Korean Music-Noreum Machi- Samulnori,New Wave Group @2

Noreum Machi is a captivating new group from Korea that performs the virtuosic percussion music known as samulnori. First introduced to the West in the late 1970s by the legendary ensemble Samul-Nori, this exciting music had a huge effect in galvanizing the student movement in Korea and reengaging Koreans with their traditions. Samulnori is a modernized staged adaptation of pungmul nori, a ritualistic celebratory event with origins in shamanism and animism performed by rice farmers and professional musicians at harvest festivals. Noreum Machis colorful program includes spectacular percussion dialogues, shamanic chants, and acrobatic dances.
Samul-Nori, with its emphasis on percussion, dramatically changed the way that Korean music had been perceived both in the West and by young Koreans; here was a music that was easily accessible and seemed to speak a far more universal language. Noreum Machi essentially continues and expands the journey that Samul-Nori began.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• New Wave Group
• Korean Music
• piri
• janguu
• samul nori