Overview
- The series premieres Saturday, August 29, 2026 on tvN at 9:10 p.m. KST and will stream worldwide on Netflix with the India release also scheduled for August 29.
- Song Kang leads the cast as Kang Bi-o and has said he felt nervous at his first script reading after service and prepared with rigorous piano training to play the prodigy role.
- The story is set at the fictional Korea Arts High School and follows two piano prodigies and a violist over a ten-year arc that explores friendship, rivalry, artistic growth and romance.
- Lee Jun Young and Jang Gyuri join Song Kang as the other main leads, supported by an ensemble that includes Jung Jin Young, Yoon Se Ah, Kim Joo Hun and Seo Jae Hee.
- A late-August teaser previews the leads' first meeting and the show's focus on classical performance, and the tvN plus Netflix rollout suggests a push to make classical-music coming-of-age drama more visible to international viewers.