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| Official poster image for the performance 'I Want to Go,' slated to be held during Oct. 17 and 18 at the National Gugak Center. Courtesy of National Gugak Center |
Anyone who's interested in the legacies of great masters of traditional Korean music genres should not miss this week's special two-day performances by the National Gugak Center's Folk Music Group on the evenings of this Thursday and Friday.
Marking the 40th anniversary of the birth of the Folk Music Group, an affiliated music company under the National Gugak Center, the performances will commemorate six great late masters of traditional Korean music, including haegeum master Ji Yeong-hui, pansori master Kim So-hui, Seodo folk song master O Bok-nyeo and Gyeonggi folksong master An Bi-chwi.
Various pieces ranging from traditional Korean singing pansori, regional representative folk songs to instrumental playing styles of traditional Korean string instruments like haegeum and gayageum will be performed by members of the Folk Music Group, some of them still vividly remember the spirit and teachings of their masters.
The title of the performace "I Want to Go" comes from a part of one of the pieces "Chunhyang," symbolizing the present generation of traditional Korean musicians' gratefulness and yearning to continue to follow in the footsteps of their master teachers' legacies.
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| National Gugak Center's Folk Music Group presents the special performance "I want to Go," featuring musical legacies of late great masters of traditional Korean music at 8 p.m. on Oct 17-18 at the National Gugak Center. Courtesy of National Gugak Center |
The Artistic Director of the Folk Music Group Kim Yeong-gil explained in a press release that the Folk Music Group hopes to celebrate its 40th anniversary by commemorating and remembering the artistic spirit of the late masters, whose musicality still remains in the hearts of so many Koreans over generations.
Tickets vary from 10,000 won to 20,000 won (approx. $8.50 to $17) and reservations can be made at gugak.go.kr.
