Kim Duk-soo

He began his music career at the age of five when joined the Namsadang group, a wandering artists troupe.

[2] At age seven, Kim became the youngest person to win the President's Award in the National Folk Music Contest.

The group used four main instruments: kkwaenggwari, jing, buk, and janggu, the latter of which Kim played.

[1] They performed indoors, as, under the Park Chung-hee administration, traditional instruments were associated with student protests, and playing them outside could lead to arrest.

[5] The samul nori genre expanded from this initial ensemble, as more groups started to play the same music style.