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The heavy bass of a drum and the deeply vibrating gong silenced an excitedly chattering audience in the Fine Arts Center. Korean master drummer Kim,Duk Soo visited UMass Tuesday, along with the ...
An ornately decorated Korean drum (buk), used as part of a palace ceremony. (Pixabay) Among the many Korean instruments with a long history, the gayageum is perhaps the best know. A plucked zither ...
The music group Ak Dan Gwang Chil (ADG7) combines the sounds of traditional Korean instruments with contemporary music. Inspired by the shamanic ritual gut, the band balances their nation's ...
The Korean Cultural Centre in Egypt has launched Korea Culture Week 2025, offering a vibrant showcase of South Korea’s ...
Raine0211 is a lover of all things Korean, especially K-pop, K-drama, and Korean food. When she’s not writing for Soompi, she’s playing the cello and singing.
K-pop has become synonymous with the idea of Korean music on a global scale recently, but genres extend much wider here. One of the most fascinating and experimental musical genres that is gaining ...
A musician begins playing the traditional Korean instrument “haegeum” against the backdrop of a majestic painting depicting a mountain scenery drawn on a roll of white cloth. The brief solo is ...
We play Korean traditional instruments, but it's not just Korean traditional music. It's just music, I think." Well, regardless, the music is amazing, and fans are 100 percent here for it.
Daewon Lee, the workshop instructor who guided participants and prepared the concerts during the intensive 9-day period, expressed his amazement, saying, “It was an extraordinary experience to witness ...
As the sun sets, Park retreats to his workshop, where he begins his real work of the day - designing and cutting wood to make string instruments. The Korea Times National ...