KOFICE: SINNOI

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“Freewheeling in music beyond tradition, SINNOI”

Sinnoi present the freshness of the sound and the margin of tradition, which is a unique combination of Korean traditional music-based vocals and piri, jazz bass, and ambient sound. Although it uses elements from Korean traditional music, the sounds performed by artists in different fields feel familiar yet unfamiliar to Koreans, and foreigners.

They borrow passages from traditional folk songs or traditional songs and add their own musical ideas to create new music, or borrow only the lyrics and use modern musical language to create Sinnoi’s unique sound. All music work is carried out through joint creation, and as a result, the first album was released in 2019. In 2021, as a new expansion of the work Sinnoi’s work was created. Sinnoi’s will be presented in this tour, offering an opportunity to experience Sinnoi’s musical achievements over the years.

“Sinnoi is a wonderful surprise. Just watch this unique band become a live and viral cult presence across the globe over the next decade.” - Max Reinhardt (Soho Radio, UK)

SINNOI is a quartet consisting of Wonsool Lee, a bassist who has an unrivaled presence in Korean jazz scene; Bora Kim, who has and extensive musical range from Gyeonggi minyo (Korean folk song) and jeongga (Korean traditional vocal genre); Godam, an artist of electronic sound; Nayeon Lee, a piri, taepyeongso player. This unique combination of Jazz, Korean traditional music and electronic sound creates SINNOI’s sound, which is truly original and exceptional, by blurring the boundaries between the genres and integrating disparate elements with each other.

SINNOI is another name of SINAWI, originated from the shamanistic music, one of the oldest traditional Korean music, and performed by an instrumental ensemble. This form primarily focuses on achieving harmony among the instruments with disparate musical characteristics. As its band name implies, SINNOI places its foremost interest in demonstrating new variations out of three different musical ingredients―Korean traditional music, jazz and electronic sound.

Entry is free of charge, for reservations, please fill out the registration form.

This Performance is supported by the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange (KOFICE) as part of "Touring K-Arts" project.