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Ahn Sook Sun (; born September 5, 1949) is a South Korean
pansori ' () is a Korean genre of musical storytelling performed by a singer and a drummer. The term ' is a compounds of the Korean words and , the latter of which means "sound." However, ''pan'' has multiple meanings, and scholars disagree on which ...
singer. She is considered a Living National Treasure in South Korea. She is currently regarded as a famous pansori singer with both skill and popularity among pansori masterpieces, and is known as "Eternal Chunhyang (''영원한 춘향'')", "The Best Sounder of Our Times" and "Primadonna of the
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world" and is a musician who is gaining worldwide fame. She was invited to perform at the 2018 K-music Festival in
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Biography

Ahn was born in
Namwon Namwon (, ) is a city in North Jeolla Province, South Korea. Namwon is about 50 minutes from the provincial capital of Jeonju, which is almost three hours away from Seoul. The official city flower is Royal Azalea () while the city tree is the ...
in 1949, which is the home of pansori ''
Heungbuga ''Heungbuga'' () is one of the five surviving stories of the Korean ''pansori'' storytelling tradition. It is also called ''Baktaryeong'' (박타령) or ''Hungboga'' (흥보가). The other stories are ''Simcheongga'', ''Chunhyangga'', '' Jeokbyeok ...
'', ''
Chunhyangga ''Chunhyangga'' () is a '' pansori'' folktale from Korea''.'' Being a pansori, ''Chunhyangga'' is a narrative art form, and is traditionally performed by two people: a singer and drummer. There is also a story based on the ''Chunhyangga'' pansori ...
'' and "Eastern style" of pansori (known as dongpyeonje). At nine, she was introduced to pansori by her aunt Kang Soon Young, who helped start learn pansori from Joo kwang-duk. During her teens, she learned the songs of the classic five madangs. After arriving in Seoul in her twenties, she learned more skills from Kim so hee and joined the national
Changgeuk ''Changgeuk'' () or ''ch'angguk'' is a genre of traditional Korean opera Opera is a form of History of theatre#European theatre, Western theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by Singing, singers. Suc ...
production team at age 31. She was awarded ''officier'' of the
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in 1998 with praise. She also performed at the
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in 1998.


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20th-century South Korean women singers South Korean Buddhists 1949 births Living people People from Namwon 21st-century South Korean women singers {{SouthKorea-musician-stub