Say Sue Me are certainly busy this year: this is their second tour in the UK – this one as part of a wider European tour: 18/08 – Green Man Festival – Crickhowell, UK – (sold out) 31/08 – Golden Leaves Festival – Darmstadt, DE | 02/09 – Supersonic – Paris, FR | 04/09 – … [Read More]
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Eris 136199 play the Vortex
Eris 136199 brings their “beautiful noise” (KFJC 89.7 FM) to Europe starting with a performance at The Vortex, London, 8 August Eris 136199: Han-Earl Park, Catherine Sikora and Nick Didkovsky Thursday 8 August 2019, 8pm Vortex Jazz Club | 11 Gillett Square | London, N16 8AZ Tickets £10 | Book here Han-earl Park (guitar) | … [Read More]
Nina Park plays one-handed daegeum
Join Ms Nina Park for this one-handed daegeum performance at Christ Church North Finchley: 620 High Rd | North Finchley | London N12 0NU Sunday 18 August 2019, 3.30pm | FREE, drop-in [Read More]
CANCELLED Teen Top perform at Islington Assembly Hall
The event’s Facebook page says this is now cancelled, and the venue website has stopped selling tickets. Tuesday 27 August 2019, doors from 6pm Islington Assembly Hall | Upper St | Islington | London N1 2UD Tickets from £85 | Book here Teen Top is a South Korean boy band formed in 2010. The group … [Read More]
KNK Sunrise Tour at the Islington Academy
Korean boyband KNK bring their Sunrise Tour to London off the back of their new EP, Lonely Night. Sunday 18 August 2019, 7.00pm O2 Academy Islington | Angel Central | 21 Parkfield Street | London N1 0PS Tickets £51 – £125 | Buy tickets [Read More]
CANCELLED Lucente “Lights On” Tour at 229 the Venue
Another K-pop concert bites the dust – at least the second this year. Here’s what the organisers had to say. Dear Lu.b, We are extremely sorry to tell you that LUCENTE European Tour is officially cancelled. This tour was our call since the beginning and we were thrilled to see your passion. We did try, … [Read More]
KCC August House Concert: Jaeyong Nam (Clarinet) + Harry Rylance (Piano)
August’s House Concert at the KCC is a clarinet recital: Jaeyong Nam (Clarinet) & Harry Rylance (Piano) Tuesday 27 August 2019, 7PM @ KCCUK Register via the KCCUK’s website Programme Liszt: Transcendental Etude No.4 “Mazeppa” | Andante Lagrimoso Brahms: Clarinet Sonata No.2 Op.120 Robert Schumann: 3 Romances Op.94 About the performers Jaeyong Nam is a … [Read More]
Joo Yeon Sir lunchtime recital at St James’s Piccadilly
Friday 23 August 2019, 1.10pm Joo Yeon Sir, violin Irina Andrievsky, piano Richard Strauss – Sonata for Violin and Piano in E flat Major Op. 18 Pancho Vladigerov – Bulgarian Rhapsody ‘Vardar’ Royal College of Music series Links: St James’s Piccadilly lunchtime recitals page Joo Yeon Sir’s concert diary [Read More]
Jambinai, Park Jiha and SB Circle – a roundup of reviews of three K-music performers
The line-up of K-music 2019 has been announced, and it’s nice to see some familiar faces returning to London so that we can get to know their music better. Jambinai, who open the festival, have become fairly regular visitors to the UK. They had the UK launch of their new album, Onda, at the Garage, … [Read More]
The 2019 K-Music festival: the official press release
The schedule for the 2019 K-Music festival was released last month, giving everyone the time to plan their diaries. Here, rather belatedly (it’s been a busy few weeks), is the official press release. Tickets are already on sale. K-Music 2019 London’s Festival of Korean Music Thurs 3 Oct: Jambinai, Purcell Room Sun 6 Oct: Celebrate … [Read More]
Photos from Birdsong and Borders concert at St Luke’s
While it’s a huge treat that there’s so much in the way of interesting performances involving UK-based Koreans nowadays, it’s a shame that sometimes they clash with each other. Hyelim Kim’s recent collaboration with Merit Ariane at LSO St Luke’s was something I’d definitely have gone to… if it hadn’t been for Jinyeob Cha’s performance … [Read More]
Hyukoh played the Oslo Hackney
Leading indie band Hyukoh performed in London earlier this week. But as the promoters didn’t let us know about it, and as the event wasn’t listed on Facebook, we didn’t find out about it in time. We list it here for completeness’s sake, and to note with a certain wistfulness that we’d really have made … [Read More]
Lunchtime piano recital at St Martin-in-the-Fields: Jinah Shim
A free lunchtime piano recital coming up later this month: Jinah Shim (piano) Tuesday 30 July 2019, 1:00 pm – 1:45 pm St Martin-in-the-Fields | Trafalgar Square | London WC2N 4JH Programme Mozart – Sonata for Piano in B flat Brahms – Variations on a Theme of Paganini (Book 2) Ravel – La Valse Jinah … [Read More]
Moon Hyewon releases second album
Jazz singer Vocalist Moon released her second album Tenderly last week. Recorded in Japan with an all-Japanese jazz ensemble, it’s very much a sister piece to her superb first album, Kiss Me. This release, available on CD only in Japan and Hong Kong, is another collection of inspired jazz and pop covers. Moon’s seemingly effortless … [Read More]
Myung-Whun Chung conducts Rachmaninov and Brahms at the Proms
Myung-Whun Chun, the principal guest conductor of the Staatskapelle Dresden, is the third of three major Korean figures in the Proms this year: Prom 63: Yuja Wang plays Rachmaninov Thursday 5 September 2019 at 7:30pm, Royal Albert Hall Tickets: £18 to £72 (plus booking fee) | Book tickets Yuja Wang: piano Staatskapelle Dresden Myung-Whun Chung: … [Read More]
Seong-Jin Cho plays Prokofiev at the Proms
The second of three Proms this year featuring Korean performers: Prom 48: Rachmaninov, Prokofiev + Silvestri 19:30 Sat 24 Aug 2019 Royal Albert Hall Tickets £9.50 to £52 (plus booking fee) | Book tickets Seong-Jin Cho: piano BBC Symphony Orchestra Cristian Măcelaru: conductor Constantin Silvestri: Three Pieces for strings (11 mins) Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto … [Read More]