Closing Ceremony

홈

Concluding the journey of the 2025 Yeongdong World Korean Traditional Music Expo,
we proclaim the achievements of the past 30 days and the status of Yeongdong as the No. 1 Korean Traditional Music Culture City to the audience.

  • Date/Time 2025. 10. 11. (Sat) 18:00
  • Location Main Stage within the Expo Main Venue
  • Attendees Around 1,000 people, including the Organizing Committee Chairman, invited guests, Gukak officials, and visitors
  • Main Content Pre-ceremony performance, Official ceremony, Celebration performance

Program Order

Table Title - Information provided in sequential order
Classification Time Detailed Program Content
Pre-Ceremony Event 18:00~18:30 30‘
  • Screening of Promotional Video
  • Pre-ceremony performance by CIOFF international participating countries
  • Opening Performance: Resonance towards the Future, Cheon-go ($天鼓$) (Norigwangdae / Local Pungmul Group)
Official Ceremony 18:30~19:10 40‘
  • Host's Opening and Introduction of Expo main figures
    • - Subtitle introduction of the people who created the Expo together
  • National Ceremony: Salute to the Flag, Singing of the National Anthem, Moment of Silence for fallen patriots and deceased Gukak artists
  • Screening of Highlight Video
    • - 30 Days of the Expo: A Record
  • Awarding of Letters of Appreciation to volunteers, etc.
  • Closing Address - Organizing Committee Chairman 1 (Governor of Chungcheongbuk-do)
  • Remarks - Organizing Committee Chairman 2 (Crown Haitai Chairman) and key invited guests
  • Explanation of the background for declaring Yeongdong as the No. 1 Gukak Culture City (Executive Committee Chairman)
  • Declaration Ceremony of Yeongdong as the No. 1 Gukak Culture City (Co-Organizing Chairmen)
  • Closing Declaration (Co-Organizing Chairmen)
Celebration Performance 19:10~20:10 60‘
  • Celebration Performance Part 1 – Gukak Prodigy Performance
    • Pansori, Byeongchang (singing and playing), Chorus (Expo theme song)
  • Celebration Performance Part 2 – Fusion Gukak Concert (Shinhanak)
  • Celebration Performance Part 3 – Collaboration with the Nangye Gukak Orchestra
    • Jeon Myeong-shin (Gukak Song), Jung Kyoung (Baritone), Jang Sa-ik
  • Finale Fireworks Show with Yeongdong Arirang

Closing Ceremony Celebration Performances

Part 1 Celebration Performance (Gukak Prodigy Performance)

  • 'Yeongjae Haneumhoe' is part of various traditional arts projects supported by Crown Haitai, such as the Rakeum Gukak Orchestra and Dongrak Yeonheegwan, contributing to the discovery and nurturing of Gukak talent.
  • D-30 pre-promotion event

Part 2 Celebration Performance (Fusion Gukak Concert) / Shinhanak Band

  • Shinhanak, centered around Gukak musician Min Yeong-chi, pioneers the World Music genre, interpreting Korea's traditional music with a jazz trio.
  • Attempted World Music that fuses Gukak and Jazz in Japan and Korea since 2012.
  • Engaged in various activities, including World Jazz Festivals and World Music events, in both Korea and Japan.
  • Repertoire
    • - Min miwoo dance
    • - Another east
    • - The endless

Part 3 Celebration Performance (Nangye Gukak Orchestra Collaboration) / Hosted by: Ji Hyun-ah

  • Gukak Orchestra: Spirit of Goguryeo

    • A piece that expresses the enterprising spirit of Goguryeo through the magnificent scale created by a synthesizer and percussion instruments, based on the Dongsalpuri rhythm.

  • 『Gukak Song (Baeddwieora)』 / Song by Jeon Myeong-shin

    • Baeddwieora is a Neo-minyo style song composed by Park Bum-hoon, based on a poem by Gu Hee-seo. It begins with an introduction expressing the desire to launch a ship symbolically representing the Korean nation with hope, and depicts the ship surging forward across the waves.

  • 『Heungtaryeong · Naenara Naegyeore』 / Jung Kyoung (Baritone), Ji Hyun-ah (Sori)

    • The Southern Folk Song (Namdo Minyo) Heungtaryeong is a representative song that shows the antithetical life philosophy of the Korean people, who have managed sadness with laughter.
    • Naenara Naegyeore is a song whose atmosphere changes depending on the style of the singer; it suits both a powerful style and a quiet style like that of Kim Min-ki.

  • 『Jillekkot (Wild Rose) · Kkotgugyeong (Flower Viewing) · Bomnareun Ganda (Spring Days Go)』 / Jang Sa-ik

    • Jillekkot is a song that comforts the pain of the people who lost their country during the Japanese colonial period.
    • Kkotgugyeong sings about the cycle and transience of life through the blooming and wilting of flowers, with nature as its theme.
    • Bomnareun Ganda reflects the difficult national sentiment immediately after the Korean War and expresses the futility of a vow of love while waiting for a lover whose return is uncertain.

Part 3 Celebration Performance Collaborators

Singer Jeon Myeong-shin
  • Grand Prize, 7th Dong-A Concours General Division
  • Honorable Mention, 1st MBC Gangbyeon Song Festival
  • Grand Prize, 8th Go Bok-su Song Festival
Baritone Jung Kyoung
  • 1st Place, International Concorso Verbano (Italy)
  • Invited soloist for the National Anthem at major state ceremonies
Vocalist (Sorikkun) Ji Hyun-ah
  • Grand Prize, 18th National Gukak Competition
  • Jangwon (First Place), Jeonju Daesaseup Nori
  • President's Award, Gwangju Bitgoeul Instrumental Music Festival
Jang Sa-ik
  • Began his singing career at the late age of forty-six
  • Representative songs include 'Jillekkot (Wild Rose)', 'Bomnareun Ganda (Spring Days Go)', and 'Kkotgugyeong (Flower Viewing)'