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Renowned violist Yuri Bashmet will perform at the Seoul International Music Festival (photo courtesy of SIMF organizer). This month will be filled with classical music and harmony as two major music festivals are on their way. The Seoul International Music Festival (SIMF) and the Seoul Spring Festival of Chamber Music (SSF) will be held in late May, featuring world renowned artists and promising young talents. Leading musicians across the world including violinist/violist Yuri Bashmet, pianist Son Yeol-eum, Sejong Soloists, Curtis on Tour, and Ning Feng will come together to perform at the fourth SIMF at Seoul Arts Center, Kumho Art Hall and Seongnam Arts Center from May 14 to May 30

Girls' Generation, SNSD Back in 2009, Girls' Generation released the song "Dear Mom" as a tribute to their mothers.The girls have always had a close relationship to their families, and despite their busy schedules, they manage to fit in mother-daughter time as much as possible. A couple weeks ago Taeyeon posted a picture to her Instagram of her mother braiding her hair, adding the caption, "It's been a really really long time since mom last did my hair

by: Raine --- IU was SO CUTE! She really had a chance to shine this episode. Too bad there was some serious mommy nastiness to counteract my happiness. But then again, more sister romance in this episode, too, which equals more happy Raine. AGB Nielson Nationwide had this episode coming in at 26.2%. Dropped to 2nd place. Not surprised. The moms ruined it. "Lee Soon-sin is the Best" is directed Yoon Seong-sik by and written by Jeong Yoo-kyeong and features IU, Jo Jeong-seok, Ko Doo-sim and Lee Mi-sook

Good news to Japanese Angels, because TEEN TOP will be adding an additional date to their Japanese tour. Because of the sheer demand for TEEN TOP’s tickets in Japan, their label TOP Media decided to add another date in Yokohama. The boys sold out their concert in both Tokyo and Kobe, and they’ll be holding the ‘Let’s Go! Summer Vacation! TEEN TOP SUMMER SPECIAL CONCERT‘ for fans in Yokohama. TOP Media announced, [Notice] TEEN TOP SUMMER SPECIAL CONCERT IN JAPAN Hello

4minute, hyuna 4minute 1st place trophy with hyuna Girl group 4minute members went to visit their hospitalized member HyunA with their 1st place trophy from "Show! Champion." 4minute won 1st place in MBC Music "Show! Champion" with their new song "What's Your Name?" yesterday. This was their first trophy after their comeback. HyunA, who was at the hospital due to health reasons, could not go on stage, but the rest of the members went up and performed their song. As soon as their stage was over, the members went to HyunA in the hospital and revealed a picture taken with her and the trophy

Despite hitting a few bumps in the road, the stars were all giving off positive vibes in the Twitterverse.See what we mean in today’sTwitter Roundup! Jay Park posted a photo of himself, toting a large bottle of bubbly, on his Instagram with the caption “celest champagne!!”Looks like someone’s going to be popping bottles soon! SNSD’s Taeyeon appeared to be in the market for a new phone and was taking votes on her Instagram, posting a photo with the caption “[Q] I Phone? or Galaxy? #new #baby

On May 9, Cube Entertainment wrote a message on its official Twitter, “Yesterday, 4minute who won 1st place on ‘Show Champion’! Where did they go right after filming the episode? To the hospital to snap a ‘proof shot’ of the group’s heart-wrenching 1st place! Congrats everyone x 20090618. Please get well soon.” (author’s note: 4minute made its debut on June 18, 2009.) It was previously reported that 4minute’s HyunA fainted and was admitted into a hospital on May 6 because she suffered from high fever and dehydration

Tickets are now on sale for the fifth edition of the annual Terracotta Far East Film Festival.Over the years the festival has seen the event go from strength to strength. This year is set to be the biggest yet, expanding to 27 films spread over 4 sections and 2 venues from 06 - 15 June 2013.The core of the festival will remain a hand-picked selection of the best CURRENT ASIAN CINEMA at The Prince Charles Cinema. This all UK Premiere section reflects the vibrancy and energy in Asian filmmaking today

Actress Seo Woo and actor Do I-seong's break up has many fans disappointed. Do I-seong's agency claimed their break up on the 8th. Do I-seong and Seo Woo starred in the SBS drama "When Tomorrow Comes" together and developed into lovers for a year or so. Netizens say, "It's a shame, they were a cute couple", "I thought they'd last longer" and more. Do I-seong has been looking through his next project while working on some plays after the MBC drama "The Horse Healer". Seo Woo has been taking a break after the tvN drama "Glass Mask"

K-Pop, Concert, Japan, INFINITE, Rainbow, ZE:A, 2PM, T-ARA N4, SECREt, B1A4, A Pink, Kim Hyun Joong, KARA Starting next month, large scale K-Pop concerts will be taking over Japan. First on June 1-2, there will be a 'SGC Super Live' concert at the Tokyo Odeiba Colosseum. This concert will be a fusion between fashion and music as the 'Seoul Girls Collecion' event has been moved to Japan. For this concert, many famous idol stars will be attending. On the first day, INFINITE, Rainbow, ZE:A, will perform