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In this workshop, gamin will help you gain an understanding of Korean Music, how it can be transformed in the contemporary world, and learn about the aesthetics that will help you understand East Asian Music.

Bio

Gamin Kang, known simply as “gamin,” a distinguished NYC soloist, tours the world performing both traditional Korean music and cross-disciplinary collaborations. Gamin plays 3 types of Korean winds, and is a designated Yisuja (Senior Diplomate), official holder of Important Intangible Cultural Asset No. 46 for Court and Royal Military music. Gamin earned her Doctorate in Korean Musical Arts at Seoul National University. Re-inventing new sonorities from ancient, somewhat restrictive, musical systems, gamin has participated in several cultural exchange programs, as Artist-in-Residence at Rockefeller University and Penn. She has presented lecture/concerts at Harvard and Dartmouth, and at international universities in Paris, Bangkok, and Tashkent. Gamin has collaborated in cross-cultural improvisation with world-acclaimed musicians presenting premières at the New School and Metropolitan Museum, NYC. She was featured artist at the Silkroad concert, Seoul, 2018, performing on-stage with Yo-Yo Ma.

 Gamin has produced 5 CD's and has performed with several major orchestras. Gamin's Carnegie Hall début as featured soloist with the Nangye Gugak Orchestra of Korea, scheduled for March 27, 2020, was postponed by the covid pandemic until a later date.

For more info: www.gamin-music.com

This workshop is in partnership with the Lebanese American University in New York (LAU NY).