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Nam June Paik — When Breaking the Piano Became Art (Part 5-1)

31/08/202606/06/2026 by Kam Su Jin

Illustration of a hand on piano keys in a 1930s Seoul home — the sound Nam June Paik would later break.

This entry is part 10 of 18 in the series The Roots of Hallyu

Born into a wealthy Seoul family, Nam June Paik learned piano as a path to refinement. Then war and John Cage taught him something else: how to break it.