Hosoo Lee Young-jun Cultural Foundation Holds Hosoo Culture Festival with Theme 'Hosoo Pungnyu'

Sponsored by Seoul City, 'Hosupungnyu' Theme at Donhwamun Gugakdang

The Hosu Lee Young-jun Cultural Foundation will hold the '2nd Hosu Cultural Festival,' which combines traditional vocal music, dance, and instrumental music, at Donhwamun Gugakdang in Seoul. The Hosu Cultural Festival has been held since last year as a performance featuring gugak and jeongga to inherit the spirit of the late Hosu Lee Young-jun, the holder of Seoul Metropolitan Government's intangible cultural heritage, Seokamje Sijo.

The event, hosted by the Hosu Lee Young-jun Cultural Foundation and sponsored by the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Korean Sijo Masters Association, will take place on the 26th under the theme 'Hosu Pungnyu.' It will be hosted by former Director Seo In-hwa of the National Gugak Center Busan and CEO Park Jun-young. Chairman Lee Si-eun of the Hosu Lee Young-jun Cultural Foundation and Seokamje Sijo practitioners of Seoul's intangible cultural heritage will recite Seokamje Sijo, and Kim Byung-oh, a traditional vocal music instructor for the national intangible cultural heritage Jongmyo Jeryeak transmission, will perform traditional vocal music.

Following this, the Hosu Jeongga Choir will perform Seokamje Sijo, and traditional dances by Park Geum-rye and Bae Hee-sun will be presented. There will also be a performance by the Jeongak Orchestra of the National Gugak Center. Chairman Lee Si-eun said, "Through this performance, I want to introduce the beauty of traditional music, especially jeongga, to the citizens," adding, "I hope traditional arts become a subject of interest for the entire nation, just like the Seokamje Sijo, which is the most widely sung nationwide."

Meanwhile, the Hosu Lee Young-jun Cultural Foundation was established in January last year to inherit and carry on the spirit of the late Hosu Lee Young-jun, the holder of Seoul's intangible cultural heritage Seokamje Sijo. The foundation honors Lee's achievements during his lifetime and promotes the cultivation of cultural and artistic talents, as well as the activation of cultural and artistic performances and events. It is also striving to develop gugak in a way that is accessible to the public to ensure the succession and promotion of traditional cultural arts.

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