He sings musicals beautifully and with passion.

Prince Khalaf !

JDH as prince Kalaf in Turandot - Musical, on Dec.11-2015. The title is the same as the famous opera composed by Puccini - probably because the story of  cruel princess Turandot  is basically the same. Music is different, and from what I know, the musical was first time put on stage in 2011.
I believe the music is composed by a Korean(s). From the video of curtain call, the music is very nice, quite contemporary.

Currently, the musical is shown in Daegu Opera House, and Dongha is scheduled to join the team of singers/actors once again on Dec. 26 and 27th, for 3 performances. Then in February and March 2016, the show is coming to Seoul, and hopefully we will see Dongha as Prince Khalaf a few more times.


I wish I knew more about the creators of this musical, and the story behind it, but it was very difficult to find any information.

What we wish for Dong Ha-ssi

The year 2015 is coming slowly to an end, and in this last month Dong Ha's schedule is very packed! Several serious obligations are: Immortal Song 2 recording, participation in the musical "Turandot" as a main male lead, recording of a new single (what will it be ??? we want to know now!!!), and preparations for the special solo concert "Voice of My Heart". There are numerous minor events, squeezed in between. Will he pull it off without damaging his voice? Will he run out of energy too soon, before he can complete everything? A fan from Tunisia, Fatma, and I discussed this a little on chat today. We both agreed we can trust that Dong Ha can do it, he is tough enough, and probably had a few very intense years, while touring with Boohwal. He has had a very successful, and busy year 2015 so far. We are keeping our fingers crossed for an equally successful finish! As fans, we are of course quite concerned about his well being.
At the end of our chat, Fatma expressed her feelings very perfectly, and she said everything that I am also feeling in exact same way. I liked it so much, that I copied it here. This is what we really wish, and hope for:

We are rooting for you Dong Ha! Fighting!

Busy busy busy

Jung Dong Ha receives SEOUL SUCCESS AWARD 2015

Dong Ha got an award, yay! Small award for my beloved singer, BIG joy for me!!!
On November 30, 2015 there was an award ceremony in the Seoul Hyatt Hotel.  THE SEOUL SUCCESS AWARDS are given by a major Seoul newspaper (whose name I don't know), to multiple people in many categories, like education, economics, business, art, entertainment, etc.  People who contribute in various ways to general Seoul's successful development receive this award yearly.
Jung Dong Ha received the Award as a singer.
He is Seoul's citizen, and his entire efforts throughout 2015 were judged worthy of the award.
It makes me very happy that he is so appreciated, and even more so, because he looked very cute during the ceremony. His suit and dark shirt, with lightly dotted collar, and dark tie, was all a very chic combo. Below, the cute picture, and the video of him receiving the Award, and gifts.

About Jung Dong Ha (for Ewa H.) - Korean singer

정동하 (정재환) Jung Dong ha   

SH K-Star

Aaaaaaaah....sold out! ♥

What a beautiful poster. I think in general Dong Ha has been lucky with all the promotion materials done for him. Almost all the posters, banners, announcements, etc, are usually quite nicely designed. This particular poster is just exquisite, and conveys the kind of image of him, that most fans probably can agree with: Jung Dong Ha, a gentle personality, and a passionate singer.

This poster has been issued to promote a special Winter concert, VOICE OF MY HEART, Dec 19 & 20.

Looking at it, I'm also thinking of how the Immortal Song2 host presented him recently to the audience:
"Sentimental Rocker - Jung Dong Ha!" That host tries to always say something new about each singing star, and he once got in trouble when he compared JDH to a well known actor Song Joong Ki. Some people weren't happy. So I wonder if everybody will agree with the label of "sentimental". Many fans insist he has a rocker roots (having spent 9 years with the band Boohwal), and love him to rock on stage.  Personally I love almost everything he sings. I love the facts that he tries various genres, and is equally captivating in each.

But my post is about this enchanting art work. I want to shout: "artist, artist, artist! whoever you are, you did a wonderful job". Below is a slightly different version of  it.  Aaaaah.....! I love the snowflakes in his hair, while in the previous version the snowflakes are on his sweater, which is lovely too.

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The latest news are : the two shows of 400 seats each, SOLD OUT in the first 5 minutes.

Jung Dong Ha has no sense of humor?

Pffftt...why say that? I can see, and I can sense plenty of  humor in him. He definitely has a lighter side in him, and isn't afraid to show it. The video below is a  great fan tribute - a compilation of the banter from the Summer 2015 concerts.

Water Ambassador ? ? ?

Our Beloved Jung always drinks water on stage. Whenever he does that, as soon as he starts bringing the bottle up to his mouth, it causes his crazy, dedicated female fans to scream their heads off, as if he was doing a striptease, or something.  He knows it's going to happen, and can't contain a smile.

So, it wasn't a huge surprise, that in April of this year, Jung Dong Ha was appointed (together with some other celebrities) to be an Honorary Water Ambassador for the "7th WORLD WATER FORUM", in Daegu, South Korea, April 12 - 17th. From the website : "The World Water Forum is a large-scale international conference that is held every three years since 1997 in cooperation with the public, private sectors, academia, and industries. It was first launched in an effort to facilitate international discussions on global water challenges."
Jung Dong Ha's image appeared on variety of promotion materials, ig.brochures, and postcards.

 

As the  celebrity Water Ambassador , he also performed at the special kick-off  concert a month before the  international forum.  The blue balloons on stage symbolize water, really cute idea.

오늘 #대구 #EXCO 에서 열린 #2015대구경북세계물포럼 D-30일 합동보고회에 홍보대사 축하공연을 위해 우리 #정동하 가수님께서 참석하셨습니다~! 다음주 #경주 #HICO 에서도 #세계물의날 기념 행사가 열리는데 이날도 축하 공연이 마련되어 있습니다 :D

Posted by 정동하 Fanpage on Friday, March 13, 2015

                                                                         
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I mentioned previously that he also does something else with his water at concerts - he splashes it at the audience from one of his water bottles that are always on stage. And here we come to the whole point, and reason for this post, ha! There are so many awesome pictures around, showing him  tossing the water. I just wanted to collect them in one place.

I don't think he does it always at every concert, but frequently enough, to have developed this awesome skill. I experienced it too. YES! I got water sprinkled by Jung Dong Ha. AND I LIKED IT.

But I still wonder, how can he have been a Water Ambassador, and actually WASTE water like this ???
Perhaps he doesn't consider it a waste, but rather a way of bringing certain consolation to people who came to his concert maybe with heavy hearts, a symbolic way of washing away their troubles and sorrows, if only for a moment. In that case, you are excused Mr. Jung. Honestly, I was afraid that after having been nominated  Water Abassador, he would stop doing his thing. But, he is still doing it.

And above is the official ambassadorial picture of Jung Dong Ha, attending the opening ceremony of the Water Forum last April. Yes, his real name is JUNG JAE-HWAN.  Jung Dong Ha is just a stage name.
I don't even know how to pronounce his real name, because Korean English spelling is strange and does not reflect the way it's really pronounced.

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"OneHallyu" blog rates Jung Dongha as #2 vocalist in Korea for third quarter of 2015

The performance of "If You Are Like Me", on Immortal Song 2 TV show, not only brought DongHa a winning trophy back in June, but also an appreciation from vocal experts. The OneHallyu blog gave our singer a very high #2 rating (and the #1 is the incredible Kim Sohyang). I wasn't aware of this blog, so I want to thank Fatma of Tunisia for pointing it out to me. ♥ The people who write the blog are truly knowledgeable about vocal techniques, which I concluded after finding their in depth analysis of singing, here: Official vocals thread. So it really warmed up my heart to see that people with professional knowledge of the subject do appreciate the singer I love. Thanks.



Below is the official judgement written in the blog:

 

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Top 10 VOH!cals (Q3 of 2015) 
 November 1, 2015

South Korea is a host to hundreds of talented and capable singers, with exceptional and jaw dropping performances to boot. South Korea is not all about K-Pop, top professional gamers, and PSY. Power performers are there for us to explore, learn, and love. 

For every quarter in each year, our VOH!cals team consist of Rinne, AhMin, VT Evil Queen, and Haruko will go through amazing vocal performances in currently active quarter. There are lots of them, but we can’t

list them all out so we decided to rank the best 10 among the best.

#2 Jung Dongha

Haruko: Jung Dongha’s take on “If You’re Like Me” is probably one of the most interesting on this list. He starts off softly, a normal on Immortal Song 2. But after a few minutes, he does something rare. He sings acapella, which(while brief) most vocalists would avoid. Dongha then resonates his way through the song before going acapella again and belting into the climax of the song.

VT Evil Queen: Starting off the song with soft slightly airy vocals Dongha plays into one of the most used gimmicks used by people who sing ballads, which has been demonstrated numerous times on this list, but unlike others he adds acapella section adding a completely different dynamic to the performance this also shows his confidence as a vocalist. Aside from just using airy vocals he also adds a slight rasp here and there to give the song more life. Dongha also easily resonates his way through this performance showing great skill.

Ahmin: Jung Dongha is one of those vocalists who has shown that good technique keeps your voice for years and years. He has such good control of his voice and he is not one of those beginner rock singers who yells everything out to create “rasp”. Jung Dongha doesn’t have to sacrifice his vocal health to add a well controlled amount of rasp to his vocal performances and he’s also a tenor with a connected head voice, beautifully transitioned into and adding even more to his arsenal of vocal guns. He’s got control of his volume, his ability to transition through a song with power, to create desperation, longing and lastly ending with decisiveness, never losing the power in his voice. Definitely one of Korea’s finest tenors.

Rinne: He is like the second coming of Jesus. Those acapella parts are real killers, and he played with his vocal in a mocking way (don’t hold your breath, idols). This type of performance, rich in colors and stylish deliveries, is very re-playable. It’s legal to rape that replay button here.
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Exciting news: we are getting a musical!

End of the year surprise!!! Dongha will be participating in Musical TURANDOT, as one of main characters.
I didn't even know that such musical existed. I only knew of the opera by Puccini.  The musical apparently has been shown on Asian stages for a while. I am hoping for really good music. Additionally, Ali will have the role of princess Turandot. The two of them hopefully will have a great duet !
I just can't wait! It will be so much fun to see the videos in December, and listen to the two of them singing.

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Below is the posted today schedule of all the actors. I marked the days that Jung Dong Ha is cast. There will be only 4 days of him performing. However, on December 12 there are 2 shows and on that day Dongha will be with Ali. Oh, how I envy people who will be in the theater that day.

How does he rate himself

Here is this little interview he did  a week ago. Translation by my son Miki.



So the host asks him: 

H: "If you were to score yourself as a singer, how many points out of 100 would you say you are?" 

JDH: "If I am tough on myself, I would like to give myself 50 points."

H: "Aren't you are being too hard on yourself?"

JDH: "Then I will say 60 points" 

H:  "Haha. You can go higher" 

JDH: "70 points" 

H:  "Hahahahaha. So what about the left 30 points...?" 

JDH:  "Those are the parts I still need to unlock. If you achieve perfection, that's the end, right? In all honesty."

And now to something completely different

Who would have thought, huh? The video below provides a surprising contrast to the one preceding it. Just shows Dongha's versatility. He is fearless, and continuously challenges himself.

Tour 2015 ends. Dong Ha sings Barry Manilow. Fans cry.

The very, very very last concert of 2015 Tour, 10-25-2015. It was an encore concert, an extra one, after the regular scheduled concerts were very well attended.
Dongha sang Barry Manilow. Love was in the air.


                                             
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My sources told me, that there were some crying fans. They were just sad the tour was ending. This particular tour was so well thought of, well organized, and well promoted.  I give thumbs up to the Evermore Music, and of course to the Korean fans. Of course, Dongha gave his 110% at every concert, but that's just his way, nothing unusual. He lives on stage.

The long awaited new OST

From the drama D-Day. Very nice piece, with full orchestra. Nicely recorded. I give it a 10. Dong Ha uses a more soft voice, in line with the character of the song. He doesn't overpower it. Great. I like his voice here, and love the instrumentation of this song.

Question: "What is one of your charms?"

JDH  Answer : "Uhmm....my smile"
The question was asked 6 years ago by Arirang station staff member. The answer still stands today!

"Sloppy Jung"

On stage. No comment.
               

                                                      

He and his fans (inspired by Anna)

"Love and devotion are ageless" said Anna. She wrote these words in response to me expressing embarrassment about being old, and being so enchanted/captivated by Jung Dong Ha. I will  be always grateful to Anna for saying this so very firmly. It made me feel much less of a weird idiot.
Anna is 83 years old.  She lives in Hungary, far, far away from Korea. She also stated quite boldly:
"I am elderly, and I am crazy about Jung Dong Ha!"
                                  
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Thanks to the Internet , I have experienced the joy of being able to share my love of Jung Dong Ha with other fans, throughout the World!!!! They don't ask what my age is!!! As soon as I posted a couple times on his FB Fan Page, and also on you tube, people contacted me, and wanted to be my friend, because we like the same singer. My friends who are fans of Jung Dong Ha include these countries (in random order):

HUNGARY........   1 FAN  83 YRS OLD       
TUNISIA...........  1 FAN  18 YRS OLD
EGYPT..............  1 FAN  25 YRS OLD
HONG KONG ..... 1 FAN  29 YRS OLD
PHILIPPINES.....   1 FAN unknown age
MALAYSIA........  1 FAN unknown age
ROMANIA.......... 1 FAN unknown age
TURKEY............ 1 FAN unknown age
Myself, I live in the USA, but I am Polish originally. So, yes, dear Jung Dong Ha, you have overseas fans in far away places. I know you have fans in South America, France and Great Britain (from You Tube comments).
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Naturally, majority of the fans are Korean, but there is quite a number from all over the South Asia region. He has his own Japan Fan Club, and he gave concerts twice in Japan. The Japan Fan Club posted a rare performance of  "This Is The Moment" from musical Jekyll and Hide (thank you Anna,  for letting me know about it). The Japanese fans are very dedicated, and come to concerts in Korea, bringing him flowers and gifts.


Being on Immortal Song 2 TV program is a blessing in itself, because even if he doesn't win it many times, he has been known all over all those countries where the KBS broadcasts.
Korean fans, do a wonderful job spreading the love all over the You Tube (this is  how I discovered him), and other video hosting sites.  Fans post every single appearance of him performing at special events, and  concerts tours, and they run a Face Book Page, as well as a message board in Korean.
They publish hundreds of his pictures, which they take themselves, and which are really good at capturing his various facial expressions, hand gestures, and body poses, LOL! No, really, the pictures are excellent, much better that professional photo shoots!        
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Fans love him, support him, and speak very highly of him. Just like myself, they are overcome with emotions, when listening to his voice and that's the source of  the love. It's all about music. At least, should be.
                                                                 

In return, Dongha, quite frequently makes himself available for the fans, especially throughout the year 2015. This is his second year as a solo singer, and while he had a few official meetings with fans for his CD signing, and his 10th Anniversary, he also went out of his way, to come to the fans waiting before or after events, and greet them, shake their hands, say thank you. Always nice, always sweet.

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I often ponder about what Dongha's attitude is towards the fans...How does he feel, seeing that his fans are mostly adoring women, and not the youngest at that. Does he feel good and grateful, to hear them scream, and display those loving messages on their smart phone screens??? Does he cringe, leaving the TV studio, and seeing the fans waiting for him at the parking lot? Does he want to run away? I wonder too, if any fans crossed the line already, and tried to invade his private life? My guess is, yes, some probably did.
But I have to say, having seen multiple videos of Dongha's encounters with fans, that there is a great deal of respect for him as a person, and I have not seen any grabbing or inappropriate behavior. I would say that the Korean fans are also very reserved or restrained, when exchanging comments about Dongha. I'm saying this, just based on many Google Translates that I have done, so that may be not quite true. I have not encountered any sexually aggressive (intrusive) written remarks, that would speak of him as a piece of meat.
I am not aware about any fan-fic, either. Maybe there exist such not-so-tame sites dedicated to him, but I am very fortunate to not know about them. That's the great blessing of being a fan of someone "exotic". I prefer not to know about things I don't want to know.

While doing research for this post, I found some reports that fans made about one of the performances. Dong Ha apparently changed some song lyrics, and replaced it with the words: "Even though fans call me Imperfect Jung, but my love for the fans is perfect". Awww, he is so darn cheesy.

 

                                              
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The video below is from 10-20-2015,recently posted, event in Busan. Funny how he looks so girly, with a lot of make-up on. Fans showing is impressive.

영화의 전당에서 펼쳐진 "한낮의 유U; 콘서트"정동하가 부릅니다.#부산_경남_대표방송_KNN_화이팅.mp4#줄_서있는_팬들_다_악수해주고_떠남_매너남_일세
Posted by KNN on Tuesday, October 20, 2015

And one more:

1 일 종료 ~ 정말 즐거웠습니다 ^^ #정동하#앵콜콘#20151024 #전국투어

A video posted by 유 코 (@yuumoa1875s) on Oct 24, 2015 at 8:06am PDT