Dec 12 2024 to Dec 12 2024 7 p.m.

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Where

Freedom Park

Seshadri Road, Gandhi Nagar, Bengaluru 560009

Event Description

Kantha is the flagship subfestival at BLR Hubba 2024- 16 days of music at the historic Freedom Park, celebrating music from across Asia that breaks boundaries. Between 30th November and 15th December, weekends will see 3 artists play each day, while weekdays will have 2 artists each day.   

Booking this event allows you to enjoy both performances on the 12th of December- to check out all the performances at Kantha and reserve your spot, please visit kantha.blrhubba.in.    

About the Performance   

The Wind of  Goblin captivates the audience with music that feels both familiar yet mysterious and free. By combining traditional instruments such as the daegeum (bamboo flute), piri (double-reed pipe), and geomungo (zither) with band sounds like guitar and drums, this performance blends genres such as acoustic, hard rock, heavy metal, and retro electronic music.     

Motivated by traditional folk songs from Gyeonggi (central) and Seodo (northern) regions of Korea, the piece not only preserves the distinctive melodies of traditional instruments with their free bending techniques but also reinterprets symbolic gestures and imagery from traditional dances such as Buchaechum (fan dance), Salpuri (spiritual dance), and Taepyeongmu (dance of peace) through music. Through this unique storytelling, five goblin-like performers unite with the audience on stage.    

The performance includes a total of nine pieces, headlined by The Wind of Goblin, the Gold Prize-winning piece from the 12th 21st Century Korean Music Project, and The Moon Shadow is the Grand Prize-winning piece from the Arirang Creative Song Contest Arirang X organized by the Korean Traditional Performing Arts Foundation.