Seoul National University (B.Mus 1991)
Royal Academy of Music, U.K (Dip.RAM 1993)
University of London, U.K (M.Mus 1994)
University of Sussex, U.K (D.Phil 1998)
Professional Experience
Professor of Composition, Department of Composition, College of Music, Seoul National University (1999-present)
Artistic Director, Studio2021, SNU New Music Series (2003-2021)
Executive Director, The Pathway (2008-Current)
Visiting Professor, Montclair State University (2011)
Composition Faculty, Curtis Summerfest, Curtis Institute of Music (2014, 2015, 2020)
Composer in residence, Prime Philharmonic Orchestra (2018-2019)
Visiting Professor, Royal Birmingham Conservatory (2020)
International Jury, Jeju International Composition Competition for Wind Orchestra (2023)
International Jury, Bartók World Competition (2024)
Professional Accomplishments
Selected Performances :
Space, ISCM World Music Days, Zurich (1991)
Psalm 20, ISCM World Music Days, Manchester (1998)
Lament, Casals Festival, France (2011)
Chorale Fantasy No.1 Carnegie Weill Recital Hall (2013)
Chorale Fantasies Nos.1-3, Carnegie Weill Recital Hall (2014)
An Open Door, Konzerthaus, Vienna (2014)
An Open Door, Konzerthaus, Berlin (2019)
Yeomillak, Carnegie Zankel Hall (2019)
Shinuh Lee’s The Road Not Taken I-III, Seoul Arts Center IBK Chamber Hall (2023-2025)
Seomjib-agi, Carnegie Weill Recital Hall (2024)
Caprice No.1, Carnegie Weill Recital Hall (2025)
Selected Guest Lectures :
Stony Brook University (2005)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2011)
Indiana University Bloomington, Rider University, Rutgers University (2012)
University of Wisconsin-Madison (2012)
Curtis Institute of Music (2013)
Hochschule für Musik und Theater München (2014)
PGVIM International Symposium, Bangkok (2017)
NAFA Singapore (2018) HKAPA, Hong Kong (2018)
Royal Academy of Music (2020)
Royal Birmingham Conservatory (2020)
Discography :
Chorale Fantasies Nos.1-3(Dux)
Death and Offering(Sony)
Till Dawn(Sony)
Selected Works :
Orchestra: Psalm 20, Psalm Cantata, Symphonic Poem Yeomillak, Symphonic Poem Baekje, Prelude to the Inner Light, Four Songs of Lamentation
Concerto: Invisible Hands, Earth Poem, Love Song, Clarinet Concerto, Landscape II
Chamber Music: Death and Offering, Till Dawn, Poem for Moon Jar, Laudate Dominum, An Open Door, Landscape I, Lament O Daughter of Zion, Lament Seomjib-agi
Solo: Caprice No. 1 Kkot, Caprice No. 2 Jeokbyeok, Caprice No. 3 Tangy, Chorale Fantasy Nos. 1–5, Psalmody
Awards
Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize
Winner, Musical Times Composition Competition
Finalist, Leonard Bernstein International Composition Competition
Finalist, Gaudeamus International Composition Competition
Finalist, ISCM World Music Days
Ahn Eak-tai Composition Prize
Nanpa Music Award
Korean Composition Award
Today’s Young Artist Award, Ministry of Culture and Tourism
ARAM (Associate of the Royal Academy of Music), Royal Academy of Music (2019)
