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Kim Deok Soo is a Korean traditional musician, famous for creating the art of Samul nori. He has performed in the United Nations General Assembly, playing ‘Concerto for Samul nori’. He is also fond of playing in North Korea, and has had several concerts in the country.

Early Life
Kim's life as a clown began on Chuseok, 1957. He was five years old at that time. After the memorial service for ancestors, Kim’s father took him to the festival hall of Cho Chi-won. The main character on the stage was the Namsadangpae. Namsadang was one of a group of entertainers who toured the country during the late Joseon Dynasty, boasting various techniques such as tightrope walking, mask dancing, and ground running. Soon after the liberation, Kim’s father returned from Japan and became a member of the Namsadang. Since his childhood, Kim was named as the successor of his father. Kim Deok-soo had the role of playing dance moves on the top of the human tower, called the Sammy which was the role only a child could play.

Since that day, Kim Deok-soo has received all six artistic crafts, including janggu, buk, and Kwaenggari. He was especially good at janggu, having the nickname of a janggu whiz kid. After he won the Presidential Prize at the nationwide farm-music contest in 1959, he became a national star. After entering the Gugak Arts School he advanced to the world stage. When he was selected as a member of the Korean Folk Academy and Little Angels in 1965, he participated in various overseas performances on the national level.

If he had been satisfied with the performance just like that, Kim would have been remembered as only one of the talented traditional players. However, he agonized fiercely over how to succeed and develop folk art that was disappearing. With the modernization in the 1960s, traditional art gradually lost its place. When the Saemaeul Movement began, farming music was virtually banned in rural villages because it was regarded as old, and the facilities used to encourage demonstrations were confiscated in university towns. In response to this rapid decline in traditional art, Kim Deok-soo's presentation in 1978 was 'Samul nori'. The music of four types of percussion instruments, such as kkwaenggwari, jing, janggu and buk, was both familiar and completely new. Although it was unique in terms of Pungmul, which had been handed down from town to town, it was not only created by running in the yard but by sitting on the stage of the house and making harmony with four musical instruments. The impact Samulnori had on Korean classical music as well as the world's music scene was deep and wide. Samulnori made him win the “Dallas world drum festival” in 1983 on his age of 32, and later on, he got the national medal and was selected as “one of the 50 people who furbished South Korea”.

First Performances of Samulnori
On 1970 the restoration government banned pungmul performances as it was voiced pungmul jogged the demonstration atmosphere. As pungmul performance became hard to host in public places, Kim Deok Soo had to find a way to perform pungmul in small, indoor stages.

The performance made in a samulnori format was performed by Lee Jong Dae, Deok Hyun Kim and Kim Young Bae from Seoul Namsadang. It was a “usdalipungmul” melody played with Janggu, drum, Jing, and Kkwaeng-gwali. However, there were non-percussion major players such as Lee Jong-Dae (Pipe major) and Choi Tae-Hyun (Haegum major) so it couldn’t be evaluated as samulnori, a percussion players performance. After Choi Jin sil joined, Choi Jang Seok, Kim Duksu, and Kim Yong Bae teamed up for “minsog aghoe sinawi”(Hangul: 민족 악회 시나위) in September of '78. Namsadang member Lee Kwang Soo was recruited in place for Choi Jong Seok, played in the stage ‘gong-gan salang’ and the official first samulnori performance was made. Kim Deok Soo played the Janggu, Lee Kwang soo played the Buk, Choi Jong Sil played the Jing and Kim Young-bae played the Kkwaeng-gwali.

Introducing Samunori to the world
1982 Kim Deok soo performed Samulnori Concerto with a piano and violin in Sejong Cultural Center. It was a significant performance that spread Samulnori in various genres. On the same year, he participated in World Percussion Competition(PASIC) held in Dallas, USA and introduce samulnori to the world.

10 years after it was made, Kim Deok Soo Samulnori was over but Samulnori stayed as a music genre.

In 1990, as a part of the inter-Korean music exchange, Samulnori was performed in Pyongyang along with other 17 representatives of Seoul traditional music concert. It was the first time a private organization visited North Korea after the Korean War. He visited North Korea again in November of 1998, for the yun-isang unification concert held at Moranbong Theater.

Kim Deok Soo played at the memorial concert that celebrated the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the United Nations, as a special stage performance at the United Nations General Assembly. He played 'Concerto for Samulnori', with Maestro Myung-whun Chung. While Myung-whun Chung directed the KBS Symphony Orchestra, Kim Deok-soo played with cello Myung-wha Chung, violin Kyung Wha Chung, singer Shin Youngok, and Su-mi Jo.

On 1997 he became a professor of Korean traditional music at Dongguk/ Mokwon University.

Representative of Korean Traditional Art
Kim Deok Soo is not only an artist, but also working as an artistic director of the world's leading percussion music festival, and a general director of important Korean cultural events. Kim Deok Soo was the general manager of the 7th International Samulnori Contest in 1997. Kim also worked as an artistic director for the musical performance Nanta(show). He served as a member of the National Music Council(Korean: 민족음악협의회) and the Korean National Music Association(Korean: 한국국악협회). He is also an auditor of the Korean Drama Actors’ Association(Korean: 한국연극배우협회) from 1999.

In 1998, Kim performed at the Isang Yun Concert at Moranbong Theatre in Pyongyang, North Korea, following in 1990.

In July 2001, Kim established Nanjang Cultures, a traditional culture venture company. He is currently the CEO of Nanjang Cultures. The company is divided into three categories - education, management, and music - and running a samulnori performance or management business.

Musical attempts that transcend generations and borders
In 2002, when the Korea-Japan World Cup was held, he toured the World Cup participating countries for 40 days. Starting with the performance of the Americas, he toured Poland and Portugal, which were in Group D of the World Cup. The World Cup tour ended with Kim Duk-soo's dynamic Korea. The tour showed the spirit of Korean culture as well as the relaxed and natural characteristics of Korean culture. Also, he created Samul Cheering, the World Cup cheering using traditional Korean Jangdan, and led cheering at the World Cup finals.

From 2005, as a member of Arts Council Korea(Korean: 한국문화예술위원회) and an associate professor at Korean National University of Arts, Kim is trying to deliever Korean spirit to the next generation.

Also, Kim formed the Electronic Samulnori team with jangu, kkwaenggwari, jing, buk, keyboard instrument, bass guitar, and guitar, so that the musical instruments of the East and the West are colliding to create a new sound. In Kim's attempt to communicate between generations, the charm of Hongik University indie band and the spirit of our samulnori could be combined together.

Award and nominations
In December 1995, the Korean government awarded a medal and a government badge to Kim, the head of Samulnori Hanul-rim, who has been devoted to the project marking the 50th anniversary of Korea’s independence.

Samulnori was reorganized into four musical instruments including Jangu, kkwaenggwari, jing, and buk, developed into a performance style loved by the world. Kim’s contributions for the development of traditional Korean art and international culture exchange were recognized overseas, and he received the Order of the Arts from the French government in 1998. In 2007, Kim was awarded Eungwan for popularizing and globalizing Korean traditional art. Since Kim entered Korean traditional art at the age of five in 1957, he has been performing at home and abroad for 50 years. Also he was selected as the recipient of the 18th Fukuoka Prize.

Personal life
Kim Deok Soo met spouse and partner Kim Lee Hae at a Gayageum (Korean traditional instrument) club in 1979. Originally someone who favored celibacy(“my Janggu(instrument) is all I need”), Deok Soo surprisingly fell instantly in love with Lee Hae. The two settled upon marriage on 1981, and since then has had two sons, Kim Yong Hoon and Kim Dong Hoon. Lee Hae is also very devoted to Korean traditional culture as she has mastered two of the ‘Intangible cultural properties’ of Korea, No.97 ‘Salpuri’, and No.27 ‘Seungmu’. Yong Hoon is a Rapper.

His life and behavior has been reflecting customs and culture from Namsadang, following virtues of modesty and fugality. He is said to spend about 8 months per year outside of his family, for concerts and music trips.

Legacy
Samul nori, despite its short history, was traditional, but also something new. As evidence to this, Samul nori has shown itself collaborating with orchestras, and even jazz bands, to create traditional, but also on-the-trend music. As a variant of Pungmul, made so that it would better fit indoors, Samul nori has kept the music of Korea and its history for a long time, and has helped spread it.

Kim Deok Soo currently teaches at the Korean national university of arts, and has established three schools for teaching purposes. His effort on teaching and therefore creating more players of Samul nori and Korean traditional arts has helped the Korean traditional culture to thrive despite time trying to fade it. Overall, Kim Deok Soo’s creation, Samul nori, as well as his efforts to spread it, has shown a new path for Korean traditional arts, including Pungmul. His activeness has allowed it to spread far more than any other Korean traditional art has ever reached, and his teachings will allow the music to stay in the generations to come forth.