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Arirang sells French Connection

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by Philip Gowman on 10 March, 2010

in Business, In the news, Korean traditional music, VoDs

“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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Review: Youn Sun Nah and Ulf Wakenius at the Vortex

11 May 2009 Concert reviews
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There weren’t many people who knew what to expect at the Vortex on Sunday night. Time Out had given a useful taster in their listings column, while one or two Korean fans (including the ambassador’s wife) knew Youn Sun Nah’s music well. Probably most of the audience were there because they are Vortex regulars – [...]

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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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English church, Korean choir, great concert

25 August 2008 Concert reviews
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What is aural image is conjured up when you hear of a Civic Chorale? Perhaps a worthy amateur choral society, used to performing madrigals with rather too many singers and too much vibrato, plodding through an annual Messiah at Easter time? Think again when it comes to the Suwon Civic Chorale. This forty-strong choir from [...]

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Music at the Dano!

15 June 2008 Dano 2008
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Saharial wraps up on our coverage of the 2008 Dano Korea Summer Festival, and launches the LKL YouTube Channel with exclusive live video footage from her camera.
Its now a week on from the Festival, but the memories still linger very happily. Of course, there was more going on than Noridan, with three musical sets Guy [...]

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Choi Jin at SOAS

24 November 2007 Concert reviews
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Concerts at SOAS always seem to have a good turn-out. Monday (19 November) was no exception when Choi Jin and colleagues presented a programme of modern compositions and arrangements of music for traditional Korean instruments. Keith Howard provided some informative introductions to the music to be performed, which provided useful context as well as some [...]

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