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ORMACO, in collaboration with the Akron-Summit County Public Library, presents Jin Hi Kim, innovative komungo virtuoso and Guggenheim Fellow composer, on April 13, 2019, at the Akron-Summit Public Library at 8 pm.
ORMACO, in collaboration with the Akron-Summit County Public Library, presents Jin Hi Kim, innovative komungo virtuoso and Guggenheim Fellow composer. Kim has performed as a soloist in her own compositions at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, Smithsonian Freer Gallery of Art, Asia Society, Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin), Royal Festival Hall (London) and around the world.
She is known as a pioneer for introducing komungo (geomungo) to American contemporary music scene and for extensive solo performances on the world’s only electric komungo with live interactive MIDI computer system in her large-scale multimedia performance pieces. She has developed her compositional concept “Living Tones” emerging from Korean traditional music in cross-cultural chamber and orchestral compositions. The New York Times wrote, “…virtuoso, Jin Hi Kim promises thoughtful, shimmering East-West amalgams in combinations that are both new and unlikely to be repeated.”
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ADMISSION INFO
Free admission
LOCATION
60 S. High Street, Akron, OH 44326
PARKING INFO
Convenient Parking for Main Library includes:
:: High & Market Deck (across from the Akron Art Museum and connects to the library)
:: Super Block Garage
:: Cascade Parking Garage
:: John S. Knight Center Parking
