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Category: Pansori

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  • Booklist: Pansori (14 titles)

      • Pansori: A Winter’s Tale

      event date Fri 24 Oct 2025 venue Wimbledon High School posted

      Straight from WOW Seoul Book Festival, the internationally-acclaimed pansori singer Eunhye Jung will be coming to Wimbledon BookFest for her only London performance. With pianist Kim Yong-Jae Eunhye Jung will be performing a new work inspired by Jeanette Winterson’s A Gap in Time in the style of pansori, the ancient Korean art form that weaves storytelling, song … [Read More]

      Leenalchi European tour at London’s Coronet Theatre + Manchester, Glasgow

      event date 04 Jul - 09 Jul 2025 venue Coronet Theatre posted

      Sensational South Korean ensemble LEENALCHI return The Coronet for two nights only. Known for their ground-breaking blend of traditional Korean pansori storytelling with contemporary pop, LEENALCHI has captivated audiences worldwide. Their performances are a dynamic tapestry of rhythmic basslines, compelling drum beats, and mesmerizing vocals.​ For these special performances as part of their 2025 European … [Read More]

      Chae Soojung Soridan: folk music performance in Oxford and London

      event date 18 Nov - 19 Nov 2024 venue Various venues posted

      The Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies presents: Heungboga: Exploring Korean Traditional Pansori and Folk Songs introduced by Paris K-Vox Festival and Chae Soo-jung Sound Group Experience the rich cultural heritage of Korean traditional music, as musicians bring these age-old tunes to life. Come and be a part of Heungboga! The K-Vox (Korean Voice) … [Read More]

      K-music 2024: National Changgeuk Company — Lear

      event date 03 Oct - 06 Oct 2024 venue Barbican Centre posted

      Discover this visionary restaging of one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies into a spellbinding traditional opera from some of South Korea’s leading creatives, performers and musicians. This major new production, critically acclaimed at its premiere in 2022, retells a familiar story in the form of Changgeuk. This culturally significant and artistically rich theatrical form in Korea, blends … [Read More]

      Soritgonggam: Sharing Korean Folk Music, at the KCC

      event date 02 Nov - 03 Nov 2023 venue KCCUK posted

      The performance Soritgonggam in London, brought jointly by the Korea Cultural Heritage Administration, Korean Cultural Centre UK, and Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation, will be held here in London to commemorate the 140th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between the UK and the Republic of Korea. Held on a special stage prepared in the Cultural Heritage … [Read More]

      K-music 2023: Leenalchi tours to Nottingham and Leeds

      event date 07 Nov - 08 Nov 2023 venue Various venues posted

      LEENALCHI, the sensation that took the online world by storm with their unique musical creation, “Tiger Is Coming.” This unique blend of danceable groove and musical storytelling, Sugungga has garnered millions of views, captivating audiences worldwide. The bassist and producer of LEENALCHI is a highly acclaimed figure in the contemporary Korean music scene, Jang Young … [Read More]

      Korean performers at the 2023 Edinburgh International Festival

      event date 08 Aug - 17 Aug 2023 venue Edinburgh (various venues) posted

      Five performance programmes from Korea to celebrate 140 years of diplomatic relations with the UK: three of chamber and solo instrumental music, plus the KBS Symphony Orchestra and the National Changgeuk Company. 8 August: Novus String Quartet The Queen’s Hall, 11:00am Tickets from £13.50 | Buy tickets here Schubert String Quartet in C minor D703 ‘Quartettsatz’ … [Read More]

      K-Music Festival 2022: the official press release

      posted updated 21 Aug 2022 by Philip Gowman 6 minute read

      We’re excited at the line-up for this autumn’s K-Music Festival. Here are the full details, with links to the individual gig notices. K-MUSIC FESTIVAL 2022: Korea across London this autumn Wednesday 5 October – Thursday 24 November 2022 This autumn, as an exhibition ‘Hallyu! The Korean Wave’ opens at the V&A, the K-Music Festival, now … [Read More]

      K-music 2022: Lee Jaram performs Hemingway

      event date Sun 09 Oct 2022 venue Purcell Room posted

      Leading pansori singer and performer Jaram Lee presents The Old Man And The Sea, inspired by Ernest Hemingway’s classic story. Pansori is the ancient art of expressive musical storytelling where a singer is accompanied by a drummer and performs a narrative that can be tragic or funny – always entertaining. It is thought to have … [Read More]

      Festival Film Review: The Singer

      posted by Philip Gowman 5 minute read

      As is often the case, I was out of town for the London East Asia Film Festival, so I missed the international premiere of the Director’s Cut of Cho Jungrae’s The Singer. I’m not sure if the previously available version has had a formal international premiere – probably not, given the devastation that Covid has … [Read More]

      Interview: Cho Jungrae (The Singer, 2020)

      posted updated 2 Feb 2026 by Hangul Celluloid 13 minute read

      Director Cho Jungrae discusses his deep personal connection to Pansori, his hands-on role shaping the music “The Singer”, and the film’s dialogue between tradition and modernity. In this wide-ranging interview with Hangul Celluloid and LKL, he reflects on legacy, influence, and how traditional sound can still resonate with audiences today. [Read More]

      K-music 2020 online: Jaram Lee

      event date Thu 05 Nov 2020 venue KCCUK posted

      The final show in the K-Music Encounters series features leading pansori singer, Jaram Lee, where she will discuss and perform The Old Man and The Sea, based on Ernest Hemingway’s masterpiece and recreated in pansori form. Lee goes back to the basics of pansori, and only with traditional Pansori linguistics and simple percussion, she brings … [Read More]