Song of a Giant Tortoise

2012

12'

for daegeum or shakuhachi

Frame from Theo Lipfert's film The Invasion of the Giant Tortoises

(-) World premiere: 2012, Afternoon of Shakuhachi and Koto Music, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts; Elizabeth Brown (shakuhachi)
(-) European premiere: 2018, Opening of Exhibition of paintings by Yala Juchmann, Katholische Akademie, Schwerte; Camilla Hoitenga (flute)
(-) African premiere: 2019, Conservatoire National de Musique et d'Art Chorégraphique de Rabat, Salle Bahnini, Rabat, Morocco; Elizabeth Reian Bennett (shakuhachi)
(-) Premiere of version for daegeum: 2021, ONLINE, Distanced Soundings, YouTube; Hong Yoo (daegeum)


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