Jacob Koller: My First Concert in Korea

I played my first concert in Korea last night. It was definitely a very memorable show. I have always wanted to play my arrangements of movie music with the scenes from the movie being played in the background and I was finally able to do that last night. The crowd was really into the music and was very receptive to my humor and my very poor Korean skills. It was a lot of fun to talk and meet with people from the audience after the show. Everyone wanted to take a picture with me. I dedicated a traditional Korean song called "Ariran" to the victims of the ferry accident.

It was a very memorable trip to Korea. I ate lots of spicy but tasty Korean food and made a bunch of new friends. Traveling can be tiring but getting a chance to be introduced to new culture and meet new interesting people makes it all worth while. I think I will be going back soon but I need to learn a few more Korean words. One guy even told me that my piano playing was great but I need to work on my Korean. I appreciate his honesty.

昨日の夜に韓国ではじめてライブをやりました。とても印象的なコンサートでした！お客さんは興奮してくれて、僕の冗談に笑ってくれて、僕の下手くそ韓国語にも受けてくれました。ライブの後にお客さんと話したり、CDをサインしたり写真を撮ったりしていました。フェリーの事故で他界した人を捧げて「アリラン」という韓国の曲を弾きました。

色んな意味でとても印象的な旅でした！辛くて美味しい韓国料理をたくさん食べて、韓国人の友達をたくさん作りました。ツアーは大変なのですが、新しい文化が味わえて、たくさんの面白い人に会えてとてもラッキーだと思います。また韓国に行きたいのですが、行く前にもちょっと韓国語を勉強したいです。「ピアノは上手ですが、韓国語をもっと勉強しなさい」と男の人に言われました。正直に言ってくれて感謝していました。