'Nostalgic Mount Kumgang' Composer Choi Young-seob Passes Away at 97; Son Choi Sung-won of Group Dalkom Flower Holds Memorial Service [Star Issue]

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Choi Young-seob, composer and conductor of the national favorite 'Nostalgic Mount Kumgang,' has passed away.

According to the family on the 29th, Choi Young-seob died of old age early that morning. He was 97 years old.

Born in Ganghwa, Gyeonggi Province in 1929, he graduated from the Composition Department of Seoul National University and the Graduate School of Music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna in Austria.

He graduated from the Composition Department of Seoul National University and the Conduction Department of the Graduate School of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna in Austria. He served as a professor in the Music Department at Hanyang University and as an adjunct professor in the Music Education Department at Chung-Ang University. His representative compositions include 'Land of the Quiet Morning' and 'Oh! My Beloved Motherland.'

Especially, 'Nostalgic Mount Kumgae,' a song expressing the desire to visit Mount Kumgang, which cannot be reached due to the division between North and South Korea, received widespread public affection. The late Choi was also the father of Choi Sung-won, bassist of the group Dalkom Flower.

The wake is held at the funeral hall of Severance Hospital in Sinchon, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, and the funeral procession is scheduled for July 1.

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