MEDIATHEK

In October 2014 the production Words & Beyond II – Nan Sul Hun by the Korean composer Seung-Won Oh (formerly Seung-Ah Oh) was premiered in the Amsterdam Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ.

In the centre point of Words & Beyond II – Nan Sul Hun are the poems and life of one of the greatest Korean poets: Huh Nansulhun (1563-1589). Nansulhun came from a, for that time, modern thinking aristocratic background. Through education she was able to develop her intellectual gifts to a, for women unusually, high level. Yet she was forced to marry on her 15th and lead an unhappy and unfulfilled life leading to her early death. The production combines Eastern and Western ideas on the universal theme of equality between men and women as well as music-theatrical ideas in a unique way.

In Words & Beyond II, 8 Korean and European musicians/dancers keep audiences captivated in a slow oriental pace coloured by sound and movement. Instrumentation: traditional Korean jungga singer, keomungo, accordeon, 3 percussionists, 2 dancers. Costume and decor design by the reknown Korean artist Jinnie Seo. Jungga singer Minhee Park takes on the lead role of Huh Nansulhun.

The production received raving response from audiences and press alike. Leading newspaper De Volkskrant awarded the production with 4 stars, writing: “Everything in this production, by the celebrated Korean composer, is equally perspicacious..” The Theaterkrant.nl was equally positive: “Korean music theatre of unearthly beauty.”

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