Short concert for the occasion of Chuseok

Discover the unique sound of traditional Korean instruments played by young South Korean musician Park Jiha. She will perform two of her own compositions on the piri (bamboo oboe) and saenghwang (mouth organ): At Dawn and Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans. 

The artist is on tour to promote her new album All Living Things, an ode to living beings (released on the German label Tak:til / Glitterbeat). She has been invited to perform at the De/Semble Festival in Vienna and will perform at Reaktor, Vienna, on 12 October.

After the concert, we invite you to learn more about Korean traditions surrounding the Chuseok festival at our Breakfast Worlds, starting at 11 a.m.

South Korean composer Park Jiha deftly balances heritage and improvisation, disrupting traditional paradigms and breathing new life into ancient instruments. Moving beyond her formal training, she reimagines the yanggeum (a hammered dulcimer), saenghwang (a free-reed mouth organ), and piri (a double-reed bamboo oboe) to create an innovative form of minimalism. Her era-ambiguous elegies fluctuate between deeply meditative and dramatically dynamic, emerging as an ever-present prophecy of tomorrow. Through this interplay, Park Jiha crafts sonic landscapes that feel both timeless and deeply present, dissolving the boundaries of past and future. http://parkjiha.com

Free admission
No registration required
Location: Hall of Columns