National Gugak Center Opens Registration for the 44th Onnara Gugak Competition Participation

Preliminary Rounds from April 2... Registration Opens March 4

The National Gugak Center announced on the 26th that it will hold the 44th Onnara Gugak Competition from April 2 to May 23.

The competition categories include 11 events: Piri, Daegeum, Haegum, Gayageum, Geomungo, Ajaeng, Jangdan and Gobeop, Jeongga, Pansori, Minyo & Gayageum Byeongchang, and Composition.

Marking its 44th year, the Onnara Gugak Competition began in 1981 as the 1st National Gugak Competition and has served as a gateway for talented gugak artists for over 40 years. The prestigious Grand Prize winner receives the Presidential Award, the Excellence Award winner receives the Prime Minister’s Award, and first-place winners in each category receive the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Award.

Anyone aged 18 or older as of the preliminary round start date (April 2, born before April 2, 2006) may participate; however, those who have won Gold or higher in this competition, holders or honorary holders of National Intangible Cultural Heritage, and transmission instructors are excluded.

Applicants can register on the National Gugak Center website from 10 a.m. on March 4 until 5 p.m. on March 8. Detailed information about the competition can be found in the announcements section on the National Gugak Center website.