Jazz pianist and long-time resident of Korea, Ronn Branton will be performing his work “Tiger” at the Performing Arts Center of Dongduk Women’s University in Daehangno on July 27—28. “Tiger,” which reflects the artist’s life in Korea, is a musical expression of his concerns for the natural environment, Korean tradition and the Korean spirit. Tickets are 22,000 won—44,000 won. For more information, call (02) 888-2698.
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I got a kick out of this from the poster:
론 브랜튼의 서머나잇재즈 “타이거!”
Which is a straight Hangeul transliteration of the preceding English text. Why not:
론 브랜튼의 여름밤재즈 “호랑이!”
Anyhow, I had never heard of this gentleman, but you’ve got me intrigued. Does he perform often? Does he do some kind of Korean-Western jazz fusion?
Wow, cool! I know Ron… Performs in Seoul fairly often, one place or the other… he’s great, well-worth listening to… I’ll try to go to this!
I actually know something about this work. It seems that Branton has delayed this concert performance but is working on turning this into a full-sized musical, instead.
I can also link to a video I found last year of a piece that is from “Tiger” (I believe). It is called “Chilseong” and was from his summer concert last year. Note the seven-note motif in the bass; seven notes for the seven stars that makes up the seven stars of “Chilseong”, the god that governs man’s fate.