Young Masters: Winners of the Onnara Gugak Competition

Tickets: $20

Winners of the most prestigious gugak competition in Korea – the Onnara Gugak Competition – are coming to New York to showcase their top talents. These young masters of gugak will play the Gayageum Sanjo, Piri Sangryeongsanpuri, Jeongga Suyangsanga, and Arirang medley, as well as a dance performance of one of the most beautiful of traditional court dances, the Chunaengjeon, imitating the mage of a nightingale singing in the tree on a fine spring day.

Piri - TaeHoon Choi Awarded Presidential Prize at the Onnara Gugak Competition in 2016

Jeongga - SeungRan Kim Awarded Gold Medal at the Onnara Gugak Competition in 2016

Gayageum - JeeHyun Cho Awarded Gold Medal at the Onnara Gugak Competition in 2016

Dance - SolBee Oh Awarded Gold Medal at the Onnara Dance Competition in 2016

1. Court Music / Piri solo “Sangnyeongsan” (7 mins)

2. Folk Music / Gayageum solo “Gayageum Sanjo”

3. Court Vocal Music / Gasa “Eobusa”

4. Court Dance / “Chunaengjeon”

5. “Arirang”

This performance is presented in collaboration with the Korea Society and the National Gugak Center.