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Lee Seul-Gi
Kayagŭm Performer and Composer
Thursday, February 26, 2009
6:00 PM-6:30 PM • Registration and Reception
6:30 PM-8:00 PM • Performance
The Korea Society
950 Third Avenue @ 57th Street, 8th Floor
(Building entrance on SW corner of Third Avenue and 57th Street)
At the crossroads between the traditional repertoire, jazz and pop music, performer/composer Lee Seul-Gi shares her passion for the kayagŭm, a zither-like instrument with 12 strings. The kayagŭm is arguably the best known traditional Korean musical instrument. Join us for an enchanting evening with Lee Seul-Gi, as she reveals the beauty of a time-honored tradition and explores new musical frontiers with songs of her own composition.
 $10 for members and students; $20 for nonmembers
(Walk-in registration will incur an additional charge of $5)
For more information or to register for the program,
contact Heewon Kim at 212-759-7525 ext 355 or
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About the Performers
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6:00-6:30 PM • Registration and Reception
6:30-8:00 PM • Performance with Commentary
The Korea Society
950 Third Avenue @ 57th Street, 8th Floor
(Building entrance on SW corner of Third Avenue and 57th Street)
Join us for a soulful evening of p’ansori, a traditional genre of dramatic narrative singing, as renowned artist and scholar Chan E. Park gives a unique interpretation of The Song of Hŭngbo in both English and Korean.
Based on one of Korea's most beloved folktales, The Song of Hŭngbo is a moral allegory that pits vice against virtue in the characters of two brothers whose fortunes are made and broken by a magic swallow.
The Song of Hǔngbo is one of the five extant canonical narratives (madang) of this distinctly Korean art form. Combining narration and drama for a solo vocalist, p'ansori is a unique musical genre that was proclaimed a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2003.
$10 for members and students, $15 for nonmembers
(Walk-in registration will incur an additional charge of $5.)
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About the Presenter
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 Performance with Commentary
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Moon Jae-Sook
Human Cultural Asset
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
A master at the pinnacle of her art, Human Cultural Asset Moon Jae Sook opened a window onto the timeless sounds of traditional Korean music in an exquisite three-piece performance co-sponsored by the Donghwa Cultural Foundation. Moon, an acclaimed music scholar and the "unofficial ambassador for traditional Korean music," is the holder of Intangible Cultural Property No. 23, the highest distinction granted by the South Korean government to practitioners of traditional arts.
About the Presenter
Moon Jae-Sook is the holder of Intangible Cultural Property No. 23 (kayagŭm sanjo and kayagŭm pyŏngch'ang), a title also referred to as Human Cultural Asset, the highest distinction granted by the South Korean government to a performer or practitioner of a traditional art or craft. A student of kayagŭm master Kim Jukpa for 17 years, Moon has become an unofficial ambassador of traditional Korean music in her own right, releasing numerous albums and giving hundreds of kayagŭm concerts throughout South Korea,as well as in North Korea, Japan, China, Europe and the United States.In 2002, Moon was named the Korean Musician of the Year by the Societyof Korean Music Critics. She holds a Ph.D. in traditional Korean musicfrom the Academy of Korean Studies and teaches at Ewha Woman's University. She is also an artist-in-residence at Donghwa Cultural Foundation.
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Performed by In-Young Sohn's NOW Dance Company
"...a feast of radiant peasant dances and exuberant drum work..."
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jane Vranish Read the full review
The beating of gongs and the whirl of ribbons helped blend past and present when the NOW Dance Company took to stages across the Northeast to perform Tradition & Its Changes: Traditional and Contemporary Korean Dance and Music. Led by artistic director In-Young Sohn, the company of dancers and musicians combined folk dances handed down through the generations--such as the vibrant, up-tempo "Harvest Moon Festival Dance"--with deep and sonorous contemporary visions, such as "Deceptive Appearance," a piece that uses the movements of a single dance to draw parallels between modern dance and calligraphy.
Tradition & Its Changes began its tour on October 19 at Synod Hall in Pittsburgh, after which the Pittburgh Post-Gazette praised the performance as "a feast of radiant peasant dances and exuberant drum work." The tour continued on to Cornell University (on October 21) and the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts (October 24), before its closing show for the Korean American Association of Rhode Island at Bryant University on October 25.
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Oh Jung-Hee
Artist-in-Residence
Donghwa Cultural Foundation
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
The kayagum, a 12-string zither, is Korea's best known traditional musical instrument. Internationally acclaimed performer and composer Oh Jung-Hee performed five enchanting peices for kayagum and vocals in a sold-out program co-sponsored by the Donghwa Cultural Foundation. She crowned her performance with excerpts from two p'ansori epics: Song of Ch'unhyang and Song of Hungbo.
About the Presenter
Oh Jung-Hee is an isuja (이수자) for Intangible Cultural Property No. 23 (kayagŭm sanjo and kayagŭm pyŏngch'ang), a title granted under the Republic of Korea's Cultural Properties Protection Act to an artist who has met all requirements for qualification as a potential successor to the National Living Treasure for a specific cultural property. Highly regarded as a traditional musician and kayagŭm performer, Oh has appeared frequently on KBS TV as well as in live concerts and music festivals throughout the United States and Asia. She also has taught p'ansori in Korea at Sangmyung University and Seoul Arts University, which she studied under the tutelage of the late Park Kui-Hee and Ahn Sook-Sun, two of Korea's National Living Treasures and poyuja (보유자) or "holders" of Intangible Cultural Property No. 23. In addition, her teaching career has included stints at the Korean Music Association and the Han-So-Ri Music Institute. Currently, Oh is an artist-in-residence at the Donghwa Cultural Foundation in Englewood, New Jersey, where she teaches courses in p'ansori and kayagŭm. Oh holds a BA in Korean folk music from Chungnam National University and an MA in Korean national music from Chung-Ang University. In 2004, she placed second in the Korean Music Association’s Jeonju National Competition.
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