The Regency String Quartet Mabelle Young-Eun Park, violin Hermes Jungho Byun, violin Jamie Howe, viola Ellen Baumring-Gledhill, cello Programme Beethoven String Quartet No.4 in C minor, Op. 18 I. Allegro ma non tanto II. Andante scherzoso quasi allegretto III. Menuetto allegretto IV. Allegro Intermission Mendelssohn String Quartet No.6 in F minor, Op. 80 I. Allegro … [Read More]
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Eric Nam: There & Back Again UK Tour
Global singer-songwriter Eric Nam returns to London for two performances with his all-English sophomore album, There And Back Again. One of the most popular and recognisable celebrities in Asia, Eric Nam is a multi-faceted Korean-American entertainer and TV personality. He also includes Glasgow and Manchester in the tour. [Read More]
KCC House Concert Spring Special
The KCCUK’s House Concert Spring Special is designed to provide you with an island of calm as we look forward to Easter and try to put Covid behind us. A string quartet will play Borodin, bringing you into Spring with calmness and warmth. Painter Sangjig Moon’s artworks will be projected on the screen while the … [Read More]
Pure Emotions: an interview with Park Jiha
To coincide with the release of Park Jiha’s new album, The Gleam, which we reviewed yesterday, LKL managed to have a quick conversation with the artist to ask about how light and space influence her musical voice: London Korean Links: How did you get into music? How did this journey in the world of sound … [Read More]
Music, space and light: Park Jiha’s The Gleam
The concept behind Park Jiha’s new album ‘The Gleam’ is immediately compelling. The musician finds her inspiration in light and its interaction with the human form during the day. In part, the project was also conceived for a special performance in Tadao Ando’s Meditation Hall at San Museum in Wonju, Korea. Ando’s architecture features light … [Read More]
G.Soul comes to Manchester and London
Straight from Seoul to Highbury, join us for an unforgettable night of soulful R&B as G.Soul brings his silky vocals and emotive performances to The Garage, London. Expect a mix of hits and deep cuts along with intimate arrangements with a set that shows off his range — from mellow ballads to powerful grooves. Don’t … [Read More]
Park Jiha: Two-day residency at Cafe OTO
We’re really excited about Park Jiha’s upcoming visit to London, and looking forward to hearing some live performances from her new album – The Gleam – released on tak:til / Glitterbeat last Friday. We’ve got a review and exclusive mini-interview with the artist coming soon on LKL. In the meanwhile you can stream the album … [Read More]
Sheffield Korea Day 2022
An annual celebration since 2018 (though I think there was an inevitable hiatus last year), this year’s Korea Day in Sheffield is on 12 March: We hear that the Shilla ensemble will be among the performers. Sheffield Korea Day 2022 Saturday 12 March 2022, 12 noon – 5pm The Octagon Centre | Clarkson Street | … [Read More]
Novus String Quartet play the Wigmore
A nice way to spend the latter half of a Sunday morning: Novus String Quartet Sunday 20 February 2022 11:30am Wigmore Hall | 36 Wigmore Street | London W1U 2BP | Buy tickets Programme Bedřich Smetana (1824-1884): String Quartet No. 1 in E minor ‘From my life’ Johannes Brahms (1833-1897): String Quartet in C minor … [Read More]
Hyeyoon Park + Benjamin Grosvenor at the Wigmore Hall
A varied programme of violin music at London’s premier chamber music venue: Hyeyoon Park violin | Benjamin Grosvenor piano Tuesday 15 February 2022 7:30pm Wigmore Hall | 36 Wigmore Street | London W1U 2BP | Buy tickets Programme Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Violin Sonata in F K376 Anton Webern (1883-1945): 4 Pieces for violin and piano … [Read More]
KCC February House Concert: the Aesop Quartet
This first KCC House Concert of the year, at St James’s Piccadilly, features two popular string quartets. Aesop Quartet Katherine Yoon, violin | Amber Emson, violin | Ji-Eun Park, viola | Özgür Kaya, cello Thursday 24 February 2022, 7pm St James’s Piccadilly | Register via Eventbrite Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. … [Read More]
Unsuk Chin’s second violin concerto gets its broadcast premiere
Thanks to Colin Bartlett for alerting me to the fact that the premiere of Unsuk Chin’s second violin concerto will be broadcast in a performance by its dedicatee Leonidas Kavakos on 18 January. LKL had eagerly bought tickets for its scheduled live premiere, which was going to be 7 January last year at the Barbican. … [Read More]
A review of the Korean cultural year 2021
Each year when I come to write this review, I wonder whether Korean culture in the West has reached its high water mark. And every year so far I’ve come to the same conclusion. Korean music and film, TV and food continue to win admirers, and we can expect to see it continue to thrive … [Read More]
CL plays the Village Underground
Rapper CL pays her first visit to London at the Village Underground on 30 November. The venue has been upgraded from the nearby XOYO venue to accommodate the demand for tickets. 54 Holywell Lane | Shoreditch | London EC2A 3PQ | www.villageunderground.co.uk She’s sure to perform numbers from her debut album, ALPHA, which includes Spicy: [Read More]
The Sound of Nature: Dal:um live at Southbank Centre
“Korean traditional instruments contain the sound of nature.” This is the opening line of Ha Suyean’s answer to my question regarding what Dal:um would like their international audience to know about ancient Korean instruments gayageum and geomungo. “For someone coming to these two ancient instruments for the first time, what will they discover?”, I had … [Read More]
Festival Film Review: The Singer
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]