After the busiest February I can remember, March too is setting off at a cracking pace, and that’s even before we have sight of the KCC’s film schedule and upcoming exhibition.
It’s a big month for music: Hyelim Kim at Club Inegales, two separate Donghoon Shin world premieres, Seong-jin Cho at the Barbican, plus concerts by A.C.E, SIK-K, Bang Yongguk and the wonderful Epik High. And tickets go on sale for BTS’s return visit.
Music
- Hyelim Kim and Jo Lawrence play at Club Inegales on 7 March
- A.C.E play the Islington Academy on 10 March
- Epik High perform at the Electric Ballroom on 20 March
- SIK-K’s World Tour comes to London and Manchester, 23-24 March
- Bang Yongguk plays the Underworld Camden on 27 March
- Joo Yeon Sir tackles the Elgar Violin Concerto in Winchester on 16 March
- Donghoon Shin’s Sheng Concerto gets a world premiere in Birmingham on 21 March, and the LSO premieres his new work Kafka’s Dream on 24 March.
- Lunchtime concerts at St James’s Piccadilly feature Hyunjeong Hwang (piano, 15 March) and Julia Hwang (violin, 22 March)
- The Novus String Quartet have a lunchtime recital at the Wigmore on 25 March
- The KCC’s House Concert on 26 March features the Salome Quartet
- Seong-jin Cho plays Rachmaninov at the Barbican on 28 March.
Film
- Singles (Dir Kwon Chil-in, 2003) will be screened at UoW Harrow Campus after Colette Balmain’s and Paul Quinn’s talk on 4 March.
Talks and discussion
- The LSE Student’s Union’s Korea Future Forum is on 2 March and their East Asia Forum on 23 March
- SOAS seminars this month are on the subjects of
- Shamans and Confucian Public Officials (1 March)
- The US-Soviet Joint Commission (1946-7) (8 March)
- Korean Trade Union strategies (15 March)
- Remembering a dissident Confucian Monk (22 March)
- Prosecutor Seo Jihyun talks on the #MeToo movement on 3 March at SOAS on 3 March
- Colette Balmain and Paul Quinn talk on the subject of women in Korean Cinema at UoW Harrow on 4 March (followed by a screening)
- Ambassador Park talks on Diplomacy on the Korean Peninsula on 5 March
- In Edinburgh, Owen Miller talks on the formation of the North Korean industrial working class, 5 March, and Anders Karlsson talks on “Aspects of Law and Ideology in Chosŏn Korea: Social Status, Gender and the Body” on 19 March.
- The monthly Korean literature night at the KCC features Hwang Sok-yong’s At Dusk, 27 March.
Exhibitions
- Collect at Saatchi Gallery as usual contains a wide range of quality Korean ceramics, jewellery and other crafts till 3 March
- The Korea Craft and Design Foundation has a follow-on exhibition of ceramics at 4 Mason’s Yard, 5 – 16 March
- Bae Chan-hyo’s solo show Jumping Into opens at Purdy Hicks on 8 March
- Lee Jin-woo’s Toward’s Silence is at HdM Gallery until 4 March
- Touching Distance, which includes work by Terry Ryu Kim, continues until 8 March
- Shinuk Suh’s installations are at Daniel Benjamin Gallery until 16 March
- In Liverpool, the group exhibition at FACT including work by Yunchul Kim closes on 3 March
- Power Play, the joint show at the KCC and Delfina Foundation, closes on 16 March.
- Hanna Moon’s photography is on show at Somerset House all month.
- Suh Do-ho’s hanok will be around until the end of the month in the Liverpool Street area.
- 4482 Sasapari returns to the Bargehouse, 28-31 March
- Don’t forget to submit your dreams to Bongsu Park’s charity Dream Auction.
Everything else
- Sheffield has another Korea Day on 10 March, following the success of last year’s.
- The British Korean Society‘s AGM is on 25 March.
- K-pop themed parties / club nights:
- London 2 March
- Manchester 9 March
- Birmingham 15 March
- Bristol 21 March
- London 24 March
- London 29 March
Also check the upcoming events list and the Google Calendar for updates, and let me know via the contact form if I’ve missed anything.
Today is the 100th anniversary of the March 1st Movement and LKL’s 13th birthday.