Nong: Playing Korean Wind Instruments

Published: Dec. 9, 2020, 11:50 p.m.

Musician and distinguished solist gamin will discuss and demonstrate traditional Korean music and wind instruments: the piria double reed instrument similar to the oboe; the taepyeonso (a double-reed horn); and saenghwang (a type of mouth organ). In her new album, Nong, the title refers to the ancient Korean meaning of to play, and is the central idea for her latest project, discovering new ways of playing between musical instruments and forms from different cultures. The ensemble gathered in Nong combines both East and West, such as the instruments, composers, musicians and ideas, allowing them to all play together and allows us to imagine a new musical art and creative work.