If we divide traditional Korean music into the two broad fields of instrumental and vocal music, AHN Sook-sun is one person among only a few, whose name will constantly be mentioned in both domains. For nearly fifty years this famous figure of the art world has devoted his life to pansori, being a living example of how traditional Korean solo-performing historical dramas of pansori have been passed down to the 20th Century, and transformed by evolving into new forms. Her musical life could be compared with a treasure chest detailing the long history of pansori in Korea. If you’d like to know of Korean pansori’s past, contemporary and future forms then all you need is to experience the expansive talents of AHN Sook-sun’s stage performances.
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