Yi Saenggang (born 1936), also known as Lee Saenggang, is a South Korean
musician
A musician is a person who composes, conducts, or performs music. According to the United States Employment Service, "musician" is a general term used to designate one who follows music as a profession. Musicians include songwriters who wri ...
and a leading practitioner of ''daegeum
sanjo'', an instrumental style of
Korean music
Korea refers to music from the Korean peninsula ranging from prehistoric times to the division of Korea into South and North in 1945. It includes court music, folk music, poetic songs, and religious music used in shamanistic and Buddhist traditi ...
played on the ''
daegeum'', a large bamboo transverse flute. His musical career spans over 60 years and he has been officially recognized as the master of
Important Intangible Cultural Property by the Korean government.
External links
leesaengkang.com
by Kim Ki-tae, The Korea Times, April 18, 2005, retrieved August 7, 2006
Living people
South Korean musicians
1936 births
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