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프라임필하모닉오케스트라                                                    영신한소리합창단
                              Prime Philharmonic Orchestra                                Youngshin Han Sori Choir



           This concert was held to celebrate Presi-               The concert was deemed an exemplary
           dent-elect Yoon Suk-yeol’s election victory.            concert as such that it was a purely musical
           Furthermore, this concert was held to recog-            presentation without a trace of any political
           nize and encourage the conservative                     undertones, regardless of the objective in
           supporters from many organizations and                  holding the concert. In particular, for the
           various fields who worked so hard to make               song that was picked as the finale, “Towards
           President-Elect Yoon’s victory a reality, and to        a Hopeful Nation,” the audience joined with
           celebrate this victory among ourselves.                 the performers in a meaningful,
                                                                   moving moment as if to announce to the
           The concert was held at the “Lotte Concert              world the birth of a new, strong conservative
           Hall,” which boasts the most sophisticated,             government, and President-elect Yoon and
           state-of-the-art sound system and acoustics             the incoming new administration.
           in Asia.
                                                                   The concert was hosted by the Center for
           The grand scale and high-quality music of the           Korea-America Freedom & Security Policy
           concert featured Music Director Seok                    (KAFSP), and cosponsored by KCPAC, the
           Sung-hwan’s dazzling conducting paired with             Christian Council of Korea, the United
           the powerful and majestic playing of the                Elders Association of Korea, Far East Broad-
           Prime Philharmonic Orchestra, along with-               casting Corporation (FEBC), the Kukmin
           world-class vocalists Kang Hye-jung, Hahm-              Ilbo, and the People Power Party’s (PPP)
           Seok-hun, Yang Ji-young and others and the              Christian Ministry Support Headquarters.
           over 100 member Soli Deo Elders’ Choir, Soli
           Deo Women’s Choir, Youngshin Girls High                 Jeong Seong-gil, the concert's Planning
           School Music Band, and the Beethoven Choir.             Committee Chairman, stated that the
                                                                   entire proceedings were carried out by the
           The 2,000-seat concert hall was filled to               grace and will of God, and further extend-
           near-capacity and was reminiscent of an                 ed his congratulations to President-elect
           image of a step towards a hopeful and bright            Yoon Suk-yeol. He went on to note that
           future in shaking off the past two years of the         the concert was organized and held to
           COVID-19 pandemic that prevented                        meaningfully join hearts together for a
           large-scale performances from being held.               hope-filled future of the Republic of Korea.
           In lieu of President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol,
           National Assemblyman Kwon Sung-dong
           delivered words of appreciation and acknowl-
           edgement, and the audience reciprocated
           with cheers and applause.


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