Korean Festival: 22 May - 1 June 2006

This year, as part of the 40th Anniversary Celebrations, Clare Hall, for the first time, is hosting the Korean Festival.

Featured is a colourful programme of talks, music and dance, films and art.

It is hoped that the festival will strengthen the relationship between the College and its partner universities in Korea which have been formed over the last three years.

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Clare Hall is pleased to be associated with the Fitzwilliam Museum for the launch of the Gompertz Collection Catalogue.

Monday - 22 May

Opening Reception and Film

Place: Clare Hall Common Room
Time: 7.45pm

Film: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter...and Spring
A film by Kim Ki-Duk
(Suitable for persons 15 years of age or older.)

Place: Clare Hall Dining Room
Time: 8pm

The Guardian
"It is both serene and gripping, and carries a potent and mysterious charge in its visual poetry. ... This is one of the very few films which has a real spiritual dimension; it bears that dimension lightly, and persuasively transmits a Buddhist conviction that time, age and youth are an illusion. A charming and rewarding film."

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The Observer
"Kim Ki-Duk's Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring is an entrancing fable about learning, suffering and the passing on of wisdom. Covering many years, it unfolds in five chapters reflecting the circular process of the seasons in its title. ...
This film might well become some sort of classic."

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Kim Ki Duk - Major Awards and Honors

2004 Venice International Film Festival, Silver Lion for Best Director,
FIPRESCI Award, and Leoncino d'Oro (Agiscuola) for 3-Iron

2004 Berlin International Film Festival, Silver Bear for Best Director for Samaritan Girl

2003 Locarno International Film Festival (Switzerland), Junior Jury Award

CICAE/ARTE prize, NETPAC Award for Asian Cinema, and Don Quijote Award for Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter…and Spring

2000 Venice International Film Festival, NETPAC Special Mention for
The Isle

Tuesday - May 23

Talk:
Rhythms and Seouls: The Music of Korean Shamanism

Speaker: Dr. Keith Howard,
School of Oriental and African Studies

Place: Clare Hall Meeting Room
Time: 5.30pm

An Evening of Korean Folk Music and Dance

DANO 2006, Korean Breeze
Place: West Road Concert Hall
Time: 7.30pm

Booking Information
Cambridge Corn Exchange
Tickets: £7, concessions £5
Tel. 01223 357 851

Tickets are on sale at the Porters Lodge for Clare Hall members!

For more information please contact the Development Officer or call 01223 361 590.

This concert will feature Yang Seung Hee, Master of kayagum (half-tube zither with 12 strings) who has been designated by the Korean government as a Living Human Treasure. She will be appearing with Kim Hae Sook, Min Eui Sik, Park Yong Ho as well as artists from the Korean National University of Arts and the Korean Sanjo Music Society and together they will perform Sanjo, Sinawi, and Pansori.