Intro

The elegant combination of Korean pansori and piano portrays abandonment, forsakenness, forgiveness, and salvation!

Synopsis

Korea’s representative myth of a female, The Tale of Princess Bari, has been recreated in a modern context as a world music project under the name Bari, abandoned , which has been brought to life by the lyrics of playwright, PAI, Sam-shik, the vocals of Han Seung Seok, and the rendition of Jung jaeil. The cohesion of pansori and piano projects the life at the time of the Bari Mythology, by expressing a message of salvation and solace to the contemporaries’ life, which has been filled with conflict, division, isolation and hurt. Musically, pansori combined with piano and other traditional and modern instruments, such as guitar, bass, orchestration, computer programming, janggo, kwaenggari, jing, piri, and taepyongso bring together an alluring melody that is beyond just the simple infusion of Western and Eastern sounds.
Han Seung Seok & Jung jaeil’s Bari, abandoned has won Best Crossover Album in ‘The Best Jazz/Crossover Category’ at the 12th Annual Korean Music Awards in 2015, and it was also officially invited to the 50th Montreux Jazz Festival, one of the most prestigious music festivals in the industry.

Review

“The most significant aspect of this album is not modernizing Korean traditional music but inducing the communication with people of our times.”
- KWON Seok-Jung, TenAsia (Korea)

“Incredibly beautiful, our music, our sound”
- ‘KBS FM Kiss The Radio’

“If you are curious about these two artists, just listen to their music.”
- JANG Gyung-Jin, ize magazine (Korea)

“Surprisingly beautiful, yet most realistic music of ours” - KIM Do-Hun, Channel Yes (Korea)

“An unexpected ensemble of piano and ”pansori“...breathed new life into the Korean floklore of Princess Bari”
- KWON Mee-Yoo, Korea Times (Korea)

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Creator / artist

Han Seung Seok has done extensive research into pansori and other traditional Korean music. He strongly believes and lives by his human values and carefully considers the nature of music and how it should be performed. Currently a professor in Joongang University’s Traditional Arts Department, Han possesses a soft, yet at the same time, plaintive and powerful charisma in his voice. Emerging as a gifted child into a multi-talented artist, Jung Jaeil is a former member of the group “GIGS” and a producer for top artists, movies and performances. He has organized exhibitions, fusing music with performance, and continues to expand into various fields related to music.

Promotion Infomation

TOUR SIZE
Performers : 4
Staff : 7

DURATION
90 min. (No intermission)

STAGE SIZE
Width : 14 m, Depth : 9 m, Height : 7 m

Contact

CHOI, Bo-yun

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