JeongGaAkHoe | The moon reflecting in the water

Since their founding in 2000, Jeong Ga Ak Hoe has been concertizing widely throughout Korea, Europe and the United States, presenting their unique, one-of-a-kind performances of both Korean traditional music and novel pieces for Korean traditional instruments. Jeong Ga Ak Hoe’s eclectic and diverse repertoire has deep roots in the ancient Korean concept of Johwa (조화), meaning ‘harmony’ or ‘balance;’, and each performance is an expression of the transformative power that exists in music and nature.
Jeong Ga Ak Hoe’s holistic approach has led them to explore the potential of new, and at times, unexpected artistic collaborations resulting in a new genre of emotionally compelling performance art, by utilizing the aesthetics of traditional Korean music as a catalyst to create a new, multi-dimensional, visionary theater.
More than providing mere “incidental” scores, Jeong Ga Ak Hoe draws upon the ancient traditions of Korean musical arts; it adds narrative, recitation, dance and video to create a ritualistic, genre-defying space where past, present and future coexist simultaneously, for both preservation and transformation of the musical heritage of their ancestors.