Tonight's programme
Pansori is Korean musical drama which delivers myths that have been passed on orally – with no musical notation, pansori is limitless and exciting, combining passion and humour.
One of the greatest of all pansori singers, Ahn Sook-Sun, was the first Korean artist to play the Edinburgh International Festival, and has also played Womad. She made a very rare appearance in London with a musical ensemble for this special programme which featured Heungboga, one of the five great works of the pansori tradition, and also includes music for gayageum (a 12-string plucked instrument rather like the koto or zheng) and geomungo.
The last song of the performance was Arirang. The audience sang along to it and requested an encore. Ahn Sook-Sun sang two more pieces and moved everyone through her unique voice. When the concert ended, people had the chance to meet Ahn Sook-Sun and the other performers and take photos.
Celebrating 130 years of Diplomatic Relations as well as honouring the British Veterans of the Korean War in this the 60th year since the Armistice, K-Music 2013 presents a series of concerts across the capital in June 2013.
The Festival takes place between 14th June -21st June 2013 and sees traditional, orchestral, contemporary and collaborative music performed by some of Korea's most talented musicians at venues across London.
Tonight's programme
Pansori is Korean musical drama which delivers myths that have been passed on orally – with no musical notation, pansori is limitless and exciting, combining passion and humour.
One of the greatest of all pansori singers, Ahn Sook-Sun, was the first Korean artist to play the Edinburgh International Festival, and has also played Womad. She made a very rare appearance in London with a musical ensemble for this special programme which featured Heungboga, one of the five great works of the pansori tradition, and also includes music for gayageum (a 12-string plucked instrument rather like the koto or zheng) and geomungo.
The last song of the performance was Arirang. The audience sang along to it and requested an encore. Ahn Sook-Sun sang two more pieces and moved everyone through her unique voice. When the concert ended, people had the chance to meet Ahn Sook-Sun and the other performers and take photos.
Celebrating 130 years of Diplomatic Relations as well as honouring the British Veterans of the Korean War in this the 60th year since the Armistice, K-Music 2013 presents a series of concerts across the capital in June 2013.
The Festival takes place between 14th June -21st June 2013 and sees traditional, orchestral, contemporary and collaborative music performed by some of Korea's most talented musicians at venues across London.