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A meeting with Nah Youn Sun

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by Philip Gowman on 19 March, 2010

in Interviews and features, Music features, Nah Youn Sun

It’s always nice when a singer you’ve been following for ages gets some well-deserved recognition. It’s even better, if you get the chance to interview her, when you find out that as well has having oodles of talent she’s a really nice person as well.
Nah Youn Sun comes across as self-effacing on stage – which [...]

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Younee returns for her second UK tour

15 March 2010 Events news
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After the success of her 2009 UK tour, Younee is back for two months and a series of concerts. LKL will be meeting her this week to talk about her plans. In the meanwhile, here are some dates for your diaries:

19 Mar 2010
20:15
BBC Three Counties Radio ‘Sue Marchant Programme’
Cambridge

26 Mar 2010
19:45
Nachtleben Club Frankfurt, [...]

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A meeting with Biuret

13 March 2010 Biuret
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LKL meets the energetic Korean rock band Biuret, the overall winners of Sutasi 2009, during their brief visit to London.

I’ve come to the Royal Garden Hotel overlooking Kensington Gardens to meet Biuret, one of the latest Korean bands to win international recognition. The foyer is packed with music industry types, because this is the venue [...]

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Grace Yeo plays at St Martin-in-the-Fields

12 March 2010 Events news
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Grace Yeo will be giving a lunchtime recital at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, WC2N 4JJ on Friday 19 March, 1-2pm
Programme:
Schubert Piano Sonata in A major, D.664
Ravel Ondine from Gaspard de la Nuit
Schumann Piano Sonata in G minor, Op.22
Biography
Grace Yeo was born in Seoul, Korea in 1986 and commenced her piano studies at the age of [...]

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Arirang sells French Connection

10 March 2010 Business
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“This is The Woman,” opens a new ad for French Connection. “The Woman of All Women.” The voiceover is rather reminiscent of British children’s TV programming from the 1960’s (Watch with Mother). The footage is in black and white, adding to the slightly dated feel. And in the background, we hear, as if in the [...]

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Biuret to play in Southampton

6 March 2010 Biuret
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Good news for K-rock fans near Southampton. Biuret, the overall SUTASI Pan Asian winner 2009, will be performing at The Brook, Sunday March 14th at 9.20pm. They’ve also been invited to perform at the International Live Music Conference in London on 12 March. After their Southampton gig they’re off to Vietnam to perform in Ho [...]

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Belated New Year celebrations at Pacific Plaza

26 February 2010 Events news
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Pacific Plaza is a new Asian mall by Wembley Stadium, including a supermarket and a Korean food outlet. They’re having a belated celebration of the New Year this Saturday, with all sorts of fun events. The festivities start at 12:30pm and continue till around 6:30. Korean cultural interest is scheduled for 2:15pm, 4pm and 5pm, [...]

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Album Review: Kyu Won – 두 번의 겨울이 만든 이야기 – 1st jib

15 February 2010 CD reviews
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Saharial reviews Kyu Won’s first album, released by Open Music on January 7th 2010
I bought this album simply on a whim. Maybe it was the cute artwork or perhaps it was the lure of an artist that wrote, sang and performed all his own work that was the lure. At least, that’s what I think [...]

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Pansori in York

10 February 2010 Events news
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News of a rare Pansori performance on UK shores:
Pansori: Heungboga
Friday 12 February 2010 at 7.30PM
Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall

Kim Eun Yeong pansori
Barrie Webb director
Pansori tells traditional folktales in song to a drum accompaniment and is a key part of Korean heritage dating from the 17th century. Heungboga, the story of a poor but good [...]

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Sulki Yu with the Thames Philharmonic

5 February 2010 Events news
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The Thames Philharmonic and Sulki Yu at the Landmark in Teddington on
Saturday 20 February 2010 at 7:30pm
Liszt: Les Preludes
Bruch: Scottish Fantasy Op 46
Sibelius: Symphony No 3 in C major Op 52
Conductor: Byung-yun Yu
Landmark Arts Centre: Ferry Road, Teddington, TW11 9NN
Tickets £10, £8 (concessions), £20 (Family: 2 adults and 2 children under 16)
Online: http://www.wegottickets.com/
Box office: at [...]

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Ji-Yeoun You lunchtime recital at LSE

28 January 2010 Events news
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Ji-Yeoun You piano
Thursday 25 February 2010
1:05pm
Shaw Library, Old Building
Beethoven Eroica Variations, Op.35
Ravel Gaspard de la Nuit
A first prize winner in several international competitions, she gives concerts round Europe and teaches music at Berlin University of the Arts.

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LKL Weekly Tweets, 2010-01-25

25 January 2010 Bae Doo-na
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Finally finished my top 10 K-films of the decade post. It took forever. 2003 was a good year! Post will be up on Tuesday. 12:57 PM Jan 22nd from web
Big article on Kimchi going global in the Washington Post http://bit.ly/89sKtf (HT: Marmot) 1:16 PM Jan 22nd from bit.ly
Trying to figure out why LKL is offline [...]

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Two recitals by Grace Yeo

24 January 2010 Events news
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Grace Yeo has two piano recitals, on Wednesday and Thursday this week:
(1) 1.15pm on Wednesday 27 January 2010 at St. Martin within Ludgate
Ludgate Hill, London EC4
Mozart: 9 Variations on a minuet by Duport in D major, K.573
Mendelssohn: Venezianisches Gondellied in F-sharp minor, Op.30 No.6
Chopin: Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op.60
Schumann: Piano Sonata no.2 in G minor, [...]

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Sulki Yu in the QEH foyer

15 January 2010 Events news
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Violinist Sulki Yu plays in a free foyer recital at the Queen Elizabeth Hall today, Friday 15 January, at 5pm.
Programme as follows:
Bela Bartok: Violin Sonata No.1
Witold Lutoslawski: Subito for violin & piano
Sulki Yu violin
Elizabeth Rossiter piano
Part of the Park Lane Group Young Artists New Year Series
LKL correspondent Colin Bartlett comments:
Judging by Sulki Yu’s performances last [...]

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A belated look back at 2009

9 January 2010 2009 year-end posts
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For the past 3 years LKL has concocted a quiz of the year as a way of gathering together some of the news stories which have most caught our eye. This year, as I came to draw up the list in mid December I found it hard to think of anything amusing or diverting: most [...]

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