Dong Suk Kim


Adjunct Assistant Professor of Korean Music

Department: Ethnomusicology
University of California
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Email: kimdd@ucla.edu

Keywords: Korea, Music

Korean Traditional Music

DongSuk Kim is a founder and director of the Korean Classical Music and Dance Company, and president of the Korean-American Culture and Arts Association. He and his groups have performed at prestigious venues such as the New York Metropolitan Opera House, the Los Angeles Music Center, the White House, the Orange County Performing Arts Center, the Hollywood Bowl, the 1984 Olympic Arts Festival, and the 1988 Seoul Olympic Arts Center. He has also performed extensively and given workshops through the Los Angeles Unified Schools Districts Intercultural Awareness Program, the Music Center on Tour Program, the Orange County Performing Arts Center, San Diego Young Audiences, Santa Barbara Childrens Creative Project, San Jose Young Audiences, and the Performing Tree. Kim has had his own radio program for over ten years through the Radio Korea Broadcasting system. He teaches at private colleges and gives lessons at his private studio on Korean traditional instruments and dance.

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