Jiwoon Choi - Ishimi for Sanjo-Ajaeng and Orchestra (2025) [with Score]

[2025 17th ARKO Contemporary Orchestra Music Festival] • Concert: PM 19:30, Feb 6, 2026 • Venue: Concert Hall, Seoul Arts Center • Performers: Korean National Symphony Orchestra • Conductor: Sol Chin • Soloist: Soyeon Kim (Sanjo-Ajaeng) • Presenter: Arts Council Korea 'ARKO' • Organizer: ARKO Contemporary Orchestra Music Festival Committee • Illust: Jungah Jun [Program] Jiwoon Choi – Ishimi for Sanjo-Ajaeng and Orchestra [Program Note] This work portrays “Ishimi,” a serpentine being not yet transformed into a dragon, through the sonorities of the sanjo-ajaeng and orchestra. Reinterpreting the traditional idiom of Yukjabaegi-tori (Namdo-gyemyeonjo) through a contemporary musical language, the work evokes the shifting textures and sinuous movements of the Ishimi. The ajaeng and orchestra intertwine and breathe together as though they were a single living organism. 0:00 Ⅰ.Weave of Squamae 3:40 Ⅱ.Slithering 6:41 Ⅲ.Soaring Beyond 8:42 Ⅳ.The Traces Left Behind