{"id":86800,"date":"2026-08-31T13:56:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T20:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kyccla.org\/?post_type=press-release&p=86800"},"modified":"2026-08-31T13:56:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T20:56:31","slug":"kycc-celebrates-rooted-rising-25th-annual-benefit-concert-at-the-music-centers-walt-disney-concert-hall","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.kyccla.org\/es\/press-release\/kycc-celebrates-rooted-rising-25th-annual-benefit-concert-at-the-music-centers-walt-disney-concert-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"KYCC Celebrates Rooted & Rising: 25th Annual Benefit Concert at The Music Center’s Walt Disney Concert Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On August 20, 2026, KYCC presented its Rooted & Rising: 25th Annual Benefit Concert<\/a> at The Music Center’s Walt Disney\u00a0Concert Hall<\/a>\u00a0in Downtown Los Angeles. The annual benefit concert was presented by Comerica<\/span>\u00a0Bank<\/a>, a Division of\u00a0Fifth<\/span>\u00a0Thirds<\/span> Bank, and raises unrestricted funds to support programs and services across KYCC. For 18 years, our concert has been held in partnership with the Korean American Music Foundation<\/a>\u00a0(KAMF), whose talented KYCC Festival Orchestra accompanied all of our evening\u2019s performers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u00abOur 25th Annual Benefit Concert is more than a celebration of music\u2014it is a celebration of community,\u00bb said\u00a0Johng Ho Song, Executive Director of KYCC. \u00abWe are deeply grateful to everyone who has supported KYCC over the past five decades. Through this year’s theme,\u00a0Rooted and Rising<\/i>, we hope to honor our shared history while inspiring hope for the future and continuing to build a stronger, more connected Los Angeles.\u00bb<\/p>\n

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Our Masters of Ceremonies were\u00a0Alex Reid<\/a>, the first black K-Pop idol, and\u00a0Suzie Suh<\/a>, news anchor for CBS Los Angeles, who led our audience through the evening of unforgettable musical performances. The evening began with KAMF\u2019s KYCC Festival Orchestra playing Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, 4th Movement. They were then joined by gayageum master and National Intangible Cultural Heritage Holder,<\/span>\u00a0Yang Seung-Hee, who performed traditional and contemporary gayageum songs for our audience.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Throughout the evening we were joined by German-born, London-raised singer-songwriter Arlissa<\/a>, who performed her new single \u00abTurn My World To Color\u00bb and a cover of Whitney Houston’s \u00abI Have Nothing.\u00bb\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Following a brief intermission, we welcomed Grammy award-winning La Santa Cecilia<\/a>, as they brought their Pan-American rhythms to the stage, performing \u00abAmar Y Vivir,\u00bb \u00abHojas En El Aire,\u00bb and \u00abComo Dios Manda.\u00bb\u00a0<\/p>\n

Our final performance of the evening was by Korea’s beloved ballard and original soundtrack queen, Baek Ji-young<\/a>. Bringing her iconic vocals to our show, she performed \u00abI Won’t Love,\u00bb \u00abThat Woman,\u00bb \u00abLike Being Shot by a Bullet,\u00bb and \u00abDon’t Forget.\u00bb<\/p>\n

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A huge thank you to all of our sponsors who made Rooted & Rising possible. For more information about KYCC’s Annual Benefit Concert, click here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On August 20, 2026, KYCC presented its Rooted & Rising: 25th Annual Benefit Concert at The Music Center’s Walt Disney\u00a0Concert Hall\u00a0in Downtown Los Angeles. The annual benefit concert was presented …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86819,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,46,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86800","press-release","type-press-release","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-feature-article","category-news-highlight","category-special-events"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t