Playwright Kim Yoon-sik & Violinist Lee Ji-yoon Obtain the Byucksan Art Awards

The Byucksan Art Awards bestowed an award to playwright Kim Yoon-sik for “Mukti” in theatre and another to violinist Lee Ji-yoon in music.

The entries for the theatre category totaled up to 138 since the application opened in March. The winner was chosen after three months of a strict screening process. The jury commented, “We could tell, generally, topics like social isolation and post-human were what mattered most to the authors of today.”

About Kim Yoon-sik’s work, “In the humanistic context, ‘Mukti’ meticulously probed on topics of immigration and inequality from relative and multi-perspective views. We highly valued how the work showed its insight through mythology connected with social concerns,” explained the jury. The award-winning work earns a production subsidy.

The music award went to violinist Lee Ji-yoon, an alumna of the School of Music. Lee serves as the first Asian female permanent principal performer at the Staatskapelle Berlin, a prestigious orchestra with 450 years of history. Amid the rising status of K-classical music, the music award aims to recognize the achievements of young musicians and advance the classical music industry. The awardee is granted a prize money of 10 million KRW.