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JAMBINAI with London Contemporary Orchestra

Part of K-Music Festival 2025

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Image of all members of Jambinai against alight blue backdrop

Korean post-rock band JAMBINAI make their Barbican debut in a rare and electrifying performance in our Hall. 

JAMBINAI sound less like a band than a force of nature, fusing the full dramatic range of post-rock dynamics to Korean folk roots to create an exhilarating, vivid and unique fusion. Their instrumental music is coloured by combining traditional Korean instruments like the haegeum, geomungo, and piri with crushing guitars and cinematic textures. 

Formed in Seoul in 2009, JAMBINAI have earned international acclaim, including 5 recognitions in the Korean Music Awards and a breathtaking performance at the 2018 Winter Olympics closing ceremony. After captivating audiences during their sold out appearance as part of K-Music Festival 2023, they return ready to unleash their bold and immersive signature sound, unlike anything you’ve heard before.

Tagged with: Contemporary music Members' Priority Booking

Age guidance: 5+

This concert may contain strobe lighting effects and haze.

End time for this performance will be added nearer to the event date.

Produced by the Barbican. 

Part of the K-Music Festival 2025, presented in partnership with the Korean Cultural Centre UK.


 

Performers

London Contemporary Orchestra
Robert Ames Conductor
Ilwoo Lee Piri, Guitar, Taepyeongso, Saenghwang & Vocals
Bomi Kim Haegeum & Vocals
Eunyong Sim Geomungo
Jaehyuk Choi Drums
B.K Yu Bass

Ticket prices

Members and Members Plus enjoy 20% off ticket prices for this show (subject to availability)

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£12

 

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‘Epic folk-rock that proves there’s more to Korea than K-pop.‘
Songlines
‘Post-punk gusto, summoning a brutalist cacophony that is leavened by passages of exquisite tranquillity and post-rock progression.‘
Q
‘Korea’s JAMBINAI impressed with their genre-blurring sound, applying traditional folk instruments to eruptive instrumental drone-rock reminiscent of Sonic Youth.‘
Times
‘A triumph. Countless bands can switch from quiet to loud effectively; few do it with such overwhelming power as JAMBINAI.‘
MOJO
‘Drawing on post-rock and metal, they were soon astonishing audiences at festivals around the world as leaders of the new wave in Korean music.‘
Evening Standard

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