Cheoneunsa Temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism (Chief Monk Venerable Daejin) announced that on May 29 it will present, as the spring concert of the 2026 Jirisan Jazz Festival, a performance by world-renowned jazz vocalist Na Yoon Sun’s jazz vocal quartet (a four-member jazz ensemble of vocal, drums, guitar, and bass is called a ‘jazz vocal quartet’, meaning a quartet) on a stage within the temple grounds.

Na Yoon Sun is a world-renowned jazz vocalist who has received France’s Order of Arts and Letters; to commemorate the release of her 13th album ‘Lost Pieces’, her domestic tour will see her take the special stage set up within the Cheoneunsa grounds together with global jazz artists including New York-based bassist Brad Christopher Johnson, France-based drummer Arthur Alard, and guitarist-composer Mathis Pasco.

Na Yoon Sun’s ‘Lost Pieces’ is an album completed by piecing together her time and emotions like fragments; at first a gentle loneliness pervades, but ultimately it tells a story of facing oneself and discovering the strength to walk forward again. The tranquil Cheoneunsa at the foot of Jirisan would be an ideal venue to convey more vividly the deep emotional textures contained in ‘Lost Pieces’.

The clear valleys of Jirisan that flow into the Cheoneunsa grounds, and the temple’s calm landscape and pine fragrance encircled by a pine forest, are expected to offer audiences special moments to reflect on themselves and meet the resonance of their hearts.

Over the years, the Jirisan Jazz Festival has combined Jirisan’s natural environment, temples, and jazz music, growing into a distinctive cultural platform that pursues an ‘experience of lingering and listening’ beyond a simple performance-centered festival. Offering a pause amid a rapidly changing daily life to feel nature’s rhythm and music’s texture, the Jirisan Jazz Festival unfolds twice each year at Cheoneunsa on Jirisan, in late spring and at summer’s end. This ‘Lost Pieces’ performance by Na Yoon Sun will be a paid event on a special stage in the temple-stay area within the Cheoneunsa grounds, with reservations available through Naver.

Cheoneunsa’s abbot, Venerable Daejin, said, “We are living through a time when we quickly gain much and then easily lose it,” “True recovery is not about filling ourselves with more; rather, it begins with emptying and staying,” and “I hope this jazz concert lets you set down your troubled mind for a moment and becomes an opportunity to look again at each person’s life.”