In which eavesdropping host Juliet Fraser talks to Hyelim Kim about the role of nature in traditional Korean music, cutting her first bamboo flute and finding the groove.

References: her monograph 'Tradition and Creativity in Korean Taegŭm [or daegeum] Flute Performance’ published by Routledge in 2021 and recent album 'Songs of the Forest Calm' with Danish jazz instrumentalists Kasper Staub and Torben Westergaard.

Hyelim will perform in the eavesdropping festival at Cafe OTO on Sunday 30 March 2025: https://www.eavesdropping.london/activity/festival-2025/