SOHYANG & POS

SoHyang and Sumi Jo recorded 'In The Flower Garden' for Sumi Jo's pop album,
and this album will be released on 28th, Aug, 2015.
They performed this song together last Sunday for Korean independence day
and they will sing it again at Sumi Jo's concert on 11th, Sep.

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Korean Top Divas meet again!

Sumi Jo is Korean best opera soprano and she is really popular over the world.
But she enjoys not only opera & classic music but also a lot of pop music, too.

It seems she likes SoHyang so much.
After SoHyang appeared at I Am A Singer2, Sumi Jo invited her to her concert as a guest singer.
And they did a duet.
And they met up in New York when SoHyang gave her fantasy novel book 'Crystal Castle' to Sumi Jo.
And they recorded one song this spring.
Now Sumi Jo invites SoHyang for her concert again.

Sumi Jo will have a concert in Seoul On 11th Sep
and SoHyang is a guest singer.

They recorded one track together
So they may sing that song together for the show.

SoHyang is a big fan of TV drama producer ByungHoon Lee(이병훈) who is well known for Korean historical dramas.

"Among my latest works... This was the most satisfying and the most difficult song, too.
I really felt solitude while I was working on this song.
It should be plaintive and at the same time, it should explain unconcerned pain..
I think I didn't have many choices of female singers who could do that.
In a sense, Ms.SoHyang is more R&B and Gospel, and asking her for this major and traditional sound?
After she just grasped [the point of] this song, finally she just recorded the song only three times and went home.
And it got 'OK'[which means the recording is already perfect so they don't need to do anymore]...
it means I think she is more than I thought."

The Heavenly Diva, SoHyang will perform at KBS Open Concert on May 29th 2015.

This episode is about wishing the unification of South & North Korea.
And it will be held in KyungBok Palace(경복궁).

She will also perform for Rose Festival in Ulsal City tomorrow.

She recently performed 2 songs' Someday' & 'Fate' at PyengChang Winter Olympic event
and it broadcast live via KBS and SBS.

The Heavenly Diva SoHyang won another episode of KBS The Immortal Songs.
It's her only third appearance and she already won twice of them!
At her first appearance, she sang 'Lean On Me' in front of Michael Bolton
and she made him do standing ovation for her.
Bolton praised her saying she is a 'Virtuoso' and he asked her a duet and they did at his concerts.

Whenever she sings, people get crazy about her perfect performance and she did it again.
The Episode was about the English pop songs that korean people love.
And she chose 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' by Simon & Garfunkel.
She was so busy before this appearance, she had a lot of schedules in a row before the show.
she didn't have time enough to practice but she made it again.

She was 4th singer of 7 singers of the show.
Since she chose this old pop song, there were many people who didn't know this song.
(Other singers chose Let it Go of Disney Frozen OST, My Heart Will Go On by Celin Dion, Heal The World by Michael Jackson..

She didn't belt those her B5~C6 like her other songs, but still sounded strong and amazing and of course emotional.
This song has very gospel sound and you know she is a CCM singer, so it was perfect for her.

Although many people got up from their seats for her after her performance, the score was just 416.
Weirdly the audiences were calmer than other days and they didn't put the button for singers.
so the score was lower than anybody expected.
but she kept defeating other singers and became the final winner of the show.
In fact, she was only one who got over 400 score of the show.


By the way her birthday was 5th April, so this day, her fans brought big flowers, cake, letters, meals and snacks for her, her family, her team and other staffs of the show. they also would buy an expensive gift for her but she asked them to donate the money for Haiti.
So her fans donated money like $2,000 to Haiti.

The heavenly diva SoHyang appeared at Immortal Songs again.
The theme of the episode is Korean Folk Song and she sang '홀로 아리랑'(Arirang Alone)

She already won the episode of Michael Bolton singing 'Lean On Me' that Bolton praised SoHyang is virtuoso.
It was so western music, and Arirang is so oriental and korean music...
KBS kept asking for her one more appearance so SoHyang appeared again.
Since it was so oriental sound, her company didn't decide easily
but SoHyang decided to to because this song is about Dokdo Island no matter how she win or not.
(*Dokdo is the most eastern small island that belongs to Korea and Japan is still saying it belongs to japan and for korean people, it seems that Japan still want to invade to and steal Korean property...It's a kinda symbol of independent Korea... in this song, Dokdo is also related of Unity of South Korea and North Korea)

Sadly she was chosen first singer to perform.
Since it was Folk Song episode, there were no immortal singer like Michael Bolton to be introduced before the show. so they just had to start the show and people were NOT warmed up yet.

SoHyang just had to show up... but she made the perfect performance.
And she got 411. it's really really high score for first performer(even without warming up).
but she didn't become the final winner.

Anyway she made a huge impression.

Jo Kwan-Woo appeared with his father, Jo TongDal-human cultural assets of Korea and his son, a pianist.
He was also I Am A Singer performer, so he knew SoHyang is kinda super singer.
So he said 'SoHyang is difficult (to defeat).'

His father, Jo TongDal said SoHyang has a wonderful voice so he wants to scout her, if she did Korean traditional music only, She would be the world best. 

Song SoHee(who became the final winner of the episode) said that she did the same song before, and SoHyang did like 10 times...100 times.. so much better than her.

Yang DongGeun who is very close with SoHyang and has worked with her on a couple of songs said if a sick person hears her voice, he would get up right away.

Sunwoo, a popera singer, hit E6 during her performance, and MCs asked about that note to SoHyang because everybody knows SoHyang can hit really really high notes... but SoHyang said 'I don't think I can do that..' but she was like 'Was it this note?' and she just hit that note easily.. with her super head voice with big resonance.
MCs were like 'You were like I can do that, too!'. So hilarious..LOL

SoHyang will have a joint concert with opera singers on 24th.
She's not an opera singer, but she is a main singer with baritone Kim DongKyu.

The Diva, SoHyang will appear at one operatic concert with very famous baritone Kim DongKyu.
This concert will be held in Concert Hall of Seoul Art Center on 24th, Feb, 2015.

And She will appear at one music show of KBS,
but it's a local TV show, so I'm not sure if we will be able to watch it.

Heavenly Diva, SoHyang, aka korean Mariah Carey, performed at 'Immortal Songs' show for the fist time,
and legendary singer, Michael Bolton gave her a standing ovation!!!!!

They tried to invite her to the show for very long time, but she hadn't appeared, but she finally appeared and surely showed who she is!

'Immortal songs' is a big competition TV program like 'I Am A Singer'.
They decide a legendary singer of the week and each singer has to choose and perform one song from the legendary singer.

The legendary singer of the episode is Michael Bolton, and he really appeared at the show!!
He showed himself as the legendary singer and watched those singers singing his songs.

7 singers performed songs of Michael Bolton in front of him.
Moon Myung-Jin, Hyorin(of Sista), Seo Jian, Ailee, Lena Park, Jay Park(Jaebeom Park) and SoHyang were the singers.

SoHyang chose 'Lean On Me' and it was totally amazing and awesome.

I was totally shocked!!
I have seen her singing in person so many times, but It was the bestest.

It was like a big party in the heaven. At beginning, her voice was holy and beautiful then the music started to go faster and it was so joyful. Her voice was very powerful.

People were amazed by her, and so many people gave her standing ovations and people kept shouting to her for long time after her performance.

She seemed so happy to sing this song in front of him.

After SoHyang sang, Michael Bolton gave her a standing ovation and said SoHyang is spectacular and her level is different level.

During the show, Lena Park(Who is often said as rival of SoHyang by some people) was #1 before SoHyang performed.

Since SoHyang was the last singer and the final result isn't revealed before broadcast, I couldn't see if SoHyang won or Lena Park won there.

(they let every people go out, then record the final result part)

But people said SoHyang would be the winner. It seemed so sure.
Her performance itself was very amazing and people were crazy about her after her show.

Almost right after the show, one insider of the show hinted that SoHyang eventually became the winner of the show via SNS and people seem to agree.

No matter what the insider said, I also was so sure SoHyang would win, because her level was totally different just like Michael said.

It will broadcast on 18th.

You'll be amazed by her version of Lean On Me.

Heavenly Voice, SoHyang will visit Sydney with Lee Young-Hyun & JK KIm Dongwook for live concert.
The concert title is The Vocalists Live In Sydney.

All of them were winners of I Am A Singer, big competition program of korean legendary singers.

SoHyang became final top 3 of the season and she got the best average score ever of the show.
JK Kim Dong-wook was one of the top 7.
Lee Young-Hyun wasn't in top 7, but she survived for many episodes and did a honor graduation of the show.

Date: 11 OCT 2014, Sat, 7 PM
Place: State Theatre, Sydney
Tickets: $149, $99, $79

Official Page: http://jkent.com.au/event/
Tickets: http://www.ticketmaster.com.au/The-Vocalists-Live-in-Sydney-tickets/artist/2022451