Lunchtime concert on 11 Nov in Ealing: Eugene Lee (violin), Tania Park (piano) play Kreisler, Beethoven & Cesar Franck http://t.co/TPjgMPln Praeludium and Allegro after Pugnani (arr Yates) – Fritz Kreisler Sonata for Violin and Piano No 8 in G Op 30 No 3 – Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata in A major for violin and piano … [Read More]
Category: Events (page 254)
Korean footnotes from Venice Biennale 2011
In previous biennales, Korean artists have had prominent solo exhibitions as collateral events to the main exhibition in the Giardini. We’ve had Atta Kim, Lee Ufan, and Chun Woo-jung in previous years, as well as participations in group shows. In 2011 I failed to find any Korean solo events. There were, however, three high profile … [Read More]
Grotesque Genome at Mokspace
A notice of Mokspace’s latest group show, opening 11 November. It’ll be nice to see the work of Jin Kim again. Grotesque Genome Opening Reception: 11 Nov 2011 18:00 -20:30 11-17 NOV 2011 @ MOKSPACE Mokspace is pleased to present their latest group exhibition Grotesque Genome with artists Bongsu Park, Jin Kim, Ilsu Hwang, Min … [Read More]
Event news: Sunwook Kim performs Beethoven’s last sonatas
A meaty programme of Beethoven’s last three piano sonatas from Leeds-winning pianist Sunwook Kim later this month: Sunwook Kim Wednesday 23 November 8.00 pm St John’s, Spencer Hill SW19 4NZ BEETHOVEN: THE THREE LAST PIANO SONATAS SUNWOOK KIM piano BEETHOVEN Sonata in E major, op. 109 BEETHOVEN Sonata in A flat major, op. 110 BEETHOVEN … [Read More]
Exhibition Visit: An Eternal Cycle at Mokspace
In a hectic London Korean exhibition calendar which often seems biased towards installations and video art, we should welcome an exhibition which features well executed paintings which you would happily hang on your wall. Mokspace’s current exhibition, An Eternal Cycle – Paradise and Purgatory, is doubly unusual in featuring Buddhist-inspired paintings. Such work is rarely … [Read More]
Festival Film Review: Leafie, a Hen into the Wild
At last year’s LKFF the surprise success was the animation Green Days – which for me was the first Korean animation really to stand comparison with Japan’s Studio Ghibli. This year the story may well be the same, with another animation from a director making his first full-length feature. In a country where animation screenings … [Read More]
Hugh Keice: When Summer Holds the Rain
This year’s UK Songwriting Contest Semi-Finalist (Pop category): Hugh Keice brings his UK tour to London. The UK based singer-songwriter initially started his music career in South Korea (his birth name is Kim Hanwoo), developing his unique sound on the local indie scene. During which time he won the ‘Cyworld Music Award Choice for May’ … [Read More]
Sumi Jo sings Mozart with the AAM
A treat for Mozart afficionados later this month, as Sumi Jo joins the Academy of Ancient Music and Richard Egarr for an all Mozart programme at the Cadogan Hall. Read on for details of how LKL readers get a discount on the tickets: Academy of Ancient Music Sumi Jo sings Mozart Cadogan Hall Friday 25 … [Read More]
FOUR Everday Life; at Hanmi Gallery
Hanmi Gallery is now on its 7th interim exhibition, waiting for Camden Council to give them planning permission to revamp their space: FOUR_everyday life; Dari Bae | Funa Ye | Jukhee Kwon | Yeon Lee HANMI GALLERY 7th INTERIM EXHIBITION Private View: 6pm – 9pm Thursday 3rd November 2011 Exhibition from 3rd to 17th November … [Read More]
The Korean Miracle: A Cultural Evolution – at Asia House
Hada Contemporary has just finished its summer show at the Albemarle Gallery. It is now moving to Asia House for a two-week exhibition curated by Dr Iain Robertson, Head of Art Business Studies at Sothebys Institute of Art: THE KOREAN MIRACLE: A CULTURAL EVOLUTION Asia House Thursday 03 Nov, 2011 – Wednesday 16 Nov, 2011 … [Read More]
Believing is Seeing, at Ffotogallery
News of an upcoming exhibition in Cardiff: Believing is Seeing Byung-Hun Min, Duck Hyun Cho, Hein-Kuhn Oh, Hyun Mi Yoo, Je Baak, Kyungwoo Chun, Seihon Cho 10 November – 17 December 2011 Ffotogallery, Chapter, Market Road, Canton, Cardiff, CF5 1QE Believing is Seeing introduces seven Korean artists who adopt different approaches to contemporary photography or … [Read More]
Korean tenor in Tarik O’Regan’s first opera
Korean tenor Jaewoo Kim appears in Tarik O’Regan‘s opera Heart of Darkness at the Royal Opera House this week. I’ll be there on Friday http://t.co/qVqBat0N. Shame it clashes with the LKFF. [Read More]
Festival visit: Ahn Eun-me Company – Princess Bari
In reviewing the amazing work of Ahn Eun-me I am always faced with a problem: how to convey in words the extraordinary visual and musical experience that is so unique to her. When writing about her Chunhyang in 2006 I was at a loss for words. Trying to convey the intensity of the visual and … [Read More]
The final schedule for the 2011 London Korean Film Festival
Here are the screening details for the 2011 London Korean Film Festival, including the screenings in Cambridge, Sheffield and Newcastle. For the events at the KCCUK, book by emailing [email protected]. London screenings and events Thurs 3 Nov 4:30pm SHINee – LKFF launch event – Odeon WE 7:30pm Opening gala War of the Arrows + Director … [Read More]
Woojung Chun’s “Library” installed at England & Co
Woojung Chun exhibited her Library as a collateral event to the 2009 Venice Biennale. For those who didn’t manage to get there, the work is installed at England & Co for most of this month. England & Co is at 216 Westbourne Grove, London W11 2RH. WOOJUNG CHUN: LIBRARY 28 October-23 November 2011 ‘The universe … [Read More]
November events 2011
The headline event for this month is of course the London Korean Film Festival, but there are plenty of other events to appeal, not least of which is the diva Sumi Jo appearing at the Cadogan Hall. Film: The highlights of the London Korean Film Festival include War of the Arrows, a Ryoo Seung-wan retrospective, … [Read More]