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KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ Speaking of Music: Jin Hi Kim, 1 of 2

Analog Audio

Event Type

Interview and Music

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

SOM.1990.04.12.A

Program Series

Speaking of Music

Program Length

108 min

Part

1 of 2

Dates

1990-06-25 | broadcast
| 1990-04-12 | created

Description

Recorded on April 11,1990 as part of the San Francisco Exploratorium’s Speaking of Music series, Charles Amirkhanian interviews Jin Hi Kim about the traditional music of Korea as well as her own career as a composer, and the first female virtuoso on the komungo to experiment with free improvisation. She has performed with such musicians as Henry Kaiser, Elliot Sharp, and Joseph Celli, and has experimented with an electric komungo, samples of all of which can be heard in this excellent program.

Genres

World music
Free improvisation

Musical Selections

[two samples of Korean court music] -- [a sample of Korean ceremony music] -- [demonstration of komungo music] -- [untitled improvisation] / Jin Hi Kim -- [from “No World Improvisation”] / Jin Hi Kim & Joseph Celli -- [improvisation piece] / Jin Hi Kim & Henry Kaiser -- [improvisation piece] / Jin Hi Kim, Elliot Sharp, & Joseph Celli

Performers

Jin Hi Kim, komungo (all pieces)
Joseph Celli, mukhaveena (from “No World Improvisation”)
Henry Kaiser, guitar (improvisation pieces)
Elliott Sharp, guitar (improvisation pieces)

Subjects

Ethnic music
Music -- Korea
World music
Improvisation (Music)
Komungo
Komungo music

Related places

San Francisco (Calif.) (was recorded at)
Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)

Related Entities

Amirkhanian, Charles
Kim, Jin Hi
Celli, Joseph
Kaiser, Henry
Sharp, Elliott