Beethoven Virus
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Title: 베토벤 바이러스 / Beethoven Virus
Chinese title : 贝多芬病毒
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 18
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2008-Sep-10 to 2008-Nov-12
Air time: Wednesday & Thursdays 21:55 (9:55 Korean time)
Synopsis
Kang Gun Woo is an orchestra conductor in his 40′s. He is an elite workaholic conductor who has a very bad reputation. He is known as someone who will do absolutely anything in order to create the very best music. However, due to his self-righteous and stubborn personality he thinks that only his thoughts are correct which makes him unable to form good relationships with those around him. He meets Du Ru Mi, a violinist, and a trumpet player who has the same name as him, and together they form a love triangle.
Cast
Kim Myung Min as Kang Gun Woo (Conductor)
Lee Ji Ah as Du Ru Mi (Violin)
Jang Geun Suk as Kang Gun Woo (Trumpet)
Extended Cast
Lee Soon Jae as Kim Gab Yong (Oboe)
Hyun Jyu Ni as Ha Yi Deun (Flute)
Song Ok Sook as Jung Hee Yun (Cello)
Park Chul Min as Bae Yong Gi (Trumpet)
Jung Suk Yong as Park Hyuk Kwon (Double Bass)
Lee Bong Gyu as Park Jin Man
Kim Young Min as Jung Myung Hwan
Jo Se Eun as Kim Joo Yeon
Park Eun Joo as Kim Joo Hee
Jung Suk Yong as Park Hyuk Kwon
Lee Han Wie as Kang Chun Bae
Park Kil Soo as Kim Kye Jang
Hwang Young Hee as Hyuk Kwon Cheo
Production Credits
Producer: Lee Jae Gyu
Screenwriters: Hong Jin Ah & Hong Ja Ram
Episode Ratings
| Date | Episode | Nationwide | Seoul |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-09-10 | 1 | 15.7 (3rd) | 17.1 (3rd) |
| 2008-09-11 | 2 | 11.4 (10th) | 11.9 (8th) |
| 2008-09-17 | 3 | 12.7 (7th) | 13.3 (7th) |
| 2008-09-18 | 4 | 14.6 (8th) | 16.2 (6th) |
| 2008-09-24 | 5 | 18.0 (2nd) | 19.3 (2nd) |
| 2008-09-25 | 6 | 16.8 (4th) | 18.1 (2nd) |
| 2008-10-01 | 7 | 19.8 (2nd) | 21.5 (2nd) |
| 2008-10-02 | 8 | 17.4 (4th) | 18.8 (2nd) |
| 2008-10-08 | 9 | 18.4 (2nd) | 19.8 (2nd) |
| 2008-10-09 | 10 | 17.7 (2nd) | 18.9 (2nd) |
| 2008-10-16 | 11 | 20.2 (2nd) | 21.8 (2nd) |
| 2008-10-22 | 12 | 19.2 (3rd) | 21.1 (3rd) |
| 2008-10-23 | 13 | 18.5 (2nd) | 19.9 (2nd) |
| 2008-10-29 | 14 | 19.2 (2nd) | 20.6 (2nd) |
| 2008-10-30 | 15 | 19.7 (2nd) | 20.7 (2nd) |
| 2008-11-05 | 16 | 20.7 (2nd) | 22.2 (2nd) |
| 2008-11-06 | 17 | 19.5 (3rd) | 20.8 (3rd) |
| 2008-11-12 | 18 | 20.3 (2nd) | 22.2 (2nd) |
| 2008-11-13 | Special | 13.9 | - |
Source: TNS Media Korea
Poster
March 5th, 2011 at 5:20 pm
I watched this drama because of Jang Geun Suk ,and I liked it. It worth your time.
August 30th, 2011 at 1:38 pm
So I’m watching and Yu Ri’s character is falling for the cold, narcissist, love-bereft conductor. I’m thinking.. what the…!! Click.
A pity cos I really like cast.
October 1st, 2011 at 6:40 am
as i continue watching, oddly i was beginning to like the nasty kang gun woo more than the goodie kang gun woo…he’s cool but yet there’s another beautiful side to the man and as the story goes, the better him begins to unfold…
you’ll like him too like the rashful du ru mi…i guess we can relate to her in someway in our daily lives
November 28th, 2011 at 12:38 pm
Bethoven virus…hmmmm its really like a virus that will crash your emotion..the cast did justicefor thier role awesome story line..
Kim Myung Min as Kang Gun Woo (Conductor)-represents the classics style of music..has this hard shell personality but deep inside his a cool man and have a real guy personality.. his really in control of his life. stubborn yet unyielding; beleive in your dream and strive to achieve it no matter what. perfectionist
Jang Geun Suk as Kang Gun Woo (Trumpet)- represents the modern generation that have this faith of being adventorous and never afraid to try new things that he thinks challegeable. A very positive mind and willing to accept failure and learn from it. Willing to sacrifice in the name of love…for his girl and for his considered brother.
the lessons to be learned here is that the importance of valuing one’s self, respecting each other, failures are but stepping stones that helps you achieve your goals and dreams and it never is too late to dream and be what you really want to be, humility does not lessen the value of one’s pride, forgiveness, and lastly no person could live alone and be happy. Everybody needs someone to share ones triumph and failures.
November 28th, 2011 at 3:37 pm
started this drama cos of JGS..
totally awesome..
February 4th, 2012 at 2:12 pm
there’s a love triangle ryt?? so who won the heart of the girl, the old one or the young man??
May 1st, 2012 at 2:51 pm
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July 31st, 2012 at 4:03 pm
Very good show…highly recomended
August 1st, 2012 at 6:25 am
Hated Lee Ji Ah as the so called girlfriend. Thought her acting was awful.
September 14th, 2012 at 6:32 am
I see lots of korean drama,but because my love to the classic music this one was one of the best that I saw!
Really congratulate to all of the actor & actress & all the scene man! Specially to Maestero Kang, Mr. Kim Myung Min for the best acting that I saw of him! It was so exiting for me all the scens! I wish to all of the scene man Success! Fighting
October 19th, 2012 at 12:02 pm
I loooooooooove this Serial.
Looooove.
Darling Myung min and Ji ah.
November 17th, 2012 at 4:41 pm
Loved this drama! Watched it 3X. Kim Myung Min is really amazing!! LeeJiAh, JangGeunSuk & the other actors/actresses were marvelous too! Really wish there’s a sequel to this great drama & this time please don’t let the characters end up so LONELY….
February 11th, 2013 at 7:14 pm
I watched this drama bcoz of jgs also…hahah but what happen to me…. l’ve fallen for the bad Gun Woo… too..what should i do…=)
May 22nd, 2013 at 12:17 am
this is really, really beautiful drama series portraying the lives of the struggling musicians, what they have to go through to achieve their dreams with passion. true artists are like that. the ensemble of a cast was excellent, am sure there were real musicians included in the cast, but did the main characters play the instruments for real? if so, i applaud them. i could not find fault with the leading actor portrayal, he was superb. jgs did a very good job here than in ‘you’re beautiful’, not sure of his ‘conducting ability’. the story is well written and i enjoyed watching this although am not classical music lover. cheers!