PARK Chan-yun | Breaths

For Chanyun Park, the Geomungo's mysterious resonance provides the endless source of inspiration and wonder. By using her ancient instrument's six silk strings and a bamboo plectrum only, she has become a master storyteller, describing new and unexplored worlds of beauty and solitude, passion and possibility.
Over the past decade, Chanyun's boundless creativity has been expressed in numerous artistic collaborations. She was one of the founding members of the pioneering Korean World music group, The Forest (The 林) that started out in 2001. The experience there as a performer inspired her to explore other artistic mediums, including composing and performing the soundtracks for the film "King Yebi" (Winner of the 2002 Seoul Performing Arts Festival "Best Picture Award"), and "Cinema Dance" (2005), as well as scoring and producing “Um,” a showcase for young neo-traditional choreographers. Whether she is writing works for her own performance, dance, film or for multi-media presentations, her compositions embody the bold spirit of Changjak Kugak ("Creative" Kugak). Chanyun’s music is well represented in a piece from her album in 2010, Geomungo Story, “Breaths,” which scored for Geomungo and Seanghwang (a free-reed mouth organ, similar to the Chinese Sheng).
Listen to the wordless tales of this musical storyteller: the dynamics and momentum of her music prove that the ultra-modern, ancient sound of the Geomungo is more than worthy of being part of the Korean wave.