Folk Music Group

Folk Music Group

Our Folk Music Group (Orchestra) covers a variety of folk music genres, including Pansori (which is a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage), Sanjo, Minyo, Byeongchang, Samulori, etc. Our group has been trying to convey the essence of Korean folk music to the audiences inside and outside the country.

The Group has been staging various kinds of traditionally-transmitted as well as newly-creative works through the events of series (1981~1996) and (1997~2004). In 2000s, the groups had focused on the development of new vocal-centered repertoires and on the restoration of Guppungnyu and Minganpungnyu genre which had been originated from Seoul and Gyeonggi Provinces. Since 2010s, the group has held the festival in which various kinds of performative genres are together staged. Since 2014, the group staged “Jageun Changgeuk” series by recreating the five traditional Pansori repertoires. In addition, the group recreated the “Sandaheui” festivity as a form of modern stage art. The names of music directors are as follows: Seo Yong Seok, Park Jong Seon, Kim Cheong Man, Yi Chun Hee, Choi Gyeong Man, Gang Jeong Suk, An Suk Seon, Han Se Heon, and (currently) Kim Yeong Gi.

List of Selected Performance
1997 2003 The aesthetics of Seonsori-Yipchang 2005 Shamanistic Music based on Seoul•Gyeonggigut 2006 2007 of Folk Music beyond Spacetime 2008 2009 Music-Theater 2010 2012 < ongojisin >
2014 The series of 2016 < “Improvisation” Talking about Pleasure> 2017 < sandaeheui > 2017 Gukak Fantasia meets Movie 2018 Music-Theater 2019 <Men in Red> 2020 <New Year's Gugak Concert - Urul-chang-chang> 2021 <Saturday Gugak Concert>

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