Ahn Sook-sun
{{Short description|South Korean pansori singer (born 1949)}}
Ahn Sook Sun ({{Korean|hangul=안숙선|hanja=安淑善}}; born September 5, 1949) is a South Korean pansori singer. She is considered a Living National Treasure in South Korea.{{Cite web|url=http://www.doopedia.co.kr/doopedia/master/master.do?MAS_IDX=101013000872871&_method=view|script-title=ko:안숙선|website=Doopedia|language=ko|access-date=2019-04-26}}{{Cite web|url=http://kore.am/south-korean-living-cultural-asset-ahn-sook-sun-shares-pansori-with-lacma-audience/|title=South Korean Living Cultural Asset Ahn Sook-Sun Shares Pansori With LACMA Audience|date=2014-09-29|website=Kore Asian Media|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-26}}
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She is currently regarded as a famous pansori singer with both skill and popularity among pansori masterpieces, and is known as "Eternal Chunhyang (영원한 춘향)", "The Best Sounder of Our Times" and "Primadonna of the Gugak world" and is a musician who is gaining worldwide fame.
She was invited to perform at the 2018 K-music Festival in London.{{Cite web|url=https://k-music.co.uk/artist/ahn-sook-sun|title=Ahn Sook-Sun|website=kmusic London|language=en|access-date=2019-04-26}}
Biography
Ahn was born in Namwon in 1949, which is the home of pansori Heungbuga, Chunhyangga and "Eastern style" of pansori (known as dongpyeonje).{{Cite web|url=http://monthly.chosun.com/Client/News/viw.asp?ctcd=&nNewsNumb=200704100019|title = [金泰完이 만난 사람] 명창 安淑善|date = 3 April 2007}} At nine, she was introduced to pansori by her aunt Kang Soon Young, who helped start learn pansori from Joo kwang-duk. During her teens, she learned the songs of the classic five madangs.{{Cite web|url=https://newslibrary.naver.com/viewer/index.nhn?articleId=1996031400329131001&editNo=40&printCount=1&publishDate=1996-03-14&officeId=00032&pageNo=31&printNo=15709&publishType=00010|script-title=ko:네이버 뉴스 라이브러리}} After arriving in Seoul in her twenties, she learned more skills from Kim so hee and joined the national Changgeuk production team at age 31.
She was awarded officier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1998 with praise.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mhns.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=135253|title = [박정기의 공연문화산책] 국립창극단의 김성녀 예술감독 안숙선 작창 도창, 이태백 음악감독, 손진책 대본 연출의 심청가|date = 5 May 2018}}
She also performed at the Avignon Festival in 1998.{{Cite web|url=https://festival-avignon.com/fr/edition-1998/programmation/les-coreennes-31245#page-content|title = Les Coréennes}}
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