[주영한국문화원] K-Music 2017 - London's Festival of Korean Music (9월 15일부터 10월 25일까지) > 이런저런이야기

K-Music 2017, London’s Festival of Korean Music

15 September – 25 October 2017
Further information: https://k-music.co.uk/
Booking: www.serious.org.uk/k-music

The K-Music festival is back this autumn with a stunning programme of music from Korea, reflecting the country’s ancient traditional culture and its highly innovative and dynamic music scene – one that draws on the past, explores the borders of tradition and modernity and intertwines old and new.

As part of the Korea/UK 2017-18, K-Music 2017 focuses upon collaboration with UK artists as well as experiments with Western music. The K-Music 2017 festival will present nice Korean bands opening with Black String & Kathryn Tickell at the Union Chapel on 15 September. At the Vortex, daegeum (bamboo flute) player, Hyelim Kim, performs with exciting rising star, Alice Zawadzki and composer/musician, Woojae Park, is joined by Japanese drummer Shogo Yoshii and British Indian composer Soumik Datta for a special one-off concert at Rich Mix.

Harmonica player, Jeduk Jeon, who has been blind since birth, performs in the UK for the first time with guitarist Juwon Park’s band at Pizza Express; AUX present their theatrical pansori-rock at Rich Mix and Kingston Rudieska, bring ska and reggae with a Korean twist to the Borderline. The extraordinary singer Heemoon Lee and band Prelude will perform Korean Man – a highly visual and funny look at male/female roles today – at the Royal Albert Hall (Elgar Room).

Korean Sounds presents a concert of East Meets West at Kings Place: looking at traditional pansori (storytelling) and at classical Western opera. The festival closes at the same venue on 25 October with one of Korea’s most creative artists, Jiha Park, formerly of [su:m], performing her beautiful and spellbinding composition, Communion.