Ten years ago - a Korean concert in City Hall.
Brisbane, 12th April 2003.
Back in Australia after a year in Korea, I attended a Korean concert at the Brisbane City Hall. I left enthused to return to Korea and set about doing so.
I know. The pictures are blurry. Handheld point and shoot in a dark hall.
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10 years ago - 29th June 2002: a visit to a Korean traditional musical instrument maker.
When I lived in Korea I studied Korean traditional music, known as gugak. I went one day to a small factory where a gugak instrument maker made kayageums, geomungos, haegeums and ajaengs. It’s hard to believe it was 10 years ago today.
A decade ago today while Korea was playing Spain in World Cup soccer I visited the Museum of Musical Instruments in Seoul.
Located in 국립국악원 (the National Centre for Korean Traditional Performing Arts), it is well worth a visit.
22nd June 2002.
Ten years ago today. A kayageum performance by foreign students at the National Centre for Korean Traditional Performing Arts in Seoul. 8th June 2002.
That’s me on the far left.
10 years ago. A concert of gugak - Korean traditional music.
At the National Centre for Korean Traditional Performing Arts (국립국악원).
Seoul, 11th May, 2002.
Many instruments… The long board zithers on the left are kayageums, behind them are various sizes of flute, from the small sogeum to the long daegeum. There is a haegeum (rather like the Chinese erhu). In the centre are two big jong-ak ajaengs (bowed with a stick), and the fretted zithers off to the right are geomungos. At the back on the right are piris - small double reed bamboo oboes. Only one drum is being used, the drummer is sitting idle at present.
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