Tenri Cultural Institute, 43A West 13 Street, in New York City proudly presents
Korean Traditional Music and Korean Contemporary Art in New York
Korean Traditional music performance: “Flying Arirang”
and Ulsan Group Exhibition: “The Neo Garde”
Concert and Reception: Tuesday, April 19th, 8:30 PM
Featuring Musicians for Flying Arirang:
Gamin H. Kang (Piri Player), YeJin Kim (Pansori Singer), Seungmin Song (Gayageum Player),
Joonsam Lee (Bassist), SoungWhan Yang (Composer)
Arirang is a typical Korean folksong, known as a an elegy that speaks of the sentiments and life of the everyday people. As the concert’s title indicates, “Flying Arirang” consists of the special stories of two outstanding Korean musicians, Gamin H. Kang and Yejin Kim, a traditional woodwind player and vocalist, respectively, who present repertoires from established traditional pieces set to new music, incorporating an “invented voice” from the musical traditions of other cultures. Both artists wish that the subtle and passionate
Korean tunes and rhythms will resonate in the ears of people from all corners of the world.
During the last three months, Kang and Kim have been working in New York City as Artists-in-Residence, supported by prestigious grants from the Korean government, and have encountered numerous performing artists from all over the world. In particular, Ms Kang and Kim have worked closely with the composer and jazz pianist, Soungwhan Yang, and the jazz bassist Joonsam Lee, both originally from Korea and now residing in New York, who also search for their own unique sounds and forms—Korean music soaked by New York’s cutting edge jazz sounds. All four artists will make unique contributions to the process of creating “new Korean jazz,” for contemporary global audiences who break cultural and ethnic boundaries, and who seek a new voice and beauty for true human interaction and creation.
PROGRAM
1. Flying Bird
The melody of this song is based on Saetaryung, one of the Sinminyo
(New type of folk song appearing in the 20th century).
Soungwhan Yang, arranged this piece transforming it into a modern piece with piano and bass.
2. Sookdaemeori (song of sorrow)
Chunhyangga is one of the five surviving stories of the Korean Pansori storytelling tradition.
This song tells the story of love between a daughter of kisaeng entertainer and son of a magistrate.
3. Doraji (25-string gayageum solo piece)
Doraji is one of most famous Korean folk song.
This piece was arranged by Professor Gyeok Kim, of Chung-Ang University, Seoul
4. Han and Heung (Korean wind instrument and piano improvisation)
There are unique techniques for tension treatment,
such as "Maetgo(fastening)" and "Puelgi(releasing)", along with improvisatory characters in most of Korean folk music to express
the sad emotion "Han", and the happy emotion, "Heung."
5. Dookkubi Song (NY project ensemble)
The theme comes from the song for children when they play in sand.
The NY Project Ensemle gradually developes the simple melody.
6. Monggeumpo Taryung
This song is a renowned folk song from Hwanghae province. Soungwhan Yang,
who arranged for piri, gayageum, vocal, piano, and bass, combined for this piece, jazz and Korean music.
7. Heungboga Joarago (NY Project Ensemble)
Heungboga is another of the five Korean Pansori surviving stories.
This song describes the sensation of Heung(happiness) in extremely fast tempo.
8. Sinawi (NY Project Ensemble)
Sinawi is a traditional form of Korean music. It is performed improvisationally by a musical ensemble,
and traditionally accompanies the rites of Korean Shamanism.
9. Medley of Korean Traditional Folk Songs
Arirang
Cheonansamgeori
Batnorae
Singosan Taryung
Musicians
*Gamin H. Kang: Piri Player
Gamin H. Kang is one of the most celebrated piri and taepyeongso performers in Korea today. Kang has recorded much of her music as she has released three solo albums, 'Attraction' 'Progression' and 'juxtaposition'. Today, she is a holder of the Important Intangible Cultural Asset No. 46 for Classical Music, piri and daechita. Currently she is a Ph.D candidate at Seoul National University for her major in traditional music.
* YeJin Kim: Pansori Singer
Yejin kim known to have a powerful and spiritual voice and award-winning korean traditional vocalist specializing in pansori and she holes her BA degree from Jung-Ang University and MM from the National University Of Art.
* Main performer Gamin & YeJin Kim
has been participating in Artist in Residence program which is designed by Korean government. They gave many lectures and concerts tour at many prestigious universities in US such as Harvard, Dartmouth, Brandeis, Hartford, North eastern, Pennsylvania University and Hunter College in New York.
*SoungWhan Yang: Composer
Soungwhan Yang is an award-winning composer, arranger of Korean music, jazz big band and electronic music, and is an improvisation pianist, who studied at Seoul National University and the Korean National University of Arts. He performed at Symphony Space, CUNY Graduate Center, Queens Theater In The Park, Flushing Town Hall in New York.
*Joonsam Lee: Bassist
Joonsam Lee born and raised in Seoul, Korea, moved to the NYC in 2007 and in terms of huge musical spectrum, he has taken part in various musical projects including bebop jazz, has been very active in the NY metropolitan area, performing at some of the finest jazz clubs and venues, not only as a side man but also a bandleader.
* Special guest: Seungmin Song (Gayageum Player)
*Special Thanks to *
Jooyong Ha, Dr. Thalia Vrachopoulos, Suechung Koh
*Upcoming Concerts
*A Special Concert of Korean Contemporary-Traditional Music
Gamin's Piri , Meets the World ! 2011 in New York City
Wednesday, May 11 , 8pm
Bennett Media Studio (723 washington street in manhattan)
http://blog.naver.com/hyosunkang
*Kim Ye jin Pansori recital: The Pansori Story (in NY)
Friday, April 29, 7:30pm
Korean Performing Arts Center (12 East 33rd st. 5th Fl. Newyork, NY 10016)
http://blog.daum.net/sorimusician
TENRI CULTURAL INSTITUTE, 43A West 13 Street, in New York City proudly presents
“The Neo Garde:
Huikeun Yoon, Jihyun Jung, Sungran Park, Yoosun Kim, Haein Choi, Hyukjae Kwon,
Sungjung Kim, Hyejin Kim, Jieun Ku, Kyoungje Jang, Daehyuk Yoon”
Show that will run from March 30th – April 23rd, 2011
This show comprised of Ulsan University graduate artists represent freshness of vision and universal hope, but its members also explore future challenges. The title pivots off of the term Avant-Garde, appropriated by art from polemic strategy that used it to refer to a watch guard sent ahead of the troops to scout for the purpose of preventing ensuing attacks. An important leitmotif emerges when looking at the works in this show as a whole; critical content combined with a biting humor.
These artists were chosen out of a great number within the same school, because their work exhibited a sophistication rarely seen in artists this young.
Yoosun Kim dreams of super-heroes. Her mixed media works are created like cutouts that can be used to dress super-heroes or heroines.
Haein Choi appropriates the Northern Renaissance idea of Vanitas to examine notions of beauty by juxtaposing a ceramic doll with a human skull.
Hyukjae Kwon’s paintings engage the viewer’s eye through their interplay between two and three-dimensional depicted space
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Jieun Ku’s colorful landscapes are topsy-turvy for while the front plane’s elements are round the background, which usually has depth, is flat.
Kyoungje Jang’s wooden sculptures are haptic and reductive in that the subject is cut into the wood.
*Daehyuk Yoon’s oil on canvas paintings intimidate by their content. We see a little girl with pigtails facing the classroom blackboard.
*Huikeun Yoon whose animation of a mouse traversing an artist’s studio and touches not only one’s funny bone but also garners the viewer’s sympathy.
*Sungran Park’s favorite media are conte crayon on paper, for only with this type of material could she attain both the hardness of line and the softness of painting.
*In an immaculate white setting scored by receding lines, Jihyun Jung has created an environment containing human figures going about exercising their various professions.
*Sungjung Kim paints Pop Art subjects that are colorful and funny. Kim’s work entitled Golden White Horse an acrylic on canvas is painted with circular elements that look like metal studs.
*Hyejin Kim deals with Korean contemporary consumerist culture. He depicts young Korean people window-shopping, strolling and stopping to admire a Bottega Veneta store.
*Marked works are presenting in Elga Wimmer Gallery at 526west 26street #310 New York City
For More Information:
Tenri Administrative Director Michael Yuge at 212-645-2800, Yuge@tenri.org,
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