by Peter | May 24, 2014 | Interviews, IrelandRA
Culture Helps Build Bridges Between Countries “For me, music is extremely important because music has the ability to touch our emotions, and I think it stirs our feelings in a way that no other art form can.” H.E. John Neary, Ambassador of Ireland Min-On:...
by Peter | May 24, 2014 | Interviews
Life Without Music Is Like Life Without Air Ben E. King performs on stage Soul music virtuoso Ben E. King is perhaps best known as the singer and co-composer of “Stand by Me,” which was a number-one hit in 1961 in the US and again in 1987 in the UK as the theme song...
by Peter | May 24, 2014 | Cultural Exchange, Folk Music & Dance, KoreaRA, News
Min Young-Chi is one of Korea’s most vibrant young traditional musicians. As a master percussionist playing the janggu (Korean hourglass drum) and a skillful player of the daegum (Korean bamboo flute), he has performed in Korea and Japan as well as at venues...
by Peter | May 24, 2014 | News, Tohoku Hope Concert
March 11, 2014 marked the third anniversary of the great earthquake and subsequent tsunami which devastated the northeastern coastal areas of the Tohoku region. While still enduring severe conditions, thousands of people in the affected region have worked together to...
by Peter | May 24, 2014 | Features
(From left) President Kobayashi, Executive Advisor Hasegawa, Mr. Wayne Shorter and his wife Carolina In the midst of the cherry blossom season, American virtuoso jazz saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter visited the Min- On Culture Center on April 15 in between his...
