Singer Lee Seung Hwan will be holding a charity concert ‘Lee Seung Hwan Festival’ in coming April 27 and all revenues will be donated. Lee celebrates 30^th anniversary of debut this year and the festival will be held as part of the longest charity concert “Be Nice’ which has been held continuously for 19 years since 2001.

Lee has been leading the innovation and development of Korean music and performance fields. While it is extremely rare for a festival to be named after a musician, the festival has been named ‘Lee Seung Hwan Festival’ in appreciating Lee’s social contribution, donation activities, and creative and passionate works.

In celebrating the 30^th anniversary of Lee’s debut, SH Housing & Communities Corporation which is operating Platform Changdong 61 will be supporting ‘Lee Seung Hwan Festival’. Also, the revenues for the festival will be donated for helping children with leukemia. 

Lee is preparing for splendid large-scale stages as the meaningful festival will be held under his name. To show his passion for the festival, Lee casted close musicians and got involved in stage production and management in person. Lee is focusing on completing the stage for ‘Performance Expert’ with the best staff and we will be showing the stage differentiated from other festivals.

In ‘Lee Seung Hwan Festival’, top Korean musicians including Lee Seung Hwan, NELL, Tiger JK, Yoon Mi-rae, Bizzy, Jung Joon-il, ADOY, PIA, Stella Jang, and E.O.S will be participating. Also, actor Noh Minwoo’s band named ‘MINUE’ will be on the stage for the first time in Korea.

'‘Lee Seung Hwan Festival’ will be held in April 27 at Chang-dong Stadium. Also, the audiences will be paying the festival ticket for 33,000 won under the name of ‘Donation Angel’ and the festival will be spotlighted in this coming spring. Ticket will be available in InterPark from March 11.

Inheriting the good wills of charity concert ‘Be Nice’, the festival revenue will be donated to Korea Childhood Leukemia Foundation like other years and various sharing events such as charity bazaar with Lee Seung Hwan’s belongings will be held together for adding meaning to the festival. Lee said “As a singer and a citizen, I will try my best on continuous contribution to the society”.

Lee is currently holding national tour concert, ‘The Best Day’ for 22 cities and he is also scheduled to hold ‘Only Ballad’ concert which will bring the feeling of warm spring. 


[ Photo= ‘Dream Factory’ ] dongA.com reporter Hyojin Jeon (jhj@donga.com)