B.A. in Piano, Ewha Womans University
M.A. in Musicology, University of Freiburg, Germany
Ph.D. in Musicology, University of Freiburg, Germany
Professional Experience
Professor of Music Aesthetics and Contemporary Music, Department of Musicology, College of Music, Seoul National University (2004–present)
President, Society for Music Aesthetics
President, Korean-German Music Society
President, Korean Society of Western Music
Professional Accomplishments
[Books]
Quoted Music as Cultural Symbol (2022)
The Moment Music Stops Is When True Music Begins (2021)
Contemporary Korean Music through the Lens of Interculturality (2020)
A History of Contemporary Korean Music through Composition (2019)
Music and Genius: The Aesthetic History and Discourse of Musical Genius (2012)
Philosophy in Music, Music in Philosophy (2009)
Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire (2008)
20th-Century Music, Vols. 1 & 2 (2004)
[Co-authored Books]
Korean Creative Opera as a Socio-Cultural Text (2024)
Artificial Intelligence and Posthumanist Aesthetics in Music (2022)
Cultural Identity in Contemporary Chinese Opera (2021)
Contemporary Opera in Korea and Japan as Cultural Texts (2020)
Dual Path Western Music History (1997/2006)
Musical Aesthetics through Works (2016)
Studies in Piano Literature, Vols. 1 & 2 (2012)
[Edited Volumes]
Superman or Frankenstein? Music and Technology in the Age of AI (2024)
Korean Creative Music: Between Criticism and Interpretation, Vols. 1–6 (2018–2023)
The Digital Revolution and Music (2021)
Awards
Principal Investigator, National Research Foundation Project for Outstanding Scholars (2021–2026)
SNU Teaching Award (2010)
