2026 Dalseong 100 Pianos

Dalseong 100 Pianos has established itself as a signature cultural event of the region and a one-of-a-kind festival in Korea. It is Korea's representative piano music festival, staged at Samunjin Ferry Landing in Dalseong-gun, Daegu, the historic place where the country's first piano arrived. In March 1900, the piano brought to Samunjin by the American missionary Sidebottom was such an unfamiliar Western instrument that locals nicknamed it a gwisintong, a spirit vessel. Yet the musical history that began with that single piano has, more than a hundred years on, grown into a grand stage where one hundred pianos play together.

Launched in 2012 as Dalseong Baeknyeonmajung and renamed Baeknyeonmachi in 2013, the festival has spanned genres from classical to jazz, pop, and popular music, offering fresh musical inspiration every year. In particular, performances set against the beautiful Nakdonggang River and the historic scenery of Samunjin deliver a special experience where music, nature, and history come together. Dalseong 100 Pianos carries the history of Korean music that began with one piano into the music of today, shaping Samunjin into a special musical space where culture and art truly breathe.