[Co-production by 2025 Jeonju Int'l Sori Festival and World Music Center]

2025 World Music Journey Lecture-Concert

The World Music Center foundation and the 2025 Int'l Sori Festival jointly organized the “World Music Journey Lecture-concert” series, which took place every Wednesday in July at Hayanyangokjip. Featuring morin khuur player Kim Yeonjun, theorbo player Yoon Hyunjong (with cellist Jang Yujin), banjo player Jang Hyunho, and kora player Jeong Hwanjin (with dundun player Jo Jaeeun), young talented performers shared their music and related stories about instruments from Mongolia, North America, West Africa, and Europe, offering a special opportunity to experience less-focused musics and cultures.

The "2025 Sori Camp" will be held from August 14 (Thu) to 16 (Sat) at various locations in Jeonju including the Sori Arts Center. Under the theme “In Search of the Memory of Scattered Sounds: A Diasporic Approach,” the camp will move beyond theory-based education to offer field-oriented arts education programs. The project is targeted at students specializing in music from universities across the country. Following last year's successful program, the new application process has been completed. The selected 25 participants will have the opportunity to watch performances, listen to lectures by experts, and interact with domestic and international artists, fostering their growth as professional artists and exploring potential career paths.

From a Distant Place of the Continent, Beyond Time

Theorbo Player Yoon Hyunjong (with Cellist Chang Yujin)

Theorbo: Rich Sounds that Resonated the Baroque Europe

Yoon Hyunjong is a performer who has been exploring a variety of lute type instruments including guitar, theorbo, saz, and sitar, as well as a sound designer, music director, and performance maker. As the director of the early music ensemble <Musica ex Machina> and a member of the <Blue Camel Ensemble>, he recently presented <In & Around C> (2024), selected by the Arts Council Korea's "Performing Arts Creative Cradle (music category)." He continues to collaborate across genres, including early music, contemporary music, theaterical arts, and modern dance. Cellist Jang Yujin, who will perform with him, graduated from Seoul National University and studied in Germany before returning to Korea, where she has been actively performing.