For those of you who follow Kpop in the UK, and maybe those who don’t, Monday 5th December was a rather momentous occasion. 4minute, G.NA and BEAST, three of the five acts Cube Entertainment manage, came to London’s Brixton Academy as United Cube in the first really big K-pop event held in London. After a … [Read More]
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Backstage with BEAST – a K-pop novice enjoys the United Cube concert
The queue of excited teenagers and twenty-somethings was snaking down the side of the Brixton Academy, patiently waiting to get into the gloomy insides to see Cube Entertainment’s main acts in what was billed as the UK’s first K-pop showcase. It was still 90 minutes before curtain up, and somewhere among the crowd a reporter … [Read More]
Good to see BBC Radio 4 covering United Cube concert
Good to see the BBC (Radio 4) covering the big K-pop event tonight. Apparently there will be video on the Observer website too, and it will be on the BBC World Tonight sometime in December. [Read More]
SHINee in the Indie
The Independent highlights SHINee’s popularity in the UK in its article “K-pop craze: The K Factor”, while the KCC tries to figure out who are all the fans who are coming to United Cube on Monday. [Read More]
One week till the London United Cube concert. What can we expect?
It’s one week to the big live K-pop event in the Brixton Academy. So what can we look forward to? Cube Entertainment, founded by a former employee of JYP Entertainment, are fairly new to the K-pop world, and are keen to get themselves heard. Despite being relatively new, they can just about claim to be … [Read More]
Sumi Jo: totally fabulous singing Mozart
Sumi Jo was totally fabulous tonight at the Cadogan Hall with the Academy of Ancient Music. Highlight was the encore – Mozart’s elaborate variations on Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, in a duet with flautist Rachel Brown [Read More]
Grace Yeo at the Festival Hall
A recital by pianist Grace Yeo, award winner of the Martin Musical Scholarship Fund. Admission free. No tickets required – just turn up: Royal Festival Hall Thu 8 Dec 2011 6:00pm Grace Yeo (piano) Programme: Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57, Appassionata Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15 Liszt: Concert Paraphrase on Verdi’s … [Read More]
Eugene Lee lunchtime violin recital
Lunchtime concert on 11 Nov in Ealing: Eugene Lee (violin), Tania Park (piano) play Kreisler, Beethoven & Cesar Franck http://t.co/TPjgMPln Praeludium and Allegro after Pugnani (arr Yates) – Fritz Kreisler Sonata for Violin and Piano No 8 in G Op 30 No 3 – Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata in A major for violin and piano … [Read More]
Event news: Sunwook Kim performs Beethoven’s last sonatas
A meaty programme of Beethoven’s last three piano sonatas from Leeds-winning pianist Sunwook Kim later this month: Sunwook Kim Wednesday 23 November 8.00 pm St John’s, Spencer Hill SW19 4NZ BEETHOVEN: THE THREE LAST PIANO SONATAS SUNWOOK KIM piano BEETHOVEN Sonata in E major, op. 109 BEETHOVEN Sonata in A flat major, op. 110 BEETHOVEN … [Read More]
Big Bang win Worldwide Act category in European MTV awards
Big Bang win the inaugural Worldwide Act category in the MTV European Music Awards, Belfast. Those VIPs sure can round up the online votes! http://t.co/hT1zGi04 [Read More]
Big Bang briefly the most tweeted about act for MTV awards
Big Bang was briefly the most tweeted-about act for the 2011 MTV Music Awards #MTVEMA http://t.co/QH0dA9vS [Read More]
The new Wonder Girls album, with new look and sound
Just listening to the new Wonder Girls album on my iPhone. http://t.co/qAbQgs4s The new look and sound takes some getting used to. [Read More]
Hugh Keice: When Summer Holds the Rain
This year’s UK Songwriting Contest Semi-Finalist (Pop category): Hugh Keice brings his UK tour to London. The UK based singer-songwriter initially started his music career in South Korea (his birth name is Kim Hanwoo), developing his unique sound on the local indie scene. During which time he won the ‘Cyworld Music Award Choice for May’ … [Read More]
Big Bang reunited in Belfast
Big Bang put aside Daesung’s car accident and G-Dragon’s marijuana controversy, and unite to take on Britney Spears in Belfast at the MTV European Music Awards: http://t.co/3AFOyCDQ [Read More]
Sumi Jo sings Mozart with the AAM
A treat for Mozart afficionados later this month, as Sumi Jo joins the Academy of Ancient Music and Richard Egarr for an all Mozart programme at the Cadogan Hall. Read on for details of how LKL readers get a discount on the tickets: Academy of Ancient Music Sumi Jo sings Mozart Cadogan Hall Friday 25 … [Read More]
Korean tenor in Tarik O’Regan’s first opera
Korean tenor Jaewoo Kim appears in Tarik O’Regan‘s opera Heart of Darkness at the Royal Opera House this week. I’ll be there on Friday http://t.co/qVqBat0N. Shame it clashes with the LKFF. [Read More]