Daejeon Municipal Yeonjeong Lorean Traditional Music Center
The Daejeon Municipal Yeonjeong Korean Traditional Music Center opened
in 1981 with the aim to preserve and develop Korean music and dance. It
has been playing a crucial role in promoting Korean culture and arts.
It holds around 100 domestic concerts of Korean music and
dance performances each year and offers classes in these fieldsfor
those interested. This helps people to maintain interest in Korean arts
at a time when westernization is a strong trend. The reference room of
the Institute has a collection of 12,000 books and 3,000 musical discs
and it allows people to share this vital part of Korean culture.
It also holds overseas concerts in such countries as America,
Japan, France, Australia, and China with an aim to promote Korean music
around the world. These activities are acclaimed as a milestone success
to ensure that ' Something Korean can be competitive with its
uniqueness ', in the world area.
For young people, the Institute offers various classes for
Korean musical instruments' introduction and Korean dance and music
ranging from court music and dance to folk music and dance, as well as
contemporary Korean music and dance. Performers of the Institute visit
schools and youngsters' centers to offer performances in the Korean
arts