In a traditional Korean house, the sarangbang was the host’s room, where guests gathered for music, poetry and conversation. It was a home of pungnyu, the Korean art of savouring music and nature in good company. Sarangbang is a new series hosted by London-based daegeum soloist and composer Dr Hyelim Kim, bringing that spirit to an intimate room in London.
For the first edition, the host opens the door alone. Kim plays the daegeum, Korea’s oldest bamboo flute, and the small danso, weaving the sounds of nature with Korean traditional music. Future editions will welcome guests.
In the spirit of the sarangbang, you are warmly invited to bring a piece of music, a poem or a drawing you would like to share, from any tradition or place. It needn’t be Korean. After the performance, the room is open.
Doors 7.30 | music 8pm | £10 cash on the door
Trained in Korea’s traditional repertoires, Kim won the Gold Medal at the Korean National Taegŭm Competition and 1st Prize at the Korean National Chongro Music Competition, and was selected as an emerging artist by the Arts Council Korea and as a Kumho Young Artist. She holds a PhD in ethnomusicology from SOAS. She has premiered a daegeum concertino as soloist with the Orchestre de chambre de Paris, performed on BBC Radio 3’s Late Junction, and appeared at festivals including the London Jazz Festival, Holland Festival, Helsinki Festival and Wiener Festwochen.
