Starting this year, the Jeonju World Sori Festival (Aug. 14-18), which is held in the summer, is laying the groundwork to become a festival that mediates the growth of the younger generation, who will be the leaders of the future.

In order to encourage middle and high school students and university students majoring in gugak and music from all over the country, who had difficulty participating in the festival in the fall because they were in school, to use their summer vacation to participate in the festival, Jeonju World Sound Festival Executive Committee Chairman Kim Hee Sun is actively raising the atmosphere.

Executive Chairman Kim Hee Sun (currently a professor at Kookmin University) gave a one-hour special lecture (organized by the Korean Music Department and the Institute of Arts and Culture at Chonbuk National University) to MZ generation Korean music students at 4 p.m. on the 11th at the Art Hall of Chonbuk National University.　

In her lecture, Kim spoke about the globalization of Korean music, the growth and institutionalization of world music, global festivals and networking, and the future of Korean music as envisioned by the Jeonju World Sori Festival. Above all, She emphasized that the festival plays an important role in mediating the globalization of Korean music by opening a space for artists and audiences to communicate through Korean music across borders and generations, and that it will be an important venue for future generations. This sincerity was evident in the lecture, as students asked how they could participate in the Sound Festival.

In addition to the lecture at JeonBuk National University, Kim has met with students at Ewha Womans University's Department of Korean Music, Hanyang University's Department of Gugak, and Dankook University's Department of Gugak since last month. In July, a special lecture will also be held at the National Gugak Middle and High School. This is especially meaningful because it reflects Kim's and Sori Festival's will to make future generations the main characters of the festival. It is part of an effort to create a local hip, or young festival, and to grow the festival with future leaders. The festival will present various types of programs such as workshops, academic forums, camps, and sound frontiers.

"I will visit any place that is curious about the Sori Festival," said Kim, adding, "I hope that students and young people majoring in traditional Korean music will actively participate in and experience not only our music but also the Sori Festival, which is open to cultural diversity, and grow to become the protagonists who will lead the future of our music."

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