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| Park Min-ji on komungo |
Contemplative Traditional MusicSeries
P’ungnyu Strings (Komungo)
When: Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 6:00 PM
Where: The Korea Society
950 Third Avenue @ 57th Street, 8th Floor, NY, NY
Entrance on 57th Street, southwest corner of the intersection
P’ungnyu Strings (Komungo)
When: Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 6:00 PM
Where: The Korea Society
950 Third Avenue @ 57th Street, 8th Floor, NY, NY
Entrance on 57th Street, southwest corner of the intersection
Admission: $10Members/$20 Guests/Free for Explorer-level Members
This month'sepisode in The Korea Society's Contemplative Traditional Music Series will feature Park Min-ji playing the komungo, a traditional Korean stringed musical instrument of the zither family of instruments that has both bridges and frets.
Enjoy a meditativehour of stringed Komungo set to p’ungnyu,the classical ensemble music of Korean nobility and central theme of this autumn's performance series. The KoreaSociety here presents p’ungnyu in its chul-p’ungnyu(stringed-instrument) form. P’ungnyu also refers to a state of leisurewhen one is elevated from the mundane to better appreciate poetry, music andcompanionship.
Accompanying the opening of Highlights,this meditative short performance of six-stringed komungo celebrates p’ungnyu,the classical ensemble music of Korean nobility. As a philosophy, p’ungnyurefers to a state of leisure where one celebrates arts and companionship.
Enjoy a meditativehour of stringed Komungo set to p’ungnyu,the classical ensemble music of Korean nobility and central theme of this autumn's performance series. The KoreaSociety here presents p’ungnyu in its chul-p’ungnyu(stringed-instrument) form. P’ungnyu also refers to a state of leisurewhen one is elevated from the mundane to better appreciate poetry, music andcompanionship.
Accompanying the opening of Highlights,this meditative short performance of six-stringed komungo celebrates p’ungnyu,the classical ensemble music of Korean nobility. As a philosophy, p’ungnyurefers to a state of leisure where one celebrates arts and companionship.
Theevening’s performer, Park Min-ji, graces the audience with her komungoskills. Park graduated from Hanyang University in Korea, washonored at the Dong-A Korean Traditional Music Concours in 2009, and took firstin the National Traditional Performing Arts Competition in 2006. She also tookfirst at the 2010 World Korean Traditional Performing Arts Competition in New York and was amember and soloist with the Seoul Metropolitan Youth Traditional MusicOrchestra. She toured Atlanta,San Francisco,and Hawaiiwith the Korean Traditional Music Orchestra of Hanyang University in 2010.
Thisseries is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council onthe Arts.
More information at www.koreasociety.org or contact Yuni Cho (yuni.ny@koreasociety.org)
More information at www.koreasociety.org or contact Yuni Cho (yuni.ny@koreasociety.org)
