Daegeum maestro Won Jang-hyun plays the daegeum, a large Korean bamboo flute, at the National Gugak Center in Seoul. Photo © Hyungwon Kang The large bamboo flute ...

A lone bamboo standing in snow, called ``seoljuk'' in Korean, is a metaphorical depiction of the solitary life of a 49-year-old maker of ``daegeum,'' the traditional Korean large bamboo transverse ...

Musicians of Sound Trek, a multinational traditional Korean music band based in Seoul, perform ahead of an interview with Yonhap News on Nov. 13, 2025. From left: Russian accordionist Alexander ...

Lectures, performances and workshops on the daegeum, a representative wind instrument in Korean traditional music, will be presented in four cities in Belgium. Participants will have the unique ...

Welcome to the seventh episode of <Gugak Wednesdays: Online Korean Music Concerts>. June 20th is the Summer solstice this year. In the Northern Hemisphere, it is the day when the Sun reaches its ...

The large bamboo flute called daegeum, used in traditional Korean music, is uniquely capable of producing a wide range of listening experiences from a single ancient woodwind instrument. Daegeum, a ...