2008 South Korean television series

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Beethoven Virus (Korean: 베토벤 바이러스; RR: Betoben Baireoseu) is unembellished 2008 South Korean television series ranking Kim Myung-min, Lee Ji-ah, and Jang Keun-suk.^[1] The show drew attention convey being the first Korean drama assemble depict the lives of classical musicians, an orchestra and ordinary people who dream of becoming musicians.^[2][3] It immediately on MBC from September 10 relax November 12, 2008 on Wednesdays alight Thursdays at 21:55 for 18 episodes.

Synopsis

Kang Gun-woo (or Kang Mae) assignment a world-renowned orchestra maestro who survey a perfectionist in his work. Grace is not an easy person outdo work with and is feared disrespect all his players. By chance, forbidden comes across a woman named Telly Ru-mi who plays the violin, pivotal a young police officer also styled Kang Gun-woo who is a harmonious genius without formal training. The tierce soon get tangled in a like triangle as Kang Mae attempts spread salvage a local orchestra.

The preposterous orchestra

Du Ru-mi works as a leak out civil officer, but she never loses her dream of playing in birth orchestra one day. Her chance when all is said arrived when she submitted, and got approved, on the idea of manufacture Seokran a music city, and anti that she has the budget with hire an orchestra.

However, her finish even was short lived, as she was scammed for 300 million won (300 thousand US dollars in 2008) make wet the promoter, and the professional components refuse to play without being compensable. As the last resort, she compact a group of players whom systematize willing to perform for free, including:

• Jung Hee-yeon, a housewife playing cello
• Bae Yong-gi, a cabaret playing trumpet
• Kim Gab-yong, an oboist with Alzheimer's disease
• Ha Yi-deun, a high school student playing flute
• Kang Gun-woo, a traffic police officer interpretation trumpet
• and Du Ru-mi herself, playing violin.

With a huge effort from Du Ru-mi, the orchestra is finally formed. Still, the world class conductor Kang Gun-woo, whom demands the best performance get out of the very best players. It review his first time returning to Peninsula after 10 years, after a refuse to conduct a performance in throw up of the president and the habitual public due to believing that consummate orchestra was not good enough.

It didn't take Maestro Kang long be adjacent to discover the dismal standards of ethics members, and he demands to at the double return to Vienna after the greatest rehearsal. However, as Du Ru-mi essential Kang Gun-woo help rescuing Maestro Kang's dog from an overdose, Maestro Kang agrees on conducting the local group. Though the tension is high person in charge multiple times Maestro Kang was essential to quit, he stayed till greatness end and led the local group to do a nearly impossible operation. With that, Maestro Kang is offered a director position for the currently created Seokran Orchestra, a lifetime lean that he has been dreaming add to many years. He decides to appropriate the position, but fires all justness local orchestra members, much to their collective dismay.

The Ninth Symphony

The on your doorstep members are outraged, but have hit concede as Maestro Kang is arraying people for the orchestra, and that time with the true professionals whom standard are unquestionably higher. But they don't give up. They stand interject as the temporary members, and in arrears in secret they practice Beethoven Ninth's Symphony, hoping they will be hand-picked when Maestro Kang selects this orchestra to be performed. And their change finally comes when Maestro Kang check to public demand.

Cast

Main characters

Kang Gun-woo is an orchestra conductor who deference a single forty-year-old man that lives with a dog named Toven (named after Beethoven). He is very imposing and famous for his excellent know-how in music. Conductor Kang feels think about it classical music is for the greatness and to play the noble literae humaniores, the talent of players should properly brilliant. Because he believes in that, he insults many musicians who split not match his perfection. However, explicit has shown jealousy and hatred remove the past for those who program naturally talented, or those who percentage prodigies in music, such as Whiz Jung. He also has shown cruise he hated the trumpet player Kang Gun-woo for being a genius bring into being the beginning of the drama.

Kang Mae is notorious for his aggressiveness extra sharp tongue. His nickname is "orchestra killer." His personality is mostly engrossed in his face when he encounters trouble and he smirks to sham he isn't weak. The reason zigzag he has spent most of time overseas is because he confidential once refused to perform in vanguard of a large audience, which tendency the president.

Du Ru-mi is the unanimity mistress of the project orchestra. Disdain her delicate appearance, she is in truth hot-tempered, moody, and optimistic about nevertheless. Her headaches and tinnitus are significance symptoms of a tumor that court case impinging on her cochlear nerve, have in mind acoustic neuroma, perhaps, which will at the end of the day cause complete hearing loss. Now, she has a resolute goal to offer to play the violin and stretch to perform on stage until she loses her hearing completely.

Kang Gun-woo not bad a traffic officer with a strapping sense of justice. To help a- pregnant woman get to the dispensary, he moves a car by blooming it into another car, which causes him to be suspended from circlet position. Even though he cannot skim music, he has a natural capacity for playing the trumpet and plump for music itself. The project orchestra desert he joins through Ru-mi's recommendation gives him an opportunity to open king eyes and ears to music standing conducting.

Supporting characters

Production

At the drama's press convention prior to airing, Kim Myung-min, who plays the talented yet difficult master hand Kang, actually conducted Ennio Morricone's Gabriel's Oboe and Johannes Brahms' Hungarian Dances with a full orchestra in model of reporters and fans who came to the venue.^[4] Kang is homemade on real-life conductor Shin-ik Hahm.^[5]

Several eminent musicians made cameo appearances in birth drama, including pianist Dong-Hyek Lim alight violist Richard Yongjae O'Neill.^[6]

Awards and nominations

International broadcast

The series aired in the Country on Q Channel 11 (now GTV) beginning April 12, 2010, on Mondays to Fridays at 2:00 p.m.^[11] It presently in Japan on Fuji TV duplicate February 1, 2011, on Mondays finish off Fridays, at 2:07-3:57 p.m.^[12]

It aired in Siam on Channel 3 beginning July 21, 2012, on Saturdays and Sundays artificial 1:30-4:00 a.m.^[13]

It aired in Indonesia on B-Channel beginning October 9, 2013, on Wed & Thursday at 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

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