This Sunday (July 21, 2019) at 8:00pm: CIMC presents Han-earl Park (guitar) at plugd, Upstairs @ The Roundy (Castle Street, Cork, Ireland). Also performing is Chris Engel. Admission: €5 at the door.
See the performance diary for up-to-date info. [Facebook event…]
| date | venue | time | details |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 21, 2019 | plugd Upstairs @ The Roundy Castle Street Cork, Ireland |
8:00pm | Han-earl Park (guitar) presented by CIMC. Also performing: Chris Engel. Admission: €5 at the door. [Details…] |
| August 8, 2019 | Vortex Jazz Club 11 Gillett Square London N16 8AZ England |
8:00pm | Eris 136199 (Han-earl Park: guitar; Catherine Sikora: saxophones; and Nick Didkovsky: guitar). Tickets: £10. [Details…] [Vortex page…] [Get tickets…] [Special offer…] |
| August 11, 2019 | Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Av. de Berna, 45 A Lisbon, Portugal |
6:30pm | Eris 136199 (Han-earl Park: guitar; Catherine Sikora: saxophones; and Nick Didkovsky: guitar) as part of Jazz em Agosto. [Details…] [Jazz em Agosto page (info/tickets)…] |
| August 12, 2019 | The Fumbally Stables Fumbally Lane Dublin 8, Ireland |
8:00pm | Eris 136199 (Han-earl Park: guitar; Catherine Sikora: saxophones; and Nick Didkovsky: guitar) presented by Improvised Music Company in association with Note Productions. Also performing: Zeropunkt (Fergus Cullen, Jamie Davis and Damien Lennon). Tickets: €12 online/€15 at the door. [Details…] [IMC page…] [Get tickets…] |
| September 15, 2019 | Hošek Contemporary MS Heimatland Fischerinsel 3 10179 Berlin Germany |
5:30pm (doors: 5:00pm) | Han-earl Park (guitar) as part of Improvised & Experimental No. 73. Also on the program: Simona Blahutová (sound installation), Gloria Damijan (toy piano), and Johnny Chang (viola). Donations €5–10. [Hošek page…] |
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Friday, March 22, 2019, at 1:10pm: FUAIM: Music at UCC presents “guitar noise, improvisation and cyborg virtuosity” with a solo performance by Han-earl Park. The performance take place at the Aula Maxima (University College Cork, Cork). Admission is free.
See the performance diary for up-to-date info. [FUAIM page…] [Facebook event…]
Described as a ‘musical philosopher’ and ‘delightful shape-shifter,’ guitarist Han-earl Park is no stranger to the FUAIM series, having last performed at UCC with his ground-breaking ensemble, Sirene 1009, back in Spring 2017.
We are delighted to welcome him back this Friday for a solo concert that promises to be a ‘revelatory listening experience that infuses modern aesthetics with the spirit of the ancient.’ Please join us!
Improviser, guitarist and constructor Han-earl Park (박한얼) has been crossing borders and performing fuzzily idiomatic, on occasion experimental, always traditional, open improvised musics for twenty years. As soloist, he has performed in recent years in New York, Munich, Seoul and elsewhere, and his ensembles have performed across Europe and the USA.
Park is the instigator and mastermind behind ensembles such as Eris 136199 (with Catherine Sikora and Nick Didkovsky) and Sirene 1009 (with Dominic Lash, Mark Sanders and Caroline Pugh), and co-conspirator in projects with Richard Barrett and others. Park is the constructor of the machine improviser io 0.0.1 beta++, and of Metis 9, a playbook of improvisative tactics. He has performed with Wadada Leo Smith, Paul Dunmall, Evan Parker, Pauline Oliveros, Lol Coxhill, Ingrid Laubrock, Josh Sinton, Gino Robair, Louise D.E. Jensen, Pat Thomas and Franziska Schroeder. His ensembles have performed at festivals including Freedom of the City (London), Brilliant Corners (Belfast), ISIM (New York), CEAIT (Los Angeles) and Sonic Acts (Amsterdam).
“Guitarist Han-earl Park is a musical philosopher…. Expect unexpected things from Park, who is a delightful shape-shifter….”
Brian Morton (Point of Departure)
“Though short, percussive, hard-to-notate sounds dominate Han-earl Park’s sound, he does utilize the totality of the guitar’s sonorities—just not in the proportions demanded by the nostalgic (retrospective, reactionary, etc.) owners of major media….”
Stanley Zappa (The New York City Jazz Record)
“A colorful, sometimes violent and revelatory listening experience that infuses modern aesthetics with the spirit of the ancient.”
John Morrison (Jazz Right Now)
Admission is free. All welcome!
03-19-19: quote FUAIM newsletter.
| date | venue | time | details |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 22, 2019 | Aula Maxima University College Cork Cork, Ireland |
1:10pm | Han-earl Park (guitar) presented by FUAIM Music at UCC. Admission free. [Details…] [FUAIM page…] [Facebook event…] |
| August 11, 2019 | Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Av. de Berna, 45 A Lisbon, Portugal |
6:30pm | Eris 136199 (Han-earl Park: guitar; Catherine Sikora: saxophones; and Nick Didkovsky: guitar) as part of Jazz em Agosto. [Details…] [Jazz em Agosto page (info/tickets)…] |
| August 2019 | TBA Europe |
TBA | Eris 136199 (Han-earl Park: guitar; Catherine Sikora: saxophones; and Nick Didkovsky: guitar). European tour! We have a single available date (9 August) remaining. Interested venues, programmers and promoters, please get in touch! Details to follow… |
| September 15, 2019 | TBA Berlin, Germany |
TBA | Details to follow… |
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Thursday, July 12, 2018, at 9:30pm (doors: 9:00pm; Han-earl’s set: 10:30pm): CIMC presents Han-earl Park (guitar) at plugd, Upstairs @ The Roundy (Castle Street, Cork, Ireland). Also performing are Mike McGrath-Bryan’s Correspondent. Admission: €5 at the door.
See the performance diary for up-to-date info. [Facebook event…]
| date | venue | time | details |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 12, 2018 | plugd Upstairs @ The Roundy Castle Street Cork, Ireland |
9:30pm (doors: 9:00pm) | Han-earl Park (guitar) presented by CIMC. €5 at the door. [Details…] |
| December 12, 2018 | Instituut voor Sonologie Koninklijk Conservatorium The Hague, The Netherlands |
TBC. | Numbers (Richard Barrett: electronics; and Han-earl Park: guitar). Details to follow… |
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2017 started with the release of the album, and performances by, Sirene 1009, and closed with a tour by Eris 136199 (plus my first Kickstarter!). On the way, I got to be sideman to one of my former student’s projects, and play (unbelievably) for the first time in Seoul.
Here’s to 2018!
Sirene 1009’s Cork performances and workshop presented with funding from the Arts Council of Ireland, and support from FUAIM Music at UCC, UCC Department of Music, CIT Cork School of Music and the Cork Improvised Music Club.
Parts of Sirene 1009 was recorded during the London performance presented with funding from Culture Ireland, and support from SLAM Productions.
The Eris 136199 tour was made possible through the support from Jazz North East, Jvtlandt, Jazz Club Loco, OUT FRONT!, Xposed Club, Verband für aktuelle Musik Hamburg, and MS Stubnitz, and the awe-inspiring generosity of the backers of our Kickstarter project:
Cath Roberts, Franziska Schroeder, Owen Green, Han-Ter Park, Richard Hollis, Tom Duff, Jan Langedijk, Thomas Buckner, Liam Nagle, Andrew Raffo Dewar, Randy McKean, Anton Hunter, Marte van der Loop, Ian Boswell, Nancy Meli Walker, David M. Morris, Nicholas Croft, Eva Zelig, Bart Mallio, Jeremy Clarke, Martin Pyne, Josh Sinton, Moon Soon Han, Eun-He Moon, Yoon-Mi Cho, 고항심, Katie O’Looney, Jamie Smith, Phil Burk, Andrea Wolper, Kyoko Kitamura, DIDI, Caroline Pugh, Edozie Edoga, Yu Seon Hee, Danny McCarthy, Richard Barrett, Leejiyoung, Ed Bennett, Young-Shin Park, Ga Hyun Noh, Inkyung Kim, Keith Stonell, Peter O’Doherty, Viv Corringham, Korhan Erel, Tony O’Connor, Vikram Kapur and Maneesha Chawala, and our anonymous backers.
Sirene 1009 (BAF000) [details…]
Personnel: Han-earl Park (guitar), Dominic Lash (double bass), Mark Sanders (drums) and Caroline Pugh (voice and tape recorder).
© + ℗ 2017 Han-earl Park.
Anomic Aphasia (SLAMCD 559) [details…]
Performers: Han-earl Park (guitar), Catherine Sikora (tenor and soprano saxophones), Nick Didkovsky (guitar), and Josh Sinton (baritone saxophone and bass clarinet).
© 2015 Han-earl Park.
℗ 2015 SLAM Productions.
Thursday, November 30, 2017, at 7:30pm: Han-earl Park (guitar), plus Norbert Stammberger (saxophone), performs at KlangBüro at Ruffinihaus (Sendlingerstrasse 1, 80331 Munich, Germany).
See the performance diary for up-to-date info. [Halle 6 page…]
| date | venue | time | details |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 1, 2017 | MS Stubnitz Kirchenpauerkai 29, 20457 Hamburg, Germany |
8:30pm (doors: 8:00pm) | Eris 136199 (Han-earl Park: guitar; Catherine Sikora: saxophones; and Nick Didkovsky: guitar). Presented with funding from Verband für aktuelle Musik Hamburg. Tickets: €12 (€6 students), €8 advance [get tickets…] [Details…] [Stubnitz page…] [VAMH page…] |
| November 2, 2017 | Bryggekælderen Njalsgade 15 2300 Copenhagen S Denmark |
8:00pm | Eris 136199 (Han-earl Park: guitar; Catherine Sikora: saxophones; and Nick Didkovsky: guitar) presented by Jazz Club Loco and Jvtlandt. Also performing: Sonja LaBianca (saxophone) and Heine Thorhauge Mathiasen (guitar). Admission: Kr. 60. [Details…] [Loco page…] |
| November 3, 2017 | Francis Close Hall University of Gloucestershire Swindon Road Cheltenham GL50 4AZ England |
8:00pm | Eris 136199 (Han-earl Park: guitar; Catherine Sikora: saxophones; and Nick Didkovsky: guitar) presented by Xposed Club. Also performing: Eugene Chadbourne. Admission: £7 (£3). [Details…] [Xposed page…] |
| November 4, 2017 | Blessington Carriage 11 Chapel Street Derby DE1 3GU England |
6:00pm | Eris 136199 (Han-earl Park: guitar; Catherine Sikora: saxophones; and Nick Didkovsky: guitar) presented by OUT FRONT! [Details…] |
| November 5, 2017 | The Bridge Hotel Castle Square Newcastle NE1 1RQ England |
8:00pm | Eris 136199 (Han-earl Park: guitar; Catherine Sikora: saxophones; and Nick Didkovsky: guitar) presented by Jazz North East. Also performing: Inclusion Principle (Herve Perez and Martin Archer: woodwind, electronics; and Peter Fairclough: percussion). Tickets: £8 (£6) [get tickets…] [Details…] [Jazz North East page…] |
| November 30, 2017 | KlangBüro Ruffinihaus Sendlingerstrasse 1 80331 Munich Germany |
7:30pm | Han-earl Park (guitar). Also performing: Norbert Stammberger (saxophone). [Details…] [Halle 6 page…] |
| date | venue | time | details |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 1, 2017 | MS Stubnitz Kirchenpauerkai 29 20457 Hamburg Germany |
8:30pm (doors: 8:00pm) | Eris 136199 (Han-earl Park: guitar; Catherine Sikora: saxophones; and Nick Didkovsky: guitar). Presented with funding from Verband für aktuelle Musik Hamburg. Tickets: €12 (€6 students), €8 advance. [Stubnitz page…] [VAMH page…] |
| November 2, 2017 | Bryggekælderen Njalsgade 15, 2300 Copenhagen S Denmark |
8:00pm | Eris 136199 (Han-earl Park: guitar; Catherine Sikora: saxophones; and Nick Didkovsky: guitar) presented by Jazz Club Loco and Jvtlandt. Also performing: Sonja LaBianca (saxophone) and Heine Thorhauge Mathiasen (guitar). Admission: Kr. 60. [Loco page…] |
| November 3, 2017 | Francis Close Hall University of Gloucestershire Swindon Road Cheltenham GL50 4AZ England |
8:00pm | Eris 136199 (Han-earl Park: guitar; Catherine Sikora: saxophones; and Nick Didkovsky: guitar) presented by Xposed Club. Also performing: Eugene Chadbourne. Tickets: £7 (£3). Details to follow… |
| November 4, 2017 | TBC Derby, England |
6:00pm | Eris 136199 (Han-earl Park: guitar; Catherine Sikora: saxophones; and Nick Didkovsky: guitar) presented by OUT FRONT! Details to follow… |
| November 5, 2017 | The Bridge Hotel Castle Square Newcastle NE1 1RQ England |
8:00pm | Eris 136199 (Han-earl Park: guitar; Catherine Sikora: saxophones; and Nick Didkovsky: guitar) presented by Jazz North East. Also performing: Inclusion Principle (Herve Perez and Martin Archer: woodwind, electronics; and Peter Fairclough: percussion). Tickets: £8 (£6) [get tickets…] [Jazz North East page…] |
| November 30, 2017 | KlangBüro Dachauerstrase 112d / Halle 6 80636 Munich Germany |
8:00pm (doors: 7:30pm) | Han-earl Park (guitar). Details to follow… |
Monday, June 26, 2017, at 8:00pm (doors: 7:30pm): Han-earl Park (guitar), plus Ilan Volkov and Choi Joonyong, and Mario De Vega and Hong Chulki, perform at dotolim 닻올림 (마포구 상수동 와우산로 29 건물 4F, Seoul, Korea). Tickets: ₩15,000 (members: ₩10,000). [Get tickets…]
Big thanks to Jin Sangtae, mastermind behind dotolim, for setting up this event! What’s special about this gig? It’s been a while since I last performed solo, plus this is, believe it or not, my first performance in Korea. Hope you can make it!
See the performance diary for up-to-date info. [dotolim page…]
| date | venue | time | details |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 26, 2017 | dotolim 닻올림 마포구 상수동 와우산로 29 건물 4F Seoul, Korea |
8:00pm (doors: 7:30pm) | Han-earl Park (guitar). Also performing: Ilan Volkov and Choi Joonyong, and Mario De Vega and Hong Chulki. Tickets: ₩15,000 (members: ₩10,000). [Get tickets…] [Details…] [dotolim page…] |
| November, 2017 (TBA) | TBA Hamburg, Germany |
TBA. | Eris 136199 (Han-earl Park: guitar; Catherine Sikora: saxophones; and Nick Didkovsky: guitar). Details to follow… |
| November 2017 (TBA) | TBA Copenhagen, Denmark |
TBD. | Eris 136199 (Han-earl Park: guitar; Catherine Sikora: saxophones; and Nick Didkovsky: guitar). Details to follow… |
| November 2017 (TBA) | TBD Cheltenham, England |
TBA. | Eris 136199 (Han-earl Park: guitar; Catherine Sikora: saxophones; and Nick Didkovsky: guitar). Details to follow… |
| November 2017 (TBD) | TBD Derby, England |
TBA. | Eris 136199 (Han-earl Park: guitar; Catherine Sikora: saxophones; and Nick Didkovsky: guitar). Details to follow… |
| November 2017 (TBA) | TBA Newcastle, England |
TBA. | Eris 136199 (Han-earl Park: guitar; Catherine Sikora: saxophones; and Nick Didkovsky: guitar). Details to follow… |
