Sori Choi () is a South Korean percussionist, known for performing both traditional Korean musical styles and contemporary art music by modern composers. Choi was born in

Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

. She began learning how to play the ''

janggu The ''janggu'' (, also transliterated as ''janggo'' or ''changgo'') or ''seyogo'' () is a drum often used in traditional Korean music. It consists of an hourglass-shaped body with two heads made from various types of leather. The two heads pr ...

'' at age 6. Choi studied traditional Korean percussion instruments at the National High School of Korean Music and at the Music College of

Seoul National University Seoul National University (SNU; ) is a public university, public research university in Seoul, South Korea. It is one of the SKY (universities), SKY universities and a part of the Flagship Korean National Universities. The university's main c ...

. She is a student of two

Important Intangible Cultural Properties of Korea National Intangible Cultural Heritage () is a national-level designation within the Heritage preservation in South Korea, heritage preservation system of South Korea for intangible cultural heritage. This and other national-level designations are ...

master percussionists, learning the ''janggu'' with Kim Yeong-taek and the '' soribuk'' (the barrel drum used in ''

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 ...

'') with Park Geun-young. In 2010, Choi began touring internationally with the Korean Music Project (KMP), sponsored by South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism. She has given world premieres by many Korean and European contemporary composers, and has given presentations, performances, and workshops on traditional Korean percussion instruments at many international music festivals, including the 2012 and 2014

Darmstädter Ferienkurse Darmstädter Ferienkurse ("Darmstadt Summer Course") is a regular summer event of contemporary classical music in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany. It was founded in 1946, under the name "Ferienkurse für Internationale Neue Musik Darmstadt" (Vacation Co ...

(Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music).

References

External links

Sori Choi official website
Korean traditional musicians Musicians from Seoul South Korean percussionists Seoul National University alumni Living people Date of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) {{SouthKorea-musician-stub