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Park Jiha

Taking traditional Korean instruments like the Piri (double-reed bamboo oboe), Saenghwang (bamboo mouth organ), and Yanggeum (hammered dulcimer), composer, musician, and performer Park Jiha invokes a careful combination of classical minimalism and improvised contemporary music. Cinematic, generous, and unpredictable, her minimal compositions subtly unfold into lush landscapes of colour and tone. Her most recent album All Living Things (2025) points to the vivid ecologies that spring to life in her music, with apt titles like "Bloom," "Blown Leaves," and "A Story Of Little Birds." The wordless stories that burrow out of her harmonious music are gripping yet sensitive, blown in on the wind, and narrated by resounding chimes and droning melodies; each is a chapter in a tale that comes together beautifully, culminating in the haunting lullaby of closer "Water Moon." One can hear her music and already easily imagine how each careful resonance might float up to the rafters and fill Lutherse Kerk – where she plays a solo set at Rewire 2026, returning to the festival after a performance with her band eight years ago.