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Last week I spent two days shooting photos at the Busan Choral Festival & Competition, an annual celebration of choral music featuring singers from all over the world. It was fun getting to see the colorful costumes and chat with choirs from places like
The highlight of the festival was a performance by the
renowned Incheon City Chorale, who made a grand entrance down the aisles with
thumping drums, hanbok (traditional
clothes), and a powerful arrangement that sounded like something from the days of
the Chosun Dynasty. Unfortunately, from there their performance devolved into a silly
display of Gangnam Style dance moves and pantomimed lovers’ quarrels. I’m all
for not taking yourself too seriously, but it seemed strange to undermine an
art as elegant as choral music for the sake of a few laughs. The audience
seemed to love it though, so maybe I’m just old-fashioned.
