#8B Zeitströme – Art Company Dalmoon: Uraufführungen auf koreanischem Instrumentarium

Art Company Dalmoon was established in 2014 by traditional Korean musicians. Dalmoon, a metaphor for ‘moon(dal)’, seeks for resembling sounds which will be the basis for presenting Korea within the world. The young traditional musicians living in the contemporary world aim for the exploring and concerning their own sound. Not restricted with a specific genre, rather developing and creating fusion genres in order to make traditional music more familiar and closer to the public. However, the inheritance and development of traditional arts are the fundamentals of the contents. The musicians autonomously think about the creation, and suggest new perspective on the accessibility of the traditional music to the public. They are players of the music and, at the same time, direct-indirect creators, constantly working on producing creative performance art. The company realizes the passions and ideals of the musicians through various attempts in Korea, and also working internationally with acknowledgement. The company participated in Yilan International Arts Festival in Taiwan in 2015 to 2016, Yilan International Children’s Folklore&Folkgames Festival in 2016, the Oman’s national holiday performances organized by Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the Sultanate of Oman in 2016, and the 5th International Rondalla/Plucked Strings Music Festival in Philippines in 2018.