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East Asian Friendship Event
AKS Membership Secretary Peter Poole and friends represented the
AKS at the Second East Asian Friendship event, held on 4 October in
the splendid historic church of St. Lawrence Jewry in the ancient
Guildhall Yard in the heart of the City of London.
Organised in association with several Asian Friendship bodies in
the UK, including the AKS who provided sponsorship for the Korean
pianist, the concert, introduced by the vicar, comprised a varied
and interesting repertoire of classical music by young performers
from Korea, Japan and China. All three are studying or have studied
at one or other of London’s leading music conservatoires.
Grace Yeo (Korea) performed an excellent programme of piano music
by Chopin and Ravel. She was followed by Yuko Tomonago (Japan) who
played Japanese harp music, a delightful and unusual addition to the
programme.
After the interval Zizhou Zhang (China), only 16 years old and
describing each piece in turn, delivered a fine performance of
dramatic music by Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt and Rachmaninoff, as well
as a Chinese piece entitled `Colourful Clouds Chasing the Moon’ by
Ren Guang.
An outstanding evening, which contributed £1000 to the Lord Mayor
of London’s Charity appeal 'The Bear Essentials – Building Better
Lives'. I am sure too that we shall hear more from these young
musicians in the future.
Peter Poole
10th October 2011
Korean Language Courses
The Modern Language Centre at King's College London will be
offering Korean language courses for beginners and level 2 in
October 2011.
Download the
flyer, or find
more details on the website:
www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/mlc/evening
An online resources page for Korean can be found at:
www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/mlc/olc/online/korean.aspx
posted 6 September 2011
Global Korea Lecture Series: 'Scorched Earth, Black Snow'Having introduced Andrew Salmon and his work to the KCC last year,
we were delighted the Centre immediately put him on its programme
for this year when he became available to talk about his new book,
"Scorched earth, Black Snow".
The event, held on 21 June, was very popular.
Read a report by our new Treasurer, Chris Hollands.
posted 6 July 2011
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