Intercultural Institute

Gugak Jazz Society is a musical group that Mina Cho founded to create new platforms where Gugak (Korean traditional music) meets jazz and world music. At this concert they will be joined with NEC’s...

featuring

Nayeon Lee (piri, tapyungso – double reed pipes)

Narae Lee (sori – voice)

Insoo Kim (gosu – percussion)

Do Yeon Kim (gayageum – zither)

Sephardic Jewish musicians and their Ottoman/Turkish counterparts

with Edwin Seroussi and Joseph Alpar

Born in Montevideo, Uruguay and immigrated to Israel in 1971, Edwin Seroussi is the Emanuel...

Since at least the 16th century, the Turkish maftirim repertoire – Hebrew devotional poetry set to Turkish makam music for use in the synagogue – demonstrates the deep relationships Ottoman Jews...

Othello in the Seraglio, a uniquely powerful “coffeehouse opera,” tells an age-old story of passionate love and murderous jealousy, of a black slave at the 17th century Ottoman Court who rises to...

What does it really mean to be fluent in more than one musical language? 

In the age of YouTube, world music traditions now seem closer and more accessible due to media saturation. However, while...