We all know that we won’t be able to travel to South-East Asia for a while, however, thanks to the Korean Cultural Centre and Serious, we are going to be blessed with a two-week-long cultural travel corridor between South Korea and the UK. Starting from Friday 30th of October, the...
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31/01/2020 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm Wacław Zimpel + Park Jiha LSO St Luke’s, London
The one that follows is our third interview with Park Jiha in five years. If you have already read the previous ones, you might presume that it’s old hat, but nothing could be more wrong. In fact, it’s as if, through the years, we have met three different artists. Despite...
Festivals are not our favourites when trying to select what to include in our London Gig Guide. We always struggle to recommend single shows and omit others. The same happened when looking at the K-Music 2019 calendar. Spread over two months, the sixth edition of the festival, organised by Serious...
17/10/2019 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm Park Jiha: Philos - K-Music 2019 Rich Mix, London
Jiha Park, a multi-instrumentalist from South Korea, is the leader and founder of duo 숨[su:m], as well as a solo performer and composer. Her debut solo album Communion was released in the worldwide in March and was previously presented in London at the latest K-Music Festival last October. We were...
![Album Review: Park Jiha – Communion [Tak:til; March 2018]](http://www.rhythmpassport.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/park-jiha-communion-335x335.jpg)
Park Jiha‘s debut solo album, Communion, builds iconic soundscapes by merging traditional Korean instruments (piri, saenghwang and yanggeum) and percussion, with instruments from a western jazz background (tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, and vibraphone). The effect brings new ideas which build sonic stories and new ways of appreciating music. Listening to...