1.0https://webzine.artcollider.kr/en/rich600338https://webzine.artcollider.kr/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/스크린샷-2025-02-14-오후-2.14.55.png1280924‘The Improvised Music and Lion Dance Workshop’, held last year at Korea National University of Arts (K-Arts), was the essence of musical fusion. Featuring two renowned Jazz musicians—saxophonist Yannick Rieu and drummer Philippe Soirat, both of whom performed at the 21st Jarasum Jazz Festival—the event was a rare collaboration between jazz and Korea’s traditional performing arts. The program’s lead, Professor In-Soo Park of K-Arts’ School of Traditional Arts, described the experience as "a new form of artistic expression in itself." He added, "Despite originating from entirely different traditions, these two genres found common ground through their intrinsic values—individuality and improvisation.“