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Korean traditional music

Belated New Year celebrations at Pacific Plaza

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by Philip Gowman on 26 February, 2010

in Events news, Food & Drink, Korean traditional music

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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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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Korean Musicians Win English Hearts

26 October 2009 Concert reviews
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Jennifer Barclay, author of Meeting Mr Kim, reviews Gong Myoung at the Chichester Festival Theatre, 12 October 2009
He enters the stage wearing an oversized orange hat and sunglasses, carrying a toolbox and a walking stick. From the toolbox he takes out a saw and a drill, saws off the end of the walking stick, drills [...]

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An evening with the Korean Artists Association – event report

24 October 2009 Dance
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Last summer, the Korean Artists Association put on an evening of performances at the Korean cultural centre. The evening was well attended and popular, but somehow you felt that they could do better. They came back 15 months later and did just that.
Recognising that the visual artists did not get much of a look-in last [...]

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Korea’s 21st Century Music: There and Now

22 October 2009 British Museum
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Notice of a concert at the British Museum on 30 October
Traditional Korean Music Performance
The British museum
The BP Lecture Theatre
Tickets: £5 – Concessions £3
Friday 30th October 2009: 19.00~20.30
Booking Tel: +44 (0)20 7323 8181
www.britishmuseum.org
Korea’s 21st Century Music: There and Now
As a part of this autumn’s programme of traditional music events the Korean Cultural Centre UK, the [...]

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Gong Myoung tours the South-east

10 October 2009 Events news
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Gong Myoung (공명) are an incredible Korean percussion quartet with a passion for music. While they hold great respect for traditional Korean music, they have never been bound by it. They aim to create Korean music for all to enjoy, regardless of their nationality.
They interweave genres and cultures playing more than 30 musical instruments, including [...]

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Jung Ji-eun Kayageum recital, 7 Oct

5 October 2009 Events news
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Jung Ji-eun will be a familiar performer to many of us in London. Go along and support her at the Asian Music Centre, where she launches the “Strings of Asia” series, in which the AMC will explore the family of Asian string instruments: Korean kayageum, Japanese Koto and Chinese guzheng with some of the best [...]

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The Art of SamulNori: Kim Duk Soo in Cambridge

22 September 2009 Events news
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The Art of SamulNori – Kim Duk Soo and SamulNori Hanullim on Saturday and Sunday, 7-8 November 2009

Korean drumming master, Kim Duk Soo and his colleagues will give two performances at Robinson College, Cambridge to celebrate the University of Cambridge’s 800th Anniversary and to promote Korean Studies.
Performance dates are:
7.30pm Saturday 7 November 2009
3.30pm Sunday 8 [...]

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A Love in Dream: Edinburgh’s must-see production

13 August 2009 Dance
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Every year Colin Bartlett goes to Edinburgh to sample the various productions at the Fringe, and makes a point of seeing the Korean talent. Each year I hope he’s going to write a survey of the various shows for LKL. This year, I’ve managed to intercept an email he wrote to a friend recommending Modl [...]

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Learn Samulnori with Dulsori

9 August 2009 Dulsori
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Don’t miss a rare chance to learn and experience the fun you can have playing samulnori percussion. Over the past few years Korean percussion group Dulsori have had a regular slot in the SOAS music summer school teaching percussion for a week. This year they’ve gone independent, and will be giving weekly classes over an [...]

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The LKL Korea Trip 2009 pt 7: Korea House

3 August 2009 Korean traditional music
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Tuesday 21 July
A slowish start to the day. Too much alcohol and food (and salt?) the previous evening, plus the heat and humidity of the Busan weather, meant that sleep did not come easily. A brief tube ride to Busan Station to the KTX for Seoul. On the Busan subway, a whim makes me buy [...]

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Qi Masters in Broadgate Circle and the Scoop

14 July 2009 Dance
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Details of two upcoming outdoor events in the City, sponsored by the Innersound Foundation
Sunday 19th July 2009 – 1:00pm-2:00pm at “The Scoop” Riverside – Near Tower Bridge
Monday 20th July 2009 – 12:30pm & 5.45pm at The Broadgate Circle – Nearest Tube: Liverpool St
AN ANCIENT ENERGY DANCE
Qi Masters from South Korea are coming to London to [...]

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Chongganbo – Sejong’s Musical Alphabet

1 May 2009 History & heritage
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King Sejong is most famous for his invention of the Korean alphabet. His other achievements, in social and legal reform, science and art, are less well known. The Chongganbo, which could be regarded as a musical alphabet, is one such achievement.

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FT hails New Malden parakeets, and other recent London Korean stories

5 February 2009 DPRK
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A round-up of recent London Korea-related stories: SOAS’s Keith Howard featured in the Korean Press, and the FT looks at the Korean community in New Malden

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Baramgot at St Giles: event of the year?

14 November 2008 Concert reviews
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A review of a superb concert by traditional / fusion music group Baramgot, led by Won Il.

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