Park Jiha: All Living Things
Tracing Time Through Breath and Sound
WED 22 OCT, 19:30 | Rich Mix
Acclaimed composer and multi-instrumentalist Park Jiha returns with her latest album All Living Things—a radiant sonic meditation on the textures, rhythms, and quiet power of the living world.
At the K-Music Festival, Park Jiha showcases her mastery of traditional Korean instruments, the piri (a double-reed bamboo oboe), saenghwang (a free-reed mouth organ), and yanggeum (a hammered dulcimer), intricately woven with deeply personal composition and a deft use of contemporary sonics. The result is a soundscape that defies genre at once, post-classical, ambient, and cinematic, yet entirely her own.
- “Music like no other music.” (★★★★★ Musikexpress)
- “All Living Things effortlessly straddles ambient and modern classical, ancient and new." (★★★★ The Observer)
- "She plays every instrument, crafting a sonic terrarium that maintains an organic warmth despite its meticulous management.” (★★★★ Songlines)
Since debuting with Communion in 2018, Park has released Philos (2019), The Gleam (2022), and All Living Things (2025) on Tak: til/Glitterbeat Records, exploring sound as a form of breathing. Her work includes a BBC-recorded collaboration with poet Roy Claire Potter and her film scoring debut for Garth Davis’ Foe (2023), showcasing her cinematic sensibilities and evolving soundscapes.
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Park Jiha
