Korea and 10 member nations of the Association of Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN) signed an agreement Friday to establish an international folk music orchestra during the 2008 ASEAN-Korea Meeting on Cultural Collaboration Projects in Seoul and Gwangju.
Korea and ASEAN countries ― Brunei Darussalem, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam ― will form an ensemble that harmonizes instruments ethnic to each culture, bringing together the gayageum (12-string zither) from Korea, the Serunai (pipe) from Brunei and the ozi (long drum) from Myanmar, among others.
``We are seeking to further strengthen our friendship and cooperation through cultural coexistence, so as to increase mutual understanding and create stronger ties for the future,'' said Kim Jang-sil, vice minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, at the Seoul meeting, Thursday.
President of Chung-Ang University Park Bum-hun, who founded and conducted the world's first Asian music ensemble, the Orchestra Asia, in 1993, gave congratulatory remarks.
``I believe that today's meeting is the first step in realizing my dream,'' said Park. ``Unfortunately, unlike Western music, Asian music is not as well known or loved among people in other parts of the world. The reason is probably because we still bind Asian music in the name of tradition, and fail to make Asian music more accessible to the general public,'' he said, adding that the ASEAN-Korea orchestra will be a stepping stone in developing traditional music, helping it to become more in line with changing global trends while still preserving the values unique to each music culture.
One way to facilitate this process of globalization is industrializing the digitalization of traditional Asian music, said Choi Sang-wha, Chung-Ang University professor and president of the Korean Classical Music Digital Research Association. >>More
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