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Pansori in York

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
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 man with many children, is the third in the series of five stories retold in a modern context by Korean composer Chan Hae Lee and performed by Eun Young Kim, one of the leading young Korean exponents of pansori. Using a mixture of traditional and contemporary language, with an expanded ensemble including large percussion forces, this colourful and dramatic presentation was a huge success at its televised premiere at Seoul’s National Theatre.

Tickets: £14 (concessions £12); students £3

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