The series is about a secretive femaleconductor who faces the truth surrounding her by digging into the mysterious incidents that happen within herorchestra.[14][15]
Lee Young-ae as Cha Se-eum: a former violinist and a world-renownedconductor of anorchestra named The Hangang Philharmonic, who fascinates performers and audience members with her bold and determined personality.[11][15]
Kim Young-jae as Kim Pil: Se-eum's overly dependent husband who seems to be affectionate and considerate, but feels inferior to his wife due to her success.[2][3]
Filming began soon after the first script reading of the cast, which was held at the end of February 2023.[14]Lee Young-ae started learning conducting and playing violin from November 2022, whileHwang Bo-reum-byeol practiced playing violin for about eight months.[17][36]
Filming of the series had completed by November 1, 2023.[37]
In July 2023, production company RaemongRaein announced that it had signed a supply contract withStudio Dragon for the production of the series worth 17.5 billionwon.[9]
In the table above, theblue numbers represent the lowest ratings and thered numbers represent the highest ratings.
N/A denotes ratings that were not published.
This series aired on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS,SBS,MBC, andEBS).
^마에스트라 OST Part.1 [Maestra: Strings of Truth OST Part.1].Bugs! (in Korean). December 10, 2023.Archived from the original on December 10, 2023. RetrievedDecember 10, 2023.
^abMoon Ji-yeon (October 27, 2023).이영애 카리스마 압도적..'마에스트라' 대본리딩 현장 공개 [Lee Young-ae's overwhelming charisma..'Maestra' script reading site revealed] (in Korean).Sports Chosun.Archived from the original on November 7, 2023. RetrievedOctober 27, 2023 – viaNaver.
^abcde인물소개 [Character Introduction] (in Korean).Archived from the original on November 17, 2023. RetrievedNovember 17, 2023.
^Lee Yu-min (November 7, 2023).'마에스트라' 예수정, 이영애 엄마 된다 ['Maestra: Strings of Truth' Ye Soo-jung becomes Lee Young-ae's mother].Sports Kyunghyang (in Korean).Archived from the original on November 7, 2023. RetrievedNovember 7, 2023 – viaNaver.
^Ryu Ji-yoon (November 9, 2023).황건, tvN '마에스트라' 첼로 수석 노바하 역 캐스팅 [Hwang Geon Cast as Principal Cellist Novaha in tvN's 'Maestra: Strings of Truth'].Dailian (in Korean).Archived from the original on November 9, 2023. RetrievedNovember 9, 2023 – viaNaver.
"Ep. 1".Nielsen Korea (in Korean). December 9, 2023.Archived from the original on December 9, 2023. RetrievedDecember 10, 2023.
"Ep. 2".Nielsen Korea (in Korean). December 10, 2023.Archived from the original on December 10, 2023. RetrievedDecember 11, 2023.
"Ep. 3".Nielsen Korea (in Korean). December 16, 2023.Archived from the original on December 17, 2023. RetrievedDecember 17, 2023.
"Ep. 9".Nielsen Korea (in Korean). January 6, 2024.Archived from the original on January 10, 2024. RetrievedJanuary 10, 2024.
"Ep. 10".Nielsen Korea (in Korean). January 7, 2024.Archived from the original on January 10, 2024. RetrievedJanuary 10, 2024.
"Ep. 11".Nielsen Korea (in Korean). January 13, 2024.Archived from the original on January 14, 2024. RetrievedJanuary 14, 2024.
"Ep. 12".Nielsen Korea (in Korean). January 14, 2024.Archived from the original on January 14, 2024. RetrievedJanuary 15, 2024.
^마에스트라 시청률 [Maestra: Strings of Truth ratings] (in Korean). Nielsen Korea.Archived from the original on January 17, 2024. RetrievedJanuary 14, 2024 – viaDaum.
^Shin, Young-eun (December 18, 223).'마에스트라' 이영애, 불륜녀 이시원 임신에 "축하해" ['Maestra' Lee Young-ae, 'Congratulations' on Adulterous Woman Lee Si-won's Pregnancy] (in Korean). Maeil Economy.Archived from the original on December 25, 2023. RetrievedDecember 25, 2023 – viaNaver.
^Yoon, Sung-yeol (December 31, 2023).진호은 사망→'만취' 이영애, 손에 묻은 피에 '질겁'..최고 7.8% [종합](마에스트라) [Jin Ho-eun dies → 'Drunk' Lee Young-ae, 'Sick' by the blood on her hands..Up to 7.8% [Comprehensive] (Maestra)] (in Korean).Star News.Archived from the original on January 7, 2024. RetrievedJanuary 7, 2024 – viaNaver.
