical music market is small, there is an aspect that a contest is a necessary specification to survive as a professional performer.



For an athlete, an Olympic gold medal may be the ultimate goal, but for an artist, a competition is not.



[Kim Ki-Hoon/Baritone: (Winning the contest) is the glory of that moment, and more important than that is the careers that will follow. Because I have to live singing for the rest of my life...] The



Chopin Competition, which has been postponed for a year due to Corona, will be held in Poland next month.



Seven Koreans made it, and grades are good, but the important thing is the music itself.



I hope you will show off your skills to the fullest.



(Video coverage: Kim Hyun-sang, Kim Se-kyung, Lee Chan-su, and Ha Ryung, video editing: Lee So-young, CG: Seo Seung-hyun, Kang Kyung-rim, Kang Yu-ra, VJ: Oh Se-gwan, Venue: KOTE)