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Kim Won-gyun was born on 2 January, 1917 in Wonsan, Kangwon Province, Korea, is a composer. Discover Kim Won-gyun's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 85 years old?

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Age 85 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 2 January, 1917
Birthday 2 January
Birthplace Wonsan, Kangwon Province, Korea
Date of death (2002-04-05)
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Nationality North Korea

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2006

He received many prizes and honors, including Labor Hero, Merited Artist, People's Artist, recipient of the Order of Kim Il-sung and a Kim Il-sung Prize winner. The Pyongyang Conservatory was renamed the Kim Won-gyun Conservatory on 27 June 2006.

2002

Kim Won-gyun died on 5 April 2002 of heart failure. Kim Jong-il sent a wreath to his bier on the day following his death. Kim Jong-un paid homage to Kim Won-gyun by organizing a concert on the centenary of his birth in 2017.

1954

Kim served as a composer to National Art Theatre. He also became the head of the Central Committee of the Korean Musicians Union in 1954, and would later become the vice-president and president of the Union. He was the president of the Pyongyang University of Music and Dance since 1960. In 1985, he became the general director of the Sea of Blood Opera Troupe. He was the North Korean chairman of the Reunification Music Festival in September 1990. He was also the chairman of the National Music Committee of Korea and honorary member of the International Music Council. Besides his musical activities, he was a deputy to the ninth and tenth Supreme People's Assemblies (SPA). Upon his death in 2002, he held the posts of deputy to the SPA and adviser to the Central Committee of the Korean Musicians Union.

1946

In his youth, Kim Won-gyun attended high school but dropped out after three grades. After the liberation of Korea, he wrote his first composition: "March of Korea". Before his musical career, Kim had been only "a farmer who just happened to write [the] 'Song of General Kim Il Sung'". That was in 1946, very early into the cult of personality of Kim Il-sung; the song was the first work of art that verifiably mentions Kim Il-sung, then leader of Workers' Party of North Korea, one of precursors of WPK. After the success of the song, he was asked to compose "Aegukka". As a musician, he was initially self-taught but went to Moscow in order to study there. At some point he attended a music school in Japan. By 1947, when "Aegukka" was adapted as the national anthem of Provisional People's Committee of North Korea, he had risen in status. Other compositions by Kim include: "Democratic Youth March", "Our Supreme Commander", "Glory to the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK)", "Sunrise on Mt. Paektu", "Steel-strong Ranks Advance", "Song of Great National Unity", "We Rush Forward in Spirit of Chollima", and "Song of Anti-Imperialist Struggle".

1917

Kim Won-gyun (Korean: 김원균; 2 January 1917 – 5 April 2002) was a North Korean composer and politician. He is considered one of the most prominent, if not the most celebrated, composer of North Korea. He composed "Aegukka" — the national anthem of the country — and "Song of General Kim Il-sung", in addition to revolutionary operas.