Kunggidak, Call for Participants in Original Korean Music Competition

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Korean music content company Kunggidak is recruiting participants for the November 5 original Korean music competition "2026 New Wave: Show Me The Heung."

Kunggidak announced that it launched this project to inspire young Korean musicians with creative ambition, provide them with practical opportunities to perform, and create new trends so that Korean music can stand tall on the global stage.

This initiative aims to overcome the current reality where, although the Korean music scene is attempting new possibilities through fusion with various genres, original Korean music works remain hard to find and opportunities to actually present them on stage are still insufficient.

"Show Me The Heung" is not a competition that merely tests performance skills; it places importance on the meaning and message embedded in the works, creative ideas, storytelling, and innovative new attempts that allow Korean music to communicate with the times.

Respecting each participant's individuality and artistic imagination, the project focuses on reinterpreting Korea's refined sounds over five millennia in a new vessel, fulfilling our national music's mission and philosophy of bringing comfort to people's hearts, and putting into practice Hongik Guak (benefiting the world through Korean music).

Applications will be accepted until July 31. Participants who pass the preliminary round will present their original Korean music at Hongdae Musinsa Garage on November 5. A total prize money of 14 million won will be awarded in the finals.

Lee Seung-ah, CEO of Kunggidak, stated, "We hope that 'Show Me The Heung' will bring more people into contact with original Korean music works that feature unique sounds rather than standardized music and embrace new attempts rather than familiarity."

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