Kim Duk-soo

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Kim Duk-soo ( Korean : 김덕수 ) (born September 23, 1952 in Daejeon , South Korea ) is a South Korean percussion performance artist.

Name spelling

Depending on the transliteration of his name, in addition to the version used in this article, the spelling “Kim Duk Soo” or “Kim Deok-su” can be found in different sources.

Live and act

Kim Duk-soo was born on September 23, 1952 in Daejeon ( 대전 ) in South Korea . He grew up with eight siblings and was introduced to the art of traditional Korean peasant music (Nongak) ( 농악 ) at an early age by his father, who was a professional musician and sogo player in a Namsadang group ( 남사당 ) (traveling performance artist) . Chosen by his father from among his siblings as the one to follow his father in family tradition, he took part in a first performance while playing on the shoulders of an adult at the age of five. In 1959, at the age of seven, he received a prize from the then South Korean President Rhee Syng-man ( 이승만 ) for his excellent performance at the national competition for nongak performances , which marked the beginning of his career as a percussion artist.

Kim learned from his father to play the janggu ( 장구 ), an hourglass-shaped drum instrument that later gave him the title “Mr. Janggu ” should bring in. He attended the Korean Traditional Music and Performing Art School in Seoul , from which he graduated, and after a year of college attendance he devoted himself to his career as a percussion performance artist.

Kim was a member of the Korean Folklore Society from 1965 to 1976 and has performed at events overseas over the years. In 1978 he developed the concept of playing the traditional four instruments Kkwaenggwari ( 꽹과리 ), Janggu ( 장구 ), Jing ( ) and Buk ( ) while sitting on the stage, known as Samulnori ( 사물 놀이 ) (sa = four; mul = Object; nori = game) has been known since then and was decisively shaped by Kim Duk-soo. With the Samulnori he started his first stage show on February 22, 1978 in Seoul, the capital of his country. Participants at the time were Lee Jong-dae (Buk), Kim Young-bae (Kkwaenggwari) and Choi Tae-hyeon (Jing), with Kim Duk-soo playing the Janggu. On September 29, 1980, the group appeared in a new line-up ( Kim Duk-soo , Kim Yong-bae , Choi Jong-sil and Lee Kwang-soo ) at the Space Theater (Konggan Sarang / 공간 사랑 ) in Seoul. This line-up is often referred to as the original of the Samulnori. In 1982, performances with his group took him to countries such as the USA , Japan , Canada , Great Britain and other countries around the world. In 1988 he played in the torchlight ceremony for the opening of the Summer Olympics in Seoul.

In 1993, Kim founded the SamulNori Hanullim Performing Arts Troupe , with which he performed further appearances all over the world, including one, together with European Samulnori players and members of the ufaFabrik's Samba group Terra Brasilis for the wrapping of the Reichstag in Berlin in 1995 on the subject of reunification Korea. In addition, they celebrated a shamanistic ritual. The ufaFabrik in Berlin, a self-managed cultural project and event location, has maintained a friendly relationship with Kim Duk-soo for over 25 years. On August 5th, 2017 they had another gig at the ufaFabrik, where Kim Duk-soo played with his SamulNori Hanull in the Performing Arts Troupe .

In 1998 Kim was appointed professor in the Department of Traditional Folk Theatrics of the School of Traditional Arts at the Korean National University of Arts (Hanguk Yesul Jonghap Hakgyo / 한국 예술 종합 학교 ).

In 2002 he took part in the opening of the soccer World Cup in South Korea and Japan with a performance , became president of the Democratic Peaceful Unification Advisory Council in South Korea in 2004 and took part in a music festival for the year of friendship between South Korea and Japan in 2005. By 2007 Kim Duk-soo had already performed over 5500 gigs in over 50 countries around the world.

SamulNori Hanullim

In 1993, Kim Duk-soo, the SamulNori Hanullim, Inc. ( 사물 놀이 한울림 ), which literally means something like "the utmost in sound" or "biggest Echo" , and this mostly in English with " Big Bang " is translated (big bang) . The original ensemble of four players who played the traditional four instruments grew to around 40 participants when it was founded.

Works

incomplete selection of numerous CDs. DVDs and VHS videos:

  • 1996 - Kim Duk Soo * - Samulnori, Synnara Music (CDs)
  • 1997 - Six-volume instructional videos on Samulnori (VHS)
  • 2001 - Samulnori textbook
  • 2001 - Kim Duk-Soo - Spirit of Nature, Nanjang Music (CDs)

as editor:

  • 1999 - Kim Dong-won, What is Samulnori, Sanulnori Textbook, Overseas Koreans Foundation / Korea National University of Arts, Seoul

Awards

  • 1959 - President's Prize in the National Competition for Nongak Performances
  • 1973 - Samulnori registered as an important intangible cultural asset with the number 92
  • 1993 - Named one of the 50 most respected personalities in Korea by the daily Chosun Ilbo
  • 1995 - Order of Civil Merit, Magnolia Medal
  • 1995 - Best Traditional Musician Award from the Korean Broadcasting System (KBS)
  • 1995 - Proud Seoul Citizen Award
  • 1995 - Proud South Chungcheong Provincial Resident Award
  • 1998 - The Korean daily Chosun Ilbo named him one of the 50 most important personalities in South Korea.
  • 2001 - Kim was honored with the country's 4th Culture Prize.
  • 2007 - Fukuoka City's 18th Arts and Culture Prize in Japan known as the Fukuoka Prize .

literature

  • Hyun Kyung-chae: Kim Duk Soo - Traditional Korean drum music delights the world . In: Koreana . Summer Vol. 1 No. 2. The Korea Foundation , 2006, ISSN  1975-0617, ( online [accessed November 1, 2018]).
  • 芸 術 ・ 文化 賞 - 金 徳 洙 (KIM Duk-soo). Secretariat of the Fukuoka Prize Committee, Fukuoka 2007 (Japanese,online[PDF;11 kB ; accessed on November 1, 2018] short biography until 2007).
  • Minjungs Korean-German Dictionary . Korean Society for German Studies, Seoul} 1981, ISBN 978-89-387-0502-0 (Korean).
  • Katherine In-Young Lee : Encounters with Samulnori . The Cultural Politics of South Korea's Dynamic Percussion Genre . Harvard University , 2012 (English, online [PDF; 13.3 MB ; accessed on November 1, 2018] dissertation).

Web links

  • Kim Duk-soo . In: Fukuoka Prize . Secretariat of Fukuoka Asia Culture Prize Committee, 2007,accessed November 1, 2018.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Park Sang-moon : Music pioneer brings Korea to the world . In: Korea Joongang Daily . August 8, 2018, accessed November 1, 2018 .
  2. Hyun: Kim Duk Soo - Traditional Korean drum music delights the world . In: Koreana . 2006.
  3. Kim Duk Soo . In: Life in Korea . Life in Korea Inc. , accessed November 1, 2018 .
  4. Archive: KIM Duk-Soo SamulNori (Hanullim Performing Arts Troupe ). Internationales Kultur Centrum ufaFabrik eV, August 5, 2017, accessed on November 1, 2018 (English).
  5. Lee : Encounters with Samulnori . 2012, p.  29 .
  6. Lee : Encounters with Samulnori . 2012, p.  44 .
  7. a b c d 芸 術 ・ 文化 賞 - 金 徳 洙 (KIM Duk-soo) . 2007 (Japanese).
  8. Shin Hyo Jin: Samulnori, Kim Duk-Soo and the ufaFabrik in Berlin. In: Korean Cultural Center. Cultural Department of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, January 8, 2018, accessed November 1, 2018 .
  9. ^ Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize . (PDF 11.3 MB) In: Report 2007 . Secretariat of Fukuoka Asia Culture Prize Committee , 2007, p. 9 , accessed November 1, 2018 .
  10. a b c Kim Duk Soo - Arts and Culture Prize 2007 . In: Fukuoka Prize . Secretariat of Fukuoka Asia Culture Prize Committee , 2007, accessed November 1, 2018 .
  11. Minjungs Korean-German Dictionary . 1981, p.  1955, 1357 .
  12. Lee : Encounters with Samulnori . 2012, p.  27 .
  13. Lee : Encounters with Samulnori . 2012, p.  26 .
  14. a b Kim Duk-Soo . In: Discogs . Retrieved November 1, 2018 .
  15. a b c d e Kim Duk-soo, Samulnori Master of 27 Years . In: KBS Global . Korean Broadcasting Service , August 2, 2005, archived from the original on August 2, 2005 ; accessed on November 1, 2018 (English, original website no longer available).