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Singer and actor Seohyun \/ Captured from Seohyun’s Instagram account<\/p>\n
Since her debut as a member of the idol group Girls\u2019 Generation in 2007, Seohyun has been active as a singer, songwriter and actor.<\/p>\n
Little was known about her hobbies until last week, when an announcement about her latest activity sparked online debate.<\/p>\n
On Jan. 14, Seohyun\u2019s agency, Kkum Entertainment, announced that the singer would perform on March 13 at Lotte Concert Hall in Seoul as a solo violinist with the Sol Philharmonic Orchestra, an ensemble composed of non-professional musicians.<\/p>\n
\u201cInstead of the perfection of a professional performer, I will show the pure passion of someone who truly enjoys music,\u201d Seohyun was quoted as saying. \u201cI hope that through my challenge, many people will feel closer to classical music and discover its joy.\u201d The announcement also indicated that she has been learning the violin for five months.<\/p>\n
Critics accused Seohyun of exercising her privilege as a superstar.<\/p>\n
\u201cFive months of violin lessons \u2026 There are areas you shouldn\u2019t touch. Classical music is a natural talent discovered before the age of six, and it takes incredible effort and tuition to perfect it. It\u2019s not something you can just try because you have money,\u201d one anonymous Naver user wrote.<\/p>\n
Another commenter said, \u201cDon\u2019t take advantage of being a star for something you\u2019ve only done for five months. You could be taking away a chance from someone who probably spent a long time trying to earn that opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n
Supporters defended Seohyun for taking on a new challenge and urged critics to stop mocking her efforts.<\/p>\n
Among her supporters was professional organist Jeong Sook-eun.<\/p>\n
\u201cThinking that only the music we make is \u2018royal\u2019 and that only the most orthodox path is the right answer is anachronistic,\u201d Jeong said. \u201cEven Lotte Concert Hall has 2,000 seats. Even if someone lets you stand on that stage for free, not everyone has the composure and conviction to perform there. Instead of belittling others\u2019 efforts, let\u2019s focus on living our own lives.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jeong gained public attention after appearing on ENA\u2019s reality dating show \u201cI Am SOLO\u201d in 2023.<\/p>\n
“The orchestra itself is amateur to begin with, and Seohyun is unlikely to have time for endless rehearsals, given her packed schedule. Some audience members may also be first-time concertgoers, having decided to attend a classical performance because of Seohyun. This will help make classical music more accessible,” Jeong added. <\/p>\n
At the concert, Seohyun will perform Italian composer Vittorio Monti\u2019s \u201cCsardas,\u201d a Hungarian folk-inspired piece. In addition, the orchestra will play Tchaikovsky\u2019s Symphony No. 5 and Arturo M\u00e1rquez\u2019s \u201cDanzon No. 2.\u201d <\/p>\n
More information about the concert and tickets will be available on the orchestra\u2019s Instagram account, @solphil_official.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Singer and actor Seohyun \/ Captured from Seohyun’s Instagram account Since her debut as a member of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,134,136],"class_list":{"0":"post-423323","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}