Seoul Music: Korean Sanjo Meets New York Jazz presented by the Asia Society
2018 New York Sanjo Festival
Saturday, May 19, 2018, 7:00 pm
(Free pre-performance Lecture at 6:00 pm)
Asia Society
725 Park Ave., New York, NY 10021
Tickets: $25 General / $22 Students and Seniors
Sanjo shares the stage with American jazz and blues traditions, as well as klezmer music.
Sanjo is a form of Korean music with its origin in the music of the Korean indigenous shaman culture and pansori (epic story-telling sung drama) tradition. An improvised multi-movement solo genre, the soloist interacts with the rhythmic accompaniment of the janggu (double-headed drum).
This show features some of the most renowned Korean performers together with outstanding Grammy award-winning jazz artists: Lee Tae-Baek (ajaeng); Yi Jiyoung (gayageum); Kim Sung-Ah(haegeum); Gamin (piri); Sita Chay (violin); Frank London (trumpet) and Ned Rothenberg (saxophone).
For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit https://asiasociety.org/new-york/events/seoul-music-korean-sanjo-meets-new-york-jazz.