Kings Place concert - East Meets West; Mozart, Janácek & Korean zithers

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Join us for a very special musical fusion of ‘East Meets West’.

This concert offers a rare opportunity to hear traditional Korean music and classical Western music in a single evening.

The programme will focus on string music, bringing together the ‘Abel Quartet’ and four performers from ‘The Korean National Gugak Centre’, one of the great arts institutions of Korea whose work oversees a thousand years of musical history.

Programme

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String Quartets from Mozart: No.21 in D major K.575 'Prussian' No.1

Janáček: No.1 'Kreutzer sonata'

Intermission

Traditional Ensemble with Korean zithers - Dodeuri and Hyunsanhosang

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TIMES / TICKET PRICE

Start time: 7.30pm

Cost for ticket / event: £8.50

All fees are included

We will meet at the venue from 6.45pm. Arrive early and Kings Place has a very decent cafe selling hot meals, soup, pizza,cakes and sandwiches.

Afterwards we'll head to a bar for drinks nearby.

THE ABEL QUARTET

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The Abel Quartet was formed in 2013 while its members were studying in Munich, Germany. They studied under Prof. Christoph Poppen and Prof. Hariolf Schlichtig who were both former members of the Cherubini Quartet.

Since Abel’s formation notable highlights include being awarded 1st prize at the Joseph Haydn International Chamber Music competition and the audience prize at the Lyon International Chamber Music Competition, 2015.

Most recently Abel won 1st prize at the 5th Artsylvia Chamber Music Audition, 2016.

THE KOREAN NATIONAL GUGAK CENTRE

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The Korean National Gugak Centre is a culture and arts institute that preserves and promotes over a thousand years of tradition and history. They have continued to pass down Korea’s traditions and artistic skills whilst at the sometime preserving a variety of culture and art resources including their nation’s unique court music, Pungryu and Korean classical music.

KINGS PLACE

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Kings Place is an independently-funded arts and conference venue presenting a diverse range of music, spoken word and art. It contains the first new public concert hall to be built in Central London since the completion of the Barbican Concert Hall in 1982.

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TRAVEL

Kings Place is situated just a few minutes’ walk from King’s Cross and St Pancras stations.

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