Kang Eun-il HaegumPlus perform several genres with Haegum and other Oriental and Western instruments. The music promotes communication beyond time and space. It is also a retrospective of Korean traditional music s past, creating the present toward the future. his Korean New Music group attempts to reach a balance between Korean traditional music and modern age. Kang Eun-il HaegumPlus, Yoshida Brothers of Japan and 12Ladies Music Chambers of China are the most distinguished groups representing Asia with their own indigenous instruments. Kang Eun-il HaegumPlus use Korean traditional music as their text and express pure crossover music spanning from Asia to the West. Kang s music displays the Haegum s potential and place in the global context. The Haegum originally has a slow and rough tone. However, Kang Eun-il translates the tradition into a new music full of beautiful melodies and great temperance. Her music approaches us as a lyric poem. Her bowing, strong and gracious, will make her fans happy with renewed appreciation of Korean music s potential and give foreigners, who are unfamiliar with Korean music, an opportunity to share in a universal musical experience.
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