BNK Financial Group to Host 27th 'Play on BNK' Featuring Busan International Music Festival Ensemble Concert

[Financial News] BNK Financial Group announced on the 13th that it will host the '2026 17th Busan International Music Festival—Ensemble Concert IV' at 7 p.m. on the 18th at Ocean Hall on the second floor of Busan Bank's headquarters. The event will be presented as a 'Play on BNK (Enjoying together with citizens)' cultural performance.
Play on BNK is BNK Financial Group's signature cultural performance program, which opens Ocean Hall at Busan Bank's headquarters to citizens as a free concert venue. It has expanded opportunities for citizens to enjoy culture in their daily lives by presenting performances in various genres, including classical music, popular music, comedy and lectures.
The 27th edition of the performance will be held in partnership with the Busan International Music Festival, an international music festival representing Busan.
The concert will feature Brahms's 'Piano Trio No. 1' and Mendelssohn's 'String Octet.' The program will begin with three performers and continue with a stage featuring eight musicians, allowing audiences to appreciate in one setting the rich ensemble created by different chamber-music configurations. The performance will run for approximately 70 minutes without an intermission.
A total of nine musicians will take the stage, including violinist Florin Iliescu, currently concertmaster of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony, and pianist Kim Seong-im, an associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in the United States. Regional musicians, including violinist Kim Dong-wook, a professor at Pusan National University (PNU) and former concertmaster of the Busan Philharmonic Orchestra, will also perform alongside musicians active on the international stage.
Free registration is available from today through the 17th via the 'Morak' category in the Busan Bank mobile banking app.
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