The Kinetic Korean Music Group YIEN solo concert
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at 7 PM
Korean Cultural Service NY
The Kinetic Korean Music Group YIEN is a traditional Korean music group of five young female artists: Dul-yi Kang (Haegeum, vocal), Kyung-min Nam (Gayageum), Saem-yee Lee (Piri, Taepyungso, vocal), Jeong-hui Cha (Daegeum, Sogeum), and Sol-ip Han (Janggu, percussion). Ever since its debut in 2007, YIEN has put its effort in producing creative Korean music with contemporary sensitivity alongside encounters with variant arts to communicate with contemporary youths.
YIEN received the Grand Prize at the Gugak Festival’s Korean Traditional Music Contest and it was selected as a performing arts group to be intensively fostered by Arts Council Korea in 2008. YIEN had a South America concert tour including Peru and Bolivia in May 2009 and will showcase their music at Australasian World Music Expo (AWME), Melbourne, Australia in November 2010.
YIEN released its first album URBAN in 2009 characterized by a harmony of acoustic and electronic sounds. The album includes lounge and club music of fabulous rhythm and melody of Korean traditional music with strong electronic beats, and contemporary folk songs that will provoke the sentiment of urbanites.
FREE admission but RSVP required. Please contact Korean Cultural Service NY at 212-759-9550 or info@koreanculture.org to rsvp.