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Korean musical genius, TeRra Han special album release
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Traditional Vocal Songs from Asia
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Japanese Koto, Chinese Guzheng, North and South Korea’s traditional Instrument
TeRra Han releases special edited album ‘TeRra Gold’ this month. The album includes Asian zither instrument representative masterpieces of traditional music, such as Korean gayageum, Japanese Koto, Chinese guzheng. TeRra Han produced the album and it is live recording in each country.
TeRra Han’s this album is the package of the TeRra Gold which has published by TeRra Magazine on June. TeRra Han publishes a special edition of TeRra magazine, TeRra™ Gold themed of 6 heroes of TeRra™ Asia. The special edition includes the most 6 representative figures of Asia interviewed and written by TeRra Han. This special edition is for celebrating TeRra Han’s music debut 30 years and publishing of TeRra™ Print magazine on May Issue.
The songs of this album are Korean traditional vocal genre ‘Pansori’, Japanese representative folk song ‘Sakura Variations’, those pieces are accompanied with Korean kayageum and Japanese Koto, the traditional zither instruments. And also one of extraordinary piece is North Korea’s music included, ‘Bell Flower’ and Chinese Intangible heritage, Xingsan Jin’s music. Fisherman’s song which considered one of the most representative and beautiful traditional chinese songs is also included. Especially, 'Sakura variations' was officially appointed as the official music of celebrating 50 years of the diplomatic relations between Korea and Japan by the Japan-Korea foreign ministry's.
Han is well known for musical genius as a Korean kayageum virtuoso based in New York City. Ms. Han was a child prodigy and was performing by age 6. She started music with piano at age 4 and began her training in traditional Korean music and performing arts, including singing and dancing, at the age of 6, as well as, Ms. Han has trained other Asian zither traditions including the Japanese koto, the Chinese guzheng, guqin and North Korea‘s music represented in China and Indian Sitar.
Han has received numerous awards and fellowships, including the National Commission for UNESCO and Blanchette Rockefeller Fund, the Asian Cultural Council in New York. She also serves as an honorary ambassador of the Center for International Affairs of Korea, member of the Asian Zither’s Association, and member of Asian Musicology. Han holds B.A. and M.A. degrees from Seoul National University. She has released more than 10 solo albums of Asian authentic classical music and numerous chamber and orchestra recordings.
TeRra Han had debut stage at the Carnegie Hall in New York as the youngest Korean traditional musicians of a few who ever had a recital at the Carnegie hall. In TeRra Han was admitted voting member of the Grammy Awards as a few Asian musicians by The Recording Academy in the United States.
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