K-Music Festival 2026: Wind Alone, Sand Alone - Make No Sound

Doors 7pm, Music 7.30pm

This event has unreserved seating.

Six musicians from Korea and France explore sound as a collective phenomenon born of encounter and relationship in Wind Alone, Sand Alone - Make No Sound. 

The breath, vocalisation, friction, and resonance of sound artist Rémi Klemensiewicz, haegeum player Yeji Kim, viola d'amore player Olivier Marin, geomungo player Eunyong Sim of JAMBINAI, medieval vocalist Christian Ploix, and jeongga (traditional Korean vocal music) singer Yoonyoung Cho interweave. 

This performance unfolds in the round, immersing audiences within the evolving sonic landscape. As jeongga and medieval chant, traditional instruments, and ambient soundscapes seep into one another, we surrender to a boundless world where space itself takes centre stage. Through the act of relating, sound transforms into melody, harmony, and rhythm, organizing itself into music that carries emotion. Wind Alone, Sand Alone - Make No Sound unfolds this process of sound's emergence, relation, expansion, dissolution, and return across multiple layers of acoustic space. It is a Sonic Theatre that treats music as a living entity. Here, the hum of ventilation units, the buzz of lighting rigs, our shared breath, our voices, and our playing endlessly blur the lines between foreground and background. They appear and dissolve in harmony, transforming the space into one living, breathing organism. 

Presented by the Korean Cultural Centre in partnership with the Sejong Center. 

Rémi Klemensiewicz 
French sound artist exploring the relationships between sound, language, and image. A graduate of the École Supérieure d'Art de Marseille, he has been based in Seoul for over a decade, collaborating with institutions including the Nam June Paik Art Center, Art Sonje Center, and the MMCA (National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea). 

Yeji Kim 
Haegeum player, improviser, and composer whose practice unfolds at the boundary of sound and noise. She deconstructs and reimagines the haegeum's structure, reinterpreting the eight materials of Korean organology - metal, stone, silk, bamboo, gourd, earth, leather, wood - as elemental sound sources. Her work has been presented at venues including Barbican Centre in London and Art Omi in New York.

Olivier Marin Viola
Violist and composer working across classical and contemporary music. Centring his practice on improvisation and contemporary music, he has expanded his musical world through research into Iranian and Indian musical traditions. Trained at the Paris Conservatoire and IRCAM, he leads ensemble Kimya and founded the Terres Vibrantes festival. 

Eun-yong Sim 
Geomungo player, composer, and founding member of JAMBINAI. She has built a singular musical world through improvisation, experimental sound exploration, and cross-disciplinary collaborations with theatre, dance, and film. Through her work, she has redefined the geomungo as a central instrument in contemporary sound, contributing to the broader reach and renewal of Korean traditional music.

Christian Ploix 
French vocalist and specialist in medieval improvised singing, trained at the Conservatoire de Pantin and the Notre-Dame Cathedral boys' choir. He has performed with ensembles including Venance Fortunat and the Notre-Dame Vocal Ensemble, and studied medieval interpretation and improvisation with Katarina Livljanic and Benjamin Bagby. 

Yoonyoung Cho 
Vocalist specialising in jeongga, the Korean classical vocal tradition encompassing gagok, gasa, and sijo. She has received top prizes at major national competitions including the Korea National Gugak Center Competition and the National Jeongga Singing Contest. Selected as a Kumho Young Artist in 2022, she continues to explore how jeongga can be expanded into everyday life.

Stone Nest is an arts organisation and performance venue in the heart of London's West End, bringing exceptional and experimental art to a wide audience. A hidden gem nestled amidst the bright lights of theatreland, it offers a platform for bold, visionary artists and a space where audiences can encounter an eclectic programme of contemporary performance.

*Stone Nest is an old building and unfortunately cannot currently accommodate electric wheelchairs. We can accommodate manually operated wheelchairs at ground floor level via a temporary ramp; please email info@stonenest.org to let us know that you are a wheelchair user when booking and whether a companion will be accompanying you, and we will arrange a Companion ticket for you.