"Recompose", a
reinterpretation of Korean music as a great show held on June13 at National Theater
of Korea Junh-gu, Korea. The main attraction of the show was the re composition
and reinterpretation of the traditional Korean music by four different world renown
foreign composers, including Baudouin de Jaer (Belgium), Michael Timpson
(U.S.), Takada Midori (Japan) and Chichun Lee (Taiwan).The present their
individual visions and demonstrating new music in Recompose. Recompose was
presented in the Haeoreum Theater in the Main Hall located at the National
Theater of Korea, which itself is a master piece from it sitting and facilities
point of view. Located in the heart of Seoul the national theater of Korea is a
nice place to visit and enjoy the traditional musical shows.
Thanks to the Korea
tourism Organization for providing the opportunity to enjoy the awesome
performance with my friend Saqib Bhatti. The concert, started from a daring
question, "How Korean traditional music viewed by foreigners will turn
out?" was basically an approach to the Korean traditional music with a new
method recomposing the Korean traditional music. Principally the National Orchestra
of Korea endeavors to find masterpiece Korean music through the Orchestral
Series. In this regards they believe that recompose will allow Korean
traditional music to be reinterpreted by foreign composers from United States
and Taiwan and be transformed into a new and fashionable masterpiece.
A short story was
merged into the show by relating Korea’s Bukcheong lion dance Drama* with a
lion symbolizing Belgium’s royal family. Bukcheong Lion Dance Drama is one of
Korea’s folk plays that played on full-moon nights by the lunar calendar. The
drama is played by people from the nearby towns in Bukcheong-gun, Hamgyong-do.
The main purpose of the play is to ward off evil spirits and to wish for the
year’s good harvest.
Beautiful melodies of
traditional instruments, such as the geomungo and gayageum entertain the spectators.
I was deeply moved by the skills of all the composers and found it like a true
representation and incursion of a diverse culture to other cultures.
Hope that with the passage
of time we may be able to watch some more amazing performances from the court
of national and international performers.
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