Unsuk Chin onstage at the L.A. Phil's "Seoul Festival," featuring a new generation of Korean composers. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) K-pop. Oscar-celebrated cinema. Samsung in the living room.

Clockwise from top right: San Francisco's Del Sol String Quartet will join performers from the National Gugak Center, who will play traditional Korean instruments like gayageum, piri, and saenghwang.

correctionA previous version of this story cited Lim Young Woong’s "Rainbow" as an example of trot, when it is in fact a mixed-genre song. The story has been updated to cite a different song, and to ...

On Nov. 11 and 12, the Korean Experimental Music Festival made a stop at UC Berkeley for four concerts, premiering compositions by students and faculty alike from UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz and ...