"The technique I learned, who I am, how I'm thinking, my gesturesβeverythingβthe tradition will be there, no matter what. These are my roots. I can't escape them."
Korean gayageum player DoYeon Kim discusses how her apprenticeship in traditional music led her to improvisation, her instrument-damaging technique, and why she occasionally screams at her audience. The Tonearm's Jonah Evans takes it all in.
DoYeon Kim and the Lives of the Gayageum:
https://www.thetonearm.com/doyeon-kim-and-the-lives-of-the-gayageum/




