Kim Junsu Sets First Orchestra Musical Concert in Four Years

Singer and musical actor Kim Junsu is returning to the concert stage with an orchestra for the first time in about four years. His agency, Palmtree Island, announced on the 9th that he will hold "2026 XIA Musical Concert with Orchestra Vol.9" from Dec. 18 to 20. The three shows will take place at Ticketlink Live Arena in Seoul's Olympic Park.

Kim Junsu started the concert series in 2012. Each show pairs key songs from musicals, known in the theater world as numbers, with a live orchestra. Over the years, he has built the shows mostly around music from productions he starred in.

This will be the ninth concert in the series. The eighth was held in December 2022. This time, Kim Junsu plans to perform numbers from the musicals he has appeared in since then, along with other songs, all in orchestral arrangements.

He has kept busy on two fronts this year. His sixth solo Asia tour, "GRAVITY," took him to stages across Asia. He also hit the road with Kim Jaejoong under the name JX for the "CORE" tour.

His musical theater work continued as well. His role in "Beetlejuice" earned him the first-ever acting award in the musical category at the 62nd Baeksang Arts Awards, one of South Korea's top awards shows. He went on to appear in "Dracula" and "Elisabeth."

The upcoming concert will focus on the musical repertoire he has built over the past four years. The orchestra will bring the music from each of those shows back to the stage.

An official trailer came out alongside the announcement. In it, the silhouettes of several characters Kim Junsu has played in musicals appear one after another, looking back at his past roles.

Near the end, he pulls back a red curtain and walks forward. Light shines through from behind the curtain. The video closes on the words "SEE YOU THERE."

The series began in 2012 as a way to bring his stage work into a concert hall. Its ninth edition now has four more years of roles to draw from.