Casa Amigo to host 2nd foreign pansori showcase

A diverse group of foreign pansori singers will perform their second showcase of Korea's traditional narrative music genre at Casa Amigo in central Seoul's Gyeongnidan neighborhood on Saturday. Last time these international practitioners of traditional Korean music gathered there, the room filled with both Koreans and other foreign residents curious to see them perform and learn more about pansori. "The reaction from people who came to the last event was very positive, with many asking us to organize another one," Erin Hughes, the main event organizer, told The Korea Times. "That's why we decided to do a second show." Due to the explosive interest in their free concert, the organizers decided this time to charge 15,000 won for entry, which also comes with one free drink. Registered on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, pansori is a genre of musical storytelling tracing its history back centuries. Generally performed by solo singers, called sorikkun, who perform all the roles in a set repertoire of orally transmitted plays, known as madang. Only