Thank You Excélsior for the Wonderful Interview.
See you at Cervantino!
Thank you East Bay Express for picking our event as the editor’s pick!
Ensemble Mik Nawooj Hip Hop Orchestra Experience Coming to Alameda
Programme manager of Radium Presents Rachel Campos and Artistic Director/Composer Joowan Kim joined joined host Olivia Horton to chat about the Hip Hop Orchestra Experience.
Composer Disrupts Musical Norms With a Hip-Hop Orchestra
“You know, probably, they’ll hate it if I bring a hip-hop emcee to a concert hall,” Kim said. “So I did exactly that.”
Thank you Illinois Public Media for the interview!
Hip Hop Meets the Orchestra at Doudna
"something of a type and scale that has never been done before ... the end result has a vibrant energy, beauty, and identity all of its own"
Check out our latest interview with the Journal Gazette & Times-Courier ahead of our gig at Doudna Fine Arts Center on March 30 2023.
Crushing Classical with Jennet Ingle
"You’re going to want to check this ensemble out at their website - I can’t tear myself away from their songs and videos."
Released today, listen to our Artistic Director, JooWan Kim talking to Jennet Ingle, Oboist, in her latest Crushing Classical podcast.
Art Exposed: Unity Lewis
A curator, artist and musician, Unity Lewis carries the legacy of his grandmother’s groundbreaking work documenting the Black experience.
He was recently named the West Coast emcee for internationally acclaimed orchestra Ensemble Mik Nawooj, which melds classical music and hip-hop samples together to create a new form of metamusic, wherein samples from different genres are layered to create a new sound.
Ensemble Mik Nawooj Remixes Classical Music at the Asian Art Museum
“Here in the Bay Area, Ensemble Mik Nawooj has been holding down the hip-hop and classical connection since 2010. … the genre-bending orchestra has attracted an international following, most recently at the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland in August.” - KQED Nov 7, 2022
The New Smu: Edinburgh Fringe Special
“a powerful and dramatic mixture of classical and contemporary that entirely deserved the standing ovation it received.” LouderThanWar.com
Our Edinburgh Fringe Festival Story - 2022
75th Edinburgh Fringe Festival: International Paneling’s Epic Overview of the World’s Biggest Arts Festival
"Hailing from California, Hip-Hop Orchestra Ensemble Mik Nawooj expertly mash hip-hop with live strings, woodwind and a female soprano. At the Fringe they are deftly collaborating with the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. This funky fusion has real gravitas. "
Mervyn Stutter's Pick of the Fringe
Four Star Review for our Hip Hop Orchestra Experience
Interviews: Hip-hop at the Fringe
Comedian Chris Turner, JooWan Kim of Ensemble Mik Nawooj and Caste-ing writer Nicole Acquah speak about the use of hip-hop and rap in their Fringe shows this year.
PREVIEW – Royal Conservatoire of Scotland – The Hip-Hop Orchestra Experience
SCOTTISH classical musicians from the Royal Conservatoire are set to join “boundary-bending” US hip-hop artists for an inspirational show at Edinburgh Fringe.
Top Picks: Music
There's something for all music tastes across Edinburgh this Fringe - FestMag.com