London Korean Links |
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English language resources for people interested in Korean culture and history |
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What’s on |
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Details of Korean-related events, mainly in London These are only the events I know about. There are bound to be lots of others. Please let me know if you are organizing an event, and I shall post it here. Some of these events are reviewed here |
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© Philip Gowman 2006 |
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14 Dec 2006 (tbc) |
RNCM Bruntwood Theatre |
Grand Finale of Think Korea 2006. National Centre for Korean Traditional Performing Arts |
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11 Dec 2006 (tbc) |
Mermaid Conference & Event Centre |
Grand Finale of Think Korea 2006. National Centre for Korean Traditional Performing Arts |
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2 Dec 2006 |
Fairfield Hall Croydon |
Thames Philharmonic plays Korean Fantasy Concert. There’s half a chance they’ll be playing Ahn Eak-tai’s eponymous work |
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29 Oct 2006 |
RAM, David Josefowitz Recital Hall |
Experience Korean Contemporary Music by Jin Eun Sook and members of the Korean Society of Women Composers. New Professionals Ensemble |
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28 Oct 2006 |
Royal Academy of Music, Duke’s Hall |
Experience Korean Contemporary Music by Jin Eun Sook and members of the Korean Society of Women Composers. New Professionals Orchestra |
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27 Oct 2006 |
SOAS Brunei Lecture Theatre |
Experience Korean Contemporary Music by Jin Eun Sook and members of the Korean Society of Women Composers. Contemporary Music Ensemble Korea |
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16 Sept 2006 |
Bruntwood Theatre, RNCM |
Fantasia: Explore Korean Traditional Dance |
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14 Sept 2006 |
Bloomsbury Theatre |
Fantasia: Explore Korean Traditional Dance |
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6-7 Sept 2006 |
Halifax Hall, Sheffield University |
Annual conference of British Association for Korean Studies. “Generations in Korea: Past, Present and Future”. |
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12 August 2006 |
The Fairfield, Fairfield Road, Kingston |
Open-air Korean festival organised by the Korean Residents Society of New Malden |
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22 July 2006 |
Northcott Theatre, Exeter |
Dulsori. “Raw passionate energy pulses through the driving rhythms of Korea's drumming sensation” |
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17-21 July 2006 |
SOAS |
Learn how to drum, Korean style. Korean SamulNori percussion, tutored by Dulsori. £60 for 5 evening classes (or maybe £50, according to the website). Drums will be provided, beginners welcome |
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17 July 2006 |
Purcell Room |
SamulNori: Rhythm Sticks 2006 |
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26 June - 1 July 2006 |
Barbican |
A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Yohangza Theatre Company |
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19-25 June 2006 |
Everywhere |
Global Week of Prayer for North Korea |
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5 June 2006 |
SOAS lecture theatre |
Lecture: Korean Modern Culture - Prof Kim Chang-Nam from SungKongHoe University (part of London Korean Festival 2006) |
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29 May - 3 June 2006 |
Air Gallery, 32 Dover Street |
Modern Korean Ceramics - Traditional yet Contemporary (part of London Korean Festival 2006) |
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27 May 2006 |
V & A Lecture Theatre |
Korean day at the Victoria & Albert Museum (part of London Korean Festival 2006) |
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25 May 2006 |
Asia House |
Korean Ceramics: Art and Techniques. Talk by Dauphine Scalbert. |
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24 May 2006 |
Bloomsbury Theatre |
Korean Breeze - Concert of traditional Korean music |
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23 May 2006 |
West Road, Cambridge |
Korean Breeze - Concert of traditional Korean music. |
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22 May 2006 |
Hollywell Music Rm, Oxford |
Korean Breeze - Concert of traditional Korean music. |
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22 - 26 May 2006 |
Prince Charles Cinema |
London Korean Film Festival. 9 films from 2005. (part of London Korean Festival 2006) |
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20 May 2006 |
Mean Fiddler |
Crying Nuts, Wanderlust, and Ji Hye Lee play the Mean Fiddler (part of London Korean Festival 2006) |
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11 May 2006 |
Watershed, 267 The Broadway, Wimbledon |
Gig by young Korean band The Meredith. 8pm onwards. Other bands will be playing |
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8 May 2006 |
Prince Charles Cinema |
Screening of Hyeol-ui nu / “Blood Rain” (Kim Dae-Seung) as part of Asia Extreme season |
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3 May 2006 |
Asia House (evening) |
Lecture - New approach to East Asian History - Dr Wontack Hong from Seoul |
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3 May 2006 |
Chatham House (lunchtime) |
Korean Ambassador to Japan, Ra Jong-il, talks on “Korea-Japan relations and the Northeast Asia community”. Very topical. |
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2 May 2006 |
LSE, Hong Kong Theatre 6:30pm |
Korean Ambassador to UK, Dr Cho Yoon-je: Reform, Innovation and Internationalisation: the challenges of the new Korean economy. Chaired by Howard Davies |
Email events at lse dot ac dot uk |
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1 May 2006 |
Prince Charles Cinema |
Screening of Gawi / “Nightmare” (Ahn Byung-ki) as part of Asia Extreme season |
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1 May 2006 |
Fairfield Halls, Croydon |
Lee Soo-Young performs numbers from her latest album (Grace) with the RPO. Korea Fantasy. |
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28 April 2006 |
Royal College of Art |
Screening of “A Little Monk” |
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24 April 2006 |
Prince Charles Cinema |
Screening of Bunshinsaba / “Ouija board” (Ahn Byung-ki) as part of Asia Extreme season |
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17 April 2006 |
Prince Charles Cinema |
Screening of Hayanbang / “Unborn but forgotten” (Lim Chang-jae) as part of Asia Extreme season |
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11&12 April 2006 |
Peacock Theatre |
Eun Me Ahn Company: Chunhyang - an impossible love |
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6 April 2006 |
St James’s Piccadilly |
Daegum recital - “Scent of Eastern Wind” |
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17-18 March 2006 |
Birkbeck College |
“What a difference a region makes”: 2 day symposium on East Asian cross-border flows of popular culture. |
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16 March 2006 |
Foreign Press Association |
Anglo-Korean Society / Korean Embassy “Korean Night” |
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16 March 2006 |
Chatham House |
Korea Discussion Group - Social Injustice and Economic Dynamism in Contemporary Korea |
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24 Feb 2006 |
SOAS L61 |
Exploring Korean Music colloquium. |
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24 Feb 2006 |
SOAS Khalili |
Lunchtime Daegeum recital (Lee Sangkyu) |
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24 Feb 2006 |
SOAS Brunei |
Portrait of Hwang Byungki—evening concert featuring Hwang’s compositions with Hwang and other distinguished performers |
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24 Feb 2006 |
SOAS Vernon |
Talk on the future of Korea, particularly North / South relations, by representative from Korean Embassy, followed by free buffet. |
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23 Feb 2006 |
Asia House |
Portrait of Hwang Byungki—evening concert featuring Hwang’s compositions with Hwang and other distinguished performers |
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16 Feb 2006 |
Conway Hall |
Korean Cultural Evening - food, performances. Put on by University of London Korean Society |
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10 Feb 2006 |
Curzon Soho & general release |
General release of Sympathy for Lady Vengeance |
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9 Feb 2006 |
Curzon Soho |
Preview screening of Lady Vengeance, with Q&A with director Park Chan-wook |
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7-26 Feb 2006 |
Peacock Theatre |
Ye-Gam Inc: Jump |
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27-29 Jan 2006 |
Battersea Arts Centre |
Theatre Momzit - Empty Hands. Part of London International Mime Festival. “A beautiful visual theatre performance based on Korean ritual ceremonies and shamanism, accompanied by traditional percussion music.” |
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26 Jan 2006 |
Asia House |
Charlotte Horlyck lectures on Korean temple architecture |
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24 Jan 2006 |
BBC4 |
Jonathan Ross’s Asian Invasion: Korean Film |
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20 Jan 2006 |
General release |
General release of A Bittersweet Life |
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