was born in Yeongcheon, Geongbuk, on September 25, 1917. He devoted
his life to the Korean traditional music and died on August 11, 2004
at the age of 88. His grave is on the bright hill on the shore of
River Geumgang which is flowing around the city which is 800 years
old.
Mr. Yoon Su Lim, Yeonjeong, who insisted on the ideology of
art and music for 90 years, learned Hanhak (music and courtesy
lessons) from Yoon Choi, Eulgaek in Gyeongju, and took harp tutoring
lessons from Mr. Eun Hyu Sin, thus building up a deep relations with
Korean music.
Mr. Lim sacrificed his life for collecting precious
materials of the music of Korea (traditional music), by even giving up
providing for his family, feeling sorry for the trend of Western music
prevailing.
He contributed about 3000 pieces of music works (ex. Joljang
Manrok) that he collected during his whole life to the city of
Deajeon, providing a basis for the establishment of Daejeon Municipal
Yeonjeong Korean Traditional Music Center , first(in 1981) among the
local governments, thus consolidating the foundation of Korean
traditional music.
Thanks to Mr. Lim’s outstanding work to succeed the Korean
traditional music alright, we came to value him as a master of Korean
traditional music with unusual love for Korean traditional music.
However, his activity was the living itself of a master who foresee
“the century of culture” when looking at his works.