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JAMBINAI with London Contemporary Orchestra

Part of K-Music Festival 2025

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Image of all members of Jambinai against alight blue backdrop

Korean post-rock band JAMBINAI make their Barbican debut in a rare and electrifying performance in our Hall. 

JAMBINAI sound less like a band than a force of nature, fusing the full dramatic range of post-rock dynamics to Korean folk roots to create an exhilarating, vivid and unique fusion. Their instrumental music combines traditional Korean instruments like the haegeum, geomungo, and piri with crushing guitars and cinematic textures. 

Formed in Seoul in 2009, JAMBINAI have earned international acclaim, including 5 recognitions in the Korean Music Awards and a breathtaking performance at the 2018 Winter Olympics closing ceremony. After captivating audiences at their sold out show at K-Music Festival 2023, they return to unleash their bold signature sound, unlike anything you’ve heard before. They will be joined by the London Contemporary Orchestra, conducted by Lauren Wasynczuk. Korean folk duo Dal:um opens the show.

Tagged with: Contemporary music Young Barbican

Age guidance: 5+

This concert may contain strobe lighting effects and haze.

End time for this performance will be added nearer to the event date.

Produced by the Barbican. 

Part of the K-Music Festival 2025, presented in partnership with the Korean Cultural Centre UK.


 

Performers

  • London Contemporary Orchestra  
  • Lauren Wasynczuk   Conductor
  • Ilwoo Lee   Piri, Guitar, Taepyeongso, Saenghwang & Vocals
  • Bomi Kim   Haegeum & Vocals
  • Eunyong Sim   Geomungo
  • Jaehyuk Choi   Drums
  • B.K Yu   Bass

Ticket prices

Standard
From £20 *
* Excludes £4 booking fee

Booking fees

£4 booking fee per online/phone transaction. 

No fee when tickets are booked in person.

Booking fees are per transaction and not per ticket. If your booking contains several events the highest booking fee will apply. The booking fee may be reduced on certain events. Members do not pay booking fees.

  • ‘Epic folk-rock that proves there’s more to Korea than K-pop.‘
    Songlines
  • ‘Post-punk gusto, summoning a brutalist cacophony that is leavened by passages of exquisite tranquillity and post-rock progression.‘
    Q
  • ‘Korea’s JAMBINAI impressed with their genre-blurring sound, applying traditional folk instruments to eruptive instrumental drone-rock reminiscent of Sonic Youth.‘
    Times
  • ‘A triumph. Countless bands can switch from quiet to loud effectively; few do it with such overwhelming power as JAMBINAI.‘
    MOJO
  • ‘Drawing on post-rock and metal, they were soon astonishing audiences at festivals around the world as leaders of the new wave in Korean music.‘
    Evening Standard

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