Classical Music “Curtis and Friends”: Curtis and Friends, consisting of pianist Lee Kyung-sook and her alumni friends from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, will hold a chamber music concert on Nov. 10, as the first leg of the Kumho Art Hall’s concert series “Beautiful Thursday.” The group of 10 Korean artists’ program will be Schumann Fantasiestucke Op. 73, Dvorak Piano Trio in G m...

Wale shows he’s determined with ‘Ambition’ Wale “Ambition’’ (Maybach Music Group/Warner Bros.) With a slew of mixtapes, Wale built a reputation as a witty rapper who delivered quick punch lines. His skills eventually landed him a major-label deal and debut album, “Attention Deficit,’’ two years ago. But while his first record received favorable reviews, Wale says he felt artistically stifled...

Singer Susan Boyle (Sony Music Entertainment Korea) Scottish singer Susan Boyle said she has a different sound in every song in her new album “Someone To Watch Over Me,” released Tuesday. The 10-track album features songs written by different musicians, such as “You Have To Be There” by ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, and “Both Sides Now” by Joni Mitchell. “Well, I try to add a bit o...

B2ST (Cube Entertainment) 4minute (Cube Entertainment) K-pop stars including B2ST, 4minute and G.NA will hold a concert in San Paulo, Brazil, in December, agency Cube Entertainment said on Wednesday. “United Cube Concert in Brazil” will take place at the Espaco das Americas on Dec. 13, it said. This will be the first time for K-pop artists to perform as a group in South America. Boy band Supe...

Album jacket of “Fever’s End Part 2” by Tablo. (YG Entertainment) Singer-songwriter and rapper Tablo’s first solo album “Fever’s End Part 2” ranked first place on the iTunes hip hop/rap chart, as he returned to the music scene more than a year after he was embroiled in a controversy over his academic background at Stanford University. Hip hop group Epik High, of which Tablo is a member, reached...

George Harrison’s brightly colored Stratocaster, “Rocky,” is among the former Beatles memorabilia on display at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, California, Oct. 18. (Los Angeles Times/MCT) LOS ANGELES ― Remember George Harrison’s unforgettable opening line in the Beatles’ 1969 hit “Something?” “Something in the way she moves/attracts me like no other woman.” Of course not, because he sings “l...

K-pop boy band SHINee. (S.M. Entertainment) Tickets to see boy band SHINee at the 6th London Korean Film Festival Opening Gala Concert have sold out. So many fans logged on to British online box-office website Odeon that it crashed just one minute after ticket sales began Thursday. The website was not restored for five hours, the group’s agency said. The group is to hold the one-hour gala con...

Metallica members (from left): Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield and Robert Trujillo. (AP/Tsering Topgyal-Yonhap News) NEW DELHI (AFP) ― Angry fans smashed equipment and hurled bottles in chaotic scenes after heavy metal group Metallica cancelled their first ever Indian gig at the last minute, reports said Saturday. Thousands of fans had already turned up at Friday’s concert, timed to c...

Classical Music “Trio Owon”: Classical music group Trio Owon, led by cellist Yang Sung-won, will hold its debut concert in Korea at the LG Arts Center on Nov. 6. The other two members are pianist Emmanuel Strosser and violinist Olivier Charlier. The name “Owon” comes from late Korean painter Jang Seung-up (1843-1897), who was depicted in Im Kwon-taek’s 2002 film “Painted Fire.” The trio will sho...

SPO, Chung fly with Mahler No.1 Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra “Mahler Symphony No. 1” (Universal Music) After releasing the debut album “Debussy and Ravel” under Deutsche Grammophon, the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and its music director Chung Myung-whun will launch their live recording of Mahler Symphony No. 1 “Titan” on Nov. 3. The program was recorded at the Seoul Arts Center’s Concert Hal...