Music
- The last chance to see the DPRK Para Ensemble is 2 March in Cambridge
- Sunwook Kim performs Bach, Beethoven and Moussorgsky at the QEH on 3 March
- Unsuk Chin’s opera Alice in Wonderland gets its UK premiere in a cut-down orchestration at the Barbican on 8 March
- Joo Yeon Sir embarks on a cycle of the Beethoven violin sonatas with 10 different pianists. Sonatas 1-3 will be on 3 March, and numbers 4-5 on 11 March. She also performs Sarasate’s Zigeunerweisen on 8 March, the Tchaikovsky concerto on 14 March and the Sibelius on 22 March
- Flautist Jasmine Choi participates in a chamber recital of piano and winds in Notting Hill on 26 March
Film and other screenings
- This week’s director at the KCC is Kim Ji-woon with screenings of The Quiet Family and The Foul King on the second and fourth Thursdays respectively. The screening on the fourth Thursday will be preceded by a brief lecture
- There will be a spin-off screening of Tale of Two Sisters at SOAS (details tbc)
- Pilot episodes from TV Dramas Nine: Nine Time Travels and Punch will be screened on the first Thursday
- A screening of a performance by the National Theatre of Korea may take place on the third Thursday if the announcement made in February is correct (tbc)
Exhibitions
- Meekyoung Shin’s solo show at HADA Contemporary continues until 29 March (LKL review)
- Hur Shan’s solo show at Gazelli Art House continues until 22 March (LKL review coming soon)
- Park Chan-kyong’s solo show at Iniva continues until 21 March (LKL review)
- The Skipwiths inaugural group show including work by Hyojin Park continues until 14 March (brief LKL review)
- Style Sharing, the KCCUK’s contribution to the International Fashion Showcase, continues all month (LKL review coming soon). There is a talk on 19 March.
- The open call for artists for the KCCUK’s Spring show closes on 14 March
Everything else
- Applications for the various culture classes at the KCC must be submitted by 13 March
- The British Korean Society’s AGM is on 24 March at the KCC.
- SOAS seminars this month look at Recent achievements in the study of prehistoric crop cultivation (6 March) and Art, National Identity and the Korean Diaspora (20 March)