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1. 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.

2. 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.