LONDON’S FESTIVAL OF KOREAN MUSIC
Friday 14 June at 8pm Barbican THE NATIONAL ORCHESTRA
£25/£20/£10 + bkg
www.barbican.org.uk 0207 638 8891
OF KOREA After major concerts around the world, the National Orchestra of Korea finally make their London debut with this Barbican concert, which opens K–Music 2013, a London- wide celebration of the best of Korean music. Under their artistic director Won Il, this acclaimed Orchestra have developed a special voice in Korean culture – drawing on ancient instruments and the shamanistic traditions of Korea, but encouraging innovation
Wednesday 19 June at 7.30pm Cadogan Hall
GEOMUNGO FACTORY The first-ever British concert by Korean cult legends Geomungo Factory, who’ve taken the geomungo – an ancient form of zither, played with a stick – and explored its future as well as its past. “You can’t make innovations if you don’t know the tradition”, they say, so the first half of this concert explores the throbbing, percussive, cello-like sounds of four geomungos. They let rip in the second half with their own compositions – dark, fascinating pieces that seem to evoke the sound world of Steve Reich, and include new instruments that they have created.
“The music of Geomungo Factory sounds very contemporary and very ancient at the same time. A deep, muscular sound, both percussive and melodic, is at the heart of their musical world” – Simon Broughton/Songlines
All tickets £15 + bkg
www.cadoganhall.com 0207 730 4500
Friday 21 June at 7.30pm Cadogan Hall
PANSORI NIGHT – Ahn Sook-Sun Pansori is Korean musical drama which delivers myths that have been passed on orally – with no musical notation, pansori is limitless and exciting, combining passion and humour. One of the greatest of all pansori singers, Ahn Sook-Sun, was the first Korean artist to play the Edinburgh International Festival, and has also played Womad. She makes a very rare appearance in London with a musical ensemble for this special programme which features Heungboga, one of the five great works of the pansori tradition, and also includes music for gayageum (a 12-string plucked instrument rather like the koto or zheng) and geomungo.
“Often described as Korean opera, the description is misleading – it wasn’t an aristocratic creation, but mixes elements of folk music and shamanism. The intimacy, the translation, the audience and the ambience are just as important as the music. When all that comes together, pansori really is one of the world’s great musical art forms” – Simon Broughton/Songlines
All tickets £15 + bkg
www.cadoganhall.com 0207 730 4500
For full details of all shows in K-Music 2013, including workshops, talks and more shows at the Scala, and to buy tickets, visit
serious.org.uk
www.kccuk.org.uk
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