Beethoven Virus
Beethoven Virus
Do not expect immediate emotional engagement in this drama. But BEWARE because this story will just grow deep rooted into your heart with the pieces of classical music without you knowing it. An unconventional romantic comedy, with full of heart warming scenes.
The story did not begin with the main actor but a lady name Rumi (played by actress Lee Ji-ah) who is working in one of the government department with the dream of becoming a violinist playing in an orchestra. This comes to her with a chance when she was asked to organize such function but she was con and all the sponsored money was gone. So, with her own hand she organize an orchestra with just a retired orchestra clarinet member, a flute student, a cellist housewife and two violinist who plays at the wedding plus a genius trumpet player Gun-woo (played by actor Jang Geun-seok). Of course it is not the best chamber orchestra in the country but how the members persevere of making the whole orchestra works is really heart warming.
The music conductor Kang Ma-ae (played by Kim Myeon-min) is a world rated conductor who is egoistic and strict in nature. He is someone who does not know how to express his emotion in a positive way and a loner. Although he doesn’t have the best character but deep down he is a sensitive and warm-hearted person.
His principle of being a top conductor “the conductor has to understand how the feeling of the composer is when the music was written no matter if the person is Beethoven or Mozart”.
You are right, this drama is all about classical music, well, classical is usually found bored but with the genius Ma-ae conducting the orchestra you will, I will say definitely will taste the difference in it. Just watch and listen you will never have another chance to watch a conductor that is so handsome in an orchestra. You will certainly love him when he is on stage conducting especially on the piece “Beethoven 9th Symphony-Ode to Joy”.
This is not a drama that you would rush to finish in a few days because the urges to sit back and listen to the orchestra is the add-on plus in this drama.
Famous quotes from this drama:
Rumi “Teacher, there must be something great about me else I will not be born in this world.”
Ma-ae “Why haven’t you realized that everything had already come to an end for you and your orchestra?”
Gun-woo “Why is it the end? We have just started, if we continue to walk towards the path there shall be be roads ahead.”
Ma-ae “Then you may need to fail for 99 times before you reach the destiny”
Gun-woo “We are just following your path”
This is how the teacher-student relationship between Ma-ae and Gun-woo.
This drama had brought in other perspective in orchestra like money, power and politics but overall I would say it is a drama that brought classical music to another level by making this drama unique all the way.
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Beethoven Virus (MBC TV Drama)