I PLAY TWO STRINGED INSTRUMENTS AND. ONE DRUM. NINE YEAR OLD LILY IS PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT THAT KOREANS HAVE PLAYED SINCE THE SIXTH CENTURY SILLA PERIOD. BUSTLE. APPROXIMATELY 1500 YEARS AGO. LILY HAS ...

The performance at IU was one of many in Seoul National University’s 2026 Global Exchange Project, which serves to strengthen and expand the Department of Korean Music’s international outreach by ...

The Fullerton Downtown Plaza is roaring this weekend. That is to say, it’s hosting the Roar Cultural Festival, a multi-day celebration of Korean traditional music and arts hosted by Daroo, a nonprofit ...

Clockwise from top right: San Francisco's Del Sol String Quartet will join performers from the National Gugak Center, who will play traditional Korean instruments like gayageum, piri, and saenghwang.

"We want to become a team long remembered for our music that bridges tradition and modernity." The duo Dodree comprises a pansori (traditional lyrical opera) singer and an artist trained in ...

Instructor Kyong Sun Kim leads the Arirang Texas Group during practice at the Carrollton Senior Center. At Carrollton Senior Center, metallic clicks ring out as pingpong balls are served. The soft ...

Korea's traditional musical heritage — are turning up at rock festivals and indie venues, fusing centuries-old instruments and vocal techniques with rock, punk, reggae, dub, electronica and hip-hop.

Nam Seonghun plays the ajaeng in Sangjaru’s performance at the Keene Theater Wednesday night. Grace Lahti/DAILY. Buy this photo. Chrisi-Anne Castro, School of Music, Theatre & Dance associate dean for ...

Before K-pop, there was trot. This traditional South Korean music genre gets its name from the American "foxtrot", which shares the trot's distinctive two-beat rhythm. It was popular for decades and ...