Music – Culture @ the Olympics

K-POP World Festa at the Olympic Games

February 11, 2018 admin2018-Pyeongchang

In one of the major events of this year’s Olympic Winter Games, the K-Pop festa programme of live concerts happening in PyeongChang brings together artists who represent the big new wave of pop music around[…]

POP World Festa, Just a Week Away

February 6, 2018February 6, 2018 admin2018-Pyeongchang

Ahead of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics that opens on February 9, the opening festival of Cultural Olympiad, “Day of Feast” was held at Gangneung-Wonju National University Stadium on February 3. Beginning with the opening[…]

Art on Stage Gugak and Pansori in Suits

February 6, 2018February 6, 2018 admin2018-Pyeongchang

Art on Stage is a set of diverse cultural performances of the 2018 PyeongChang Cultural Olympiad. Two special stages of Korea’s traditional sounds, Gugak and Pansori, will be presented here. First, Korean Breath not only[…]

Taeyang gets in tune with PyeongChang 2018

June 21, 2017February 6, 2018 admin2018-Pyeongchang

K-Pop artist is latest Games Ambassador PyeongChang, June 21 – The PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (POCOG) announced that K-pop sensation Taeyang is the latest well-known Korean artist to become an[…]

A Very Olympic Last night of the Proms

September 9, 2012February 7, 2014 Andy Miah2012-London

The last night of sport at the London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games coincided with the BBC’s Last Night of the Proms on 8th September and it was a night full of Olympic tributes. The programme[…]

Rio Occupation London finale

August 4, 2012February 7, 2014 Andy Miah2012-London

(2012, August 3) There are some parties during the Olympic Games that just feel like the place that everyone wants to be. Often, these take place at the Olympic national houses, where the athletes hang[…]

BT River of Music

July 27, 2012February 7, 2014 Andy Miah2012-London

(21-22 July, 2012) One of British Telecom’s major programs is the River of Music, 6 stages across London each one representing a different continent. C@tO went to all 6 of the stages over the weekend,[…]

Hackney Weekend 2012

June 23, 2012February 7, 2014 Andy Miah2012-London

(22 June, 2012) You could be forgiven for missing the fact that Hackney Weekend 2012 is an Olympic related cultural event, but if you take a look at the stage shots, you will see a[…]