BUSAN, South Korea — South Korea's K-pop artists are on such a roll across the globe that it can be easy to forget their classical music forebearers were rocking the world's concert halls well before ...

Long before K-pop took off, it was South Korea's classical musicians who were rocking the music world. NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports on an historic Italian opera house that's been around for nearly 2 1/2 ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Myung-whun Chung will be the first Asian, and one of the first conductors born outside Italy, to serve as music director in the opera house’s 247-year ...

The historic La Scala opera house in Italy has announced that renowned South Korean conductor Chung Myung-Whun will take over in 2027 and serve as music director until 2030. KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news ...

: [POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION: The story incorrectly calls Giuseppe Verdi’s “Va, pensiero” an aria. It is a chorus.] LEILA FADEL, HOST: Long before K-pop took off, it was South Korea's classical ...

The historic La Scala opera house in Italy has announced that renowned South Korean conductor Chung Myung-Whun will take over in 2027 and serve as music director until 2030.