Concert: Leeds Gayageum Group, as part of Leeds Korean Day Festival
- Date
- Saturday 14 November 2026, 2:30pm-3:30pm
- Location
- University of Leeds: Stage@Leeds - Alec Clegg Studio
- Tickets
- Free. Booking required.
- Category
- Concert
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Twelve strings, one afternoon
Live gayageum, Alec Clegg Studio
The gayageum is Korea’s best-known zither: twelve silk strings stretched over a long paulownia body, plucked with the right hand while the left presses and bends each note into life.
That bending is the heart of the instrument — a single string can sigh, slide or tremble, and the same phrase never lands quite the same way twice.
The Leeds Gayageum Group brings the instrument to the festival stage for an hour of live playing, from traditional Korean repertoire to newer writing for the gayageum.
This event is part of Leeds Korean Day Festival 2026.