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Hwang Byungki (31 May 1936, in Seoul – 31 January 2018) was the foremost South Korean player of the gayageum, a 12-string zither with silk strings. He was also a composer and an authority on sanjo, a form of traditional Korean instrumental music.

In 1951, he began playing the gayageum at The National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts in Seoul, where he studied under the renowned gayage…

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Type
Person
Area
South Korea
Born
May 31st, 1936
Died
January 31st, 2018
Genres
Labels
ARC Music
C&L Music
PQube
Sonnori
Last updated: February 7th, 2018·MusicBrainz

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