Home of a South Korean festival that aims to unite the Basque Country, the East and the West
Euskal Herria is hosting the Music for a Better World festival from today, November 14. This international meeting point was born in South Korea, "promoted by the prestigious Master Nanse Gum, together with the Basque musician Garikoitz Mendizabal and the director Unai Urrecho." Through music and dance, the festival will build "bridges between East and West, between tradition and modernity, between memory and future."
The main concert will take place on Monday, November 17, at 7.30 p.m. at the Atrium of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, with performances by Basque and South Korean performers such as Yubin Ahn (clarinet), Gorka Hermosa (accordion), Ikwhan Ji (guitar), Hae Ji Kim (violin), Garikoitz Mendizabal (txistu) and Josu Okiñena (piano).
The program includes works by Aita Donostia, Marin Marais, Pablo Sarasate, Astor Piazzolla and George Gershwin.
Tickets are free, but the place must be booked.