FIM

Seoul, 31 August 2012. At a press con­fer­ence held at the Korean Parliament, Mr Sangho Woo, rep­re­sen­ta­tive of the Democratic United Party, expressed the view that the one-​sided plan to out­source the KBS Symphony Orchestra to a pri­vate insti­tu­tion was an attack on cul­tur­al pub­lic service.

Joined in his stance by oth­er mem­bers of the DUP: Mikyung Lee, Minhee Choi and Gwanseok Yoon, he recalled that the vast major­i­ty of the orches­tra mem­bers were strong­ly opposed to the KBS plan and wel­comed the inter­na­tion­al sup­port received from FIM, UNI-​MEI as well as from musi­cians trade unions in UK, Germany, Australia, the Netherlands, Brazil, Sweden, Canada, Israel, Norway, Finland…

The music com­mu­ni­ty in Korea is strong­ly unit­ed behind the KBSSO Musicians in their protest against the out­sourc­ing plan. The pol­i­cy of the new KBSSO pri­vate foun­da­tion is expect­ed to include renew­able one-​year con­tracts as well as manda­to­ry, annu­al re-​auditions of the entire orchestra.