Vong Pak is a Korean folklorist, teaching artist, and theatre practitioner. His creative works are deeply rooted in the traditional Korean performing arts, such as pungmul, samulnori, masked dance, folk song, and pansori. He is interested in preserving tradition to make it come alive in the present.

His music has expanded the field of contemporary world music and is celebrated on the album Blue and White: Electric Shaman Live. Vongku has performed at Lincoln Center, Jalopy Theatre, the National Folk Festival at Salisbury, MD, BAM, Symphony Space, Roulette, among others. He has performed in more than twenty countries globally. He has been featured on Good Day New York, Pix11 Morning News, ESPN commercial and in the documentary “Rhythm in Motions.”

He is currently developing a musical storytelling Vong Pak’s Binari. He is an advisory member of Brooklyn Arts Council and Heritage Ambassador of Brooklyn Public Library. He holds an MFA in Theatre Directing from the University of Essex in the U.K.