Groove to an evening of ancient sound with contemporary beats, as The Korea Society welcomes two ensembles and two soloists from Korea's 21C collective. A capella group Tori'S, the Ullim ensemble, Kim Ga-hee, and vocalist Lee Ewha, accompanied by Paek Hyun-ho, will entertain with a lively mix of Korean classics and new music.

Moderated by composer and ethnomusicologist Ha Ju-yong

Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 6:30 PM
6:30 PM: Reception
6:45 PM: Performance

The Korea Society
950 Third Avenue @ 57th Street, 8th Floor
(Building entrance on SW corner of Third Avenue and 57th Street)

$10 for members and students; $15 for nonmembers
(Walk-in registration will incur an additional charge of $5)

About the Performers

Ullim

With one of the most exciting sounds in Korea today, Ullim is at the forefront of the movement to revive interest in traditional Korean music by combining ancient harmonies with contemporary techniques. Ullim's musicians are classically trained daegŭm, p’iri, haegŭm, kayagŭm, kŏmungo and changgo players who specialize in reinterpreting sinawi, a traditional genre of improvisation. The group's first album, 1/N Sinawi, was released in 2009.

Tori’S

Tori’S debuted in 2008 as a vocal group performing traditional Korean music a cappella. Its five members are classically trained in both Western techniques as well as traditional Korean genres such as kayagŭm sanjo and p’ansori, as well as central Korea's Gyŏnggi-minyo folk songs. The group draws its name from the Korean word tori, which translates as "regional musical dialect."