‘Marathon concert’ to take place at old Seoul Station building

Musical performance will continue for a combined 16 hours and 30 minutes for two days. It deserves the title "Marathon Concert.’"

"Right Now Music 2015," which will take place at Culture Station Seoul (former Seoul Station building) in Seoul’s Jung district on April 11 and 12, is an event where performers from Korea and overseas will seek to inherit the legacy of traditional music, namely classical music and gugak (traditional Korean music), yet will try and dismantle the barriers between different musical genres. Performance will continue from noon to 11 p.m. on April 11, and from noon to 6:30 p.m. on April 12. It is also sensational in that audience members can freely walk through, sit or lie down as they please at the venue during performances.

Among performers of classical music is "Alarm Will Sound," a U.S. music band. Twenty performers of musical instrument used in orchestra, including violins and clarinets, will seek convergence between classical music and rock or electronic music. "Alarm Will Sound" will also conduct joint performance with "Radio Rewrite" by American composer Steve Reich and "Twinned" by Korean composer Kim In-hyeon.

"Ensemble U3" active in Europe is a group comprised of performers of ancient musical instrument such as recorder, baroque cello and cembalo, and has been conducting performances of contemporary music by using ancient musical instrument. The group will perform songs composed by contemporary music composers including German composer Stephen Stritch.

Art Director Won Il of the National Gugak Orchestra will showcase "Percussive Maintenance 2" composed by himself. The song will be performed with recorder and gayageum (12-string zither from Korea) by the duo “Sum” and Temujin (Genghis Kahn),’ a performer of Madugeum, a traditional musical instrument from Mongolia. Jeong Ma-ri will also perform vocal songs amid performance with ancient musical instrument from the East and the West, including gayageum, lute and harpsicord.’

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