'Healing Melodies from Nature' Mapo Cultural Foundation Ambient Concert 'Geudaeege'

Actor and Gugak Artist Oh Jeonghae, Jeongga Vocalist Ha Yoonju, and Others Appear
Healing Music 'Ambient Music' Performance That Comforts the Mind Through Repetition

Actors and traditional Korean musicians Oh Jeong-hae (left) and Jeongga vocalist Ha Yoon-joo performing at the ambient music concert 'To You'. Photo by Mapo Cultural Foundation

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heeyoon] A performance that offers healing through the sounds of nature is coming to audiences.

The Mapo Cultural Foundation announced on the 25th that it will hold the ambient music concert "To You" on the 26th at the Art Hall Mac in Mapo Art Center, Mapo-gu, Seoul.

This concert is themed around ambient music, a genre of electronic music that has rapidly emerged as healing music by adding contemplative sound effects. It combines music with natural sounds recorded from various places across South Korea to provide a time of healing.

The performance consists of five movements starting with the opening: △To You, This Rain △Feast of Waves △Chattering Forest △Theme of Love △Theme of Hope.

First, "To You, This Rain," themed around rain, samples the sound of rain recorded in Gyeonggi Province. It is a piece where the performance of Project Band M and the relaxing sound of rain blend together.

Ambient concert image. Photo by Mapo Cultural Foundation

The second movement, "Feast of Waves," is themed around waves and samples the sound of waves from the sea in Gangneung. The performance of Project Band M and the humming song by the M Choir, composed of famous vocalists, blend together like a single instrument.

The third movement, "Chattering Forest," was created by recording the sounds of forests in Gangwon Province, South Korea. The performance features the Korean traditional instrument geomungo played by Park Cheon-kyung and guitar, blending traditional Korean and popular music instruments into one.

The fourth movement, themed around a stream, "Theme of Love," contains the sound of a stream from Namhansanseong in South Korea. Vocalist Ha Yoon-joo, specializing in Jeongga, participates in this piece.

The final piece, "Theme of Hope," features narration aimed at delivering hope to the people of South Korea who have endured difficult times due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. The narration is performed by Oh Jeong-hae, an actress and gugak musician known for the film "Seopyeonje."

Song Jeyong, CEO of the Mapo Cultural Foundation, said, "Although the difficult COVID-19 era has passed, many people are suffering from depression as an aftereffect. This performance was created with the aim of providing instant meditation that is easily accessible to those struggling." He added, "We hope the audience will meditate with healing music containing the sounds of South Korea, shake off accumulated stress and depression, and take hope to move forward."

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