Roman and Yoona

Yoona Kim – Ajaeng

Roman Barten-Sherman – Banjo

About the Artists:

Yoona Kim is a Boston and South Korea - based ajaeng performer, Composer, and Improvisor who creates music based on traditional aesthetics inherent in Korean music. Her work is focused on the relationship between Korean music, time, and absolute truth through sound.

She is an artist director in Moderngagok which is a creative music band in South Korea.  She has performed throughout India, Vietnam, North America and Europe. 

Yoona studied Musicology and ajaeng performance at Seoul National University in South Korea. Recently, She is pursuing a master's degree in Contemporary Improvisation at New England Conservatory in Boston.  

Roman Barten-Sherman is an Arizona-raised guitarist, banjoist and singer. Her playing melds the intricate guitar stylings of Blind Blake and Reverend Gary Davis, and the trance-inducing grooves of Mississippi Fred McDowell and R.L. Burnside. She has studied with blues elders including Honeyboy Edwards, Robert Belfour, Jimmy “Duck” Holmes, Kenny Brown, and Corey Harris. Roman is currently based in Boston, studying at the New England Conservatory of M