Oh Jeong-suk

Oh Jeong-suk (오정숙, hanja: 吳貞淑; 21 June 1935 - 7 July 2008) was an ingan-munhwage for pansori. She was designated as an ingan-munhwage 1 May 1991. She specialized in Chunhyangga, which is the 5th Important Intangible Cultural Property of Korea.

Biography

Oh Jeong-suk was born in Wanju, Jeollabuk-do, Korea. She learned the basic pansori from her neighbors when she was young. One of her ancestors was master of pansori Oh Sam-ryong. She was a member of Wori Gugak Group from the age of 14 to 18. She concentrated on mastering pansori and performing at the age of 21, and then she moved to Seoul when she was 23 to learn special parts from Chunhyangga from Kim So-hee. In 1962, she apprenticed under the pansori master Kim Yeon-soo and started to learn Chunhyangga, Heungbuga, Sugungga, Jeokbyeokga, Simcheongga, which are all kinds of pansori. She died at the age of 73.

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