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Beijing New Music Ensemble contact: Shu-Chun Lai, Executive Director (+86) 1391-095-4049, shuchunlai@gmail.com Beijing New Music Ensemble Announces Collaborative Concerts with Seoul-based Composer Cecilia Kim
Korean Music Landscape—Tradition and Presence Featuring Video Art, guzheng, flute and raditional Korean Musicians
Nov 7 (Sat.), 2pm at Ullens Center for Contemporary Arts Nov 8 (Sun.), 8pm at Peng Hao Theater
The Beijing New Music Ensemble (BNME) continues its series at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art (UCCA), and at Peng Hao Theater presenting multimedia concerts in collaboration with Seoul-based composer Cecilia Kim, four guest artists from South Korea, guzheng player Chang Jing, and flutist Bruce Gremo.
The concert program at UCCA on November 7 includes two of Kim's works from a cycle based on real footage of interviews with survivors of Japanese World War II “Comfort Women” camps. These are performed by members of BNME, along with the video art of visual designer Jae-Jean Chung. Another piece, based on Kim's extended stage work Earth Songs, brings together a shamanic percussionist (Jong-han Jo) a traditional pansori singer (Eun-young Lee), and other members of BNME to evoke a tightly woven cross-traditional fabric. Finally, a piece highlighting the gayageum, alongside a rare collaboration with Chinese guzheng, a close cousin of the gayageum, provides a unique glimpse into the Sino-Korean musical relationship.
At Peng Hao Theater on November 8, selections of the above pieces will be repeated, alongside four extended solos and duets by the traditional instrumentalists.
Program I Nov. 7th, 2pm, UCCA
Ja-Yai Kim Flying Butterfly for flute, cello, and piano
Cecilia Heejeong Kim Excerpts from the Music-dance Theater “Earth Songs” PART II. HwangDae-Sa & PART IV. Sams and Birth (2009) *China Premiere pansori singer Eun-young Lee / percussion and male vocal: Jong-hun Jo / flute: Bruce Gremo
1944 & Denial for Violin, Clarinet and Piano (2009) Young Ja Lee Pelerinage de l’Ame for Violin, Cello, and Piano Cecilia Heejeong Kim Gongmu-Doha-Ga for Guzheng, Gayageum, Recorded Sound and Film (2007) *China Premiere guzheng: Chang Jing/ gayageum: Kyung-so Park
Postcard from the Camp: Songs for the War-time Comfort Women for String Quartet (Amplified) and Film (2003) viola: Kang Wenting with BNME members
Venue: Auditorium, UCCA Address: No. 4 Jiuxianqiao Lu, Dashanzi 798 Art District Entrance to UCCA is 15 RMB. There is no additional charge for the concert.
For further inquires about the venue and direction, please contact Ms. Zhang Chuan, Department of Education & Public Programs, UCCA (+86 10) 8610‐8701
Program II
Nov 8th,, 8pm, Peng Hao Theater
Chung-bae ( prayer to God) -- An Excerpt from Shaman Gut from East Coast Pansori: Eun-young Lee / Janggo: Jong-hun Jo
Cecilia Heejeong Kim Gongmu-Doha-Ga for Guzheng, Gayageum, Recorded Sound and Film (2007)
guzheng: Chang Jing/ gayageum: Kyung-so Park
San Pa for Solo Janggo (Shaman Music)
Cecilia Heejeong Kim Excerpts from the Music-dance Theater “Earth Songs” Part II. HwangDae-Sa & Part IV. Sams and Birth (2009) pansori singer: Eun-young Lee / percussion and male vocal: Jong-hun Jo / flute: Bruce Gremo
---Intermission---
Byung-ki Hwang Sound of the Night --4 Movements for Gayageum and Janggo Gayaguem: Kyung-so Park/Janggo: Jong-hun Jo Juksung-Ga-- An Aria from the Korean Traditional Music Theater ‘Chunhyang-Ga’
Cecilia
Heejeong Kim Postcard
from the Camp: Songs for the War-time Comfort Women for String Quartet (Amplified) and Film (2003) viola: Kang Wenting with BNME members
Address: No. 35 Dongmianhua Hutong, Jiaodaokou Nandajie, Dongcheng District, Beijing China Map: http://www.penghaoren.com/cn/contact.asp Direction: At the cross road of Ping-An Dadao and Kuan Jie, you should turn north to Kuan Jie. When you meet the first traffic light, cross the street to the west side, you will see Dongmianhua Hutong. Go straight about 200 meters, when you see the sign “PengHao”. you have arrived the theatre. You can always call the theater for direction at 64006472.
Tickets are at 80RMB. Seats are limited. For reservation please contact-- BNME Executive Director: Shu-Chun LAI (Ms.) at 13910954049 For ticket purchase please contact --Ms. Jennifer Liang at Peng Hao Theater 64006472 or 13601004120.
About the Beijing New Music Ensemble Please visit www.beijingnewmusic.org
About the guest artists
Jong-hun Jo (Korean Traditional Percussion) is the founder and the leader of ‘Gung Gung’, the young shaman music performing group in Korea. He is the national preservation successor of the Shaman Performance of the East Coast Region. With advanced degrees from the Seoul National College of Arts, he has been invited to perform in many international stages.
Kyung-so Park（Gayageum）is one of most prestigious and active gayageum players in Korea. As a member of gayageum ensemble AURA and a fusion-electronic band Oriental Express, Ms. Park has toured to Hong Kong, New Zealand and Europe. Recently she has released a solo album in corporation with electronic music ‘Cosmo Breeze.’
Jae-jean Chung (Visual Design) is one of few visual designers specialized in theater productions in Korea. Chung is a researcher at the Image Information Laboratory and is finishing a Ph.D. at the Graduate School of Advanced Imaging Science, Multimedia & Film at Chung-Ang University.
Cecilia Heejeong Kim (Composer) is one of most innovative composers, active directors, producers and educators in South Korea. She received her M.M. and Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania then moved to Boston to do post-doctoral study at Harvard in 1996. Kim’s music has been played world-wide including France, New Zealand, Switzerland, Hungary, China, Hong Kong, Thailand and the U.S,and broadcasted in WNYC in New York, CCTV in China & CBS in Canada. Currently Kim is an associate professor in Music & New media at SangMyung University in Seoul, Korea.
Chang Jing(Guzheng) 1991 - 1995 Studied in China conservatory of music; 1995 Began to work at China National Song & Dance Ensemble; She has been performed world –wide including: 1996 –1997 three contemporary music festivals in France with French National Symphony Orchestra; 2001 contemporary music festival in Lyon, invited by National Music Create Center of France; 2008 Performed in Beijing Olympic Games 2008, and recorded several concerts by Stavanger Symphonic Orchestra, Norway in 2005 , released the album<Beauty of zheng>
Bruce Gremo (Flute) specializes in extended technique and improvisation formats using the modified flutes, the Japanese Shakuhachi, the Chinese Xun and others. He has performed as soloist in venues ranging from Lincoln Center and the Royal Albert Hall to Steim (Amsterdam) and Roulette (NYC). He now resides in Beijing where he works as a composer and flutist with various new music ensembles.
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