Butterfly Effect of K-Arts
An 18-year-old Korean pianist trained and educated entirely in Korea won the Leeds International Piano Competition.
For the first time for an Asian musician, Kim Seonwuk, won one of the world's three top piano competitions, the Leeds International Piano Competition, in June 2006. After signing a contract with Askonas Holt, he has performed with London Philharmonic, and has become one of the star pianists to watch.
A home-grown talent, Shin Hyeonsu, won the Long-Thibaud International Competition for Violin.
A "home-grown" talent, Shin Hyeonsu, won the Long-Thibaud International Competition for Violin in November 2008. She also received two special awards, including the Recital and Orchestra Award.
K-Arts dominated the NY International Ballet Competition!
The three top prizes at the competition were awarded to K-Arts graduates. The New York Times reported "A contest for the World, led by South Koreans". The first prize winner, Ha Eunji, joined the Finnish National Ballet as the principal dancer.
The Department of Architecture joined RIBA, the Royal Institute of British Architects.
For the first time for a university in a non-English speakingregion, K-Arts received international certification from RIBA. The graduates of our Architecture Department are now certified to work anywhere in the world.
The Animation Department is recognized as one of the four best in the world.
The Animation Department was invited to the best school program along with the The Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp and Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia Rome in Italy and received due recognition as one of the best schools in the field of animation.
K-Arts as the delivery room for The Chaser, the most controversial film in 2008.
The Korean film, The Chaser, was nominated in the best films category in the Cannes Film Festival, and it received the Best Script Award in the PIFF as well as other awards from The Daejong Film Awards, The Blue Dragon Film Festival, The Paeksang Arts Awards, and others. The film's director, NA Hongjin, the director of photography, LEE Seongjae, and the cinematographer, LEE Minbok, are all K-Arts graduates, not to mention the students of K-Arts who participated in the making of this film
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