Pointe to Point China 2007

Since graduating from Stanford University with B.A. in Music and B.A. in Human Biology in 2001, I have been active as a music composer, performer, and producer of multi-disciplinary art events and performances throughout Japan, the U.S.A., and Indonesia. My role as a composer is to become a medium of communication and to create a space, where music can be born organically from relationships between people, cultures, and environments. Through creative dialogues in the experimental processes of artistic expression, I engage with the issues of identity from multiple perspectives. By challenging the pre-existing social frameworks and personal boundaries, I hope to promote social activism in the arts.

I was born and grew up in Seoul, Korea. I studied Chinese and Literature at the Hangyang University in Seoul. I have been working as composer, producer and bass player for the band “Uh Uh Boo project” since 1996. I have been a member of a group of music composers and producers called “peach” since 2000. I have composed and produced numerous albums and soundtracks as well as music for dance theatre. My credits for movie scores include: (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance) and (Three) directed by Chan-wook Park, (The coast guard) directed by Ki-duck Kim, (Bitter sweet life) directed by Ji-woon Kim. Musical scores for theatrical and dance performance include: “Please hold my hand” (Folkwang Tanzstudio)-essen, “Please touch me , “Let’s go” – essen.

Inspired by my uncle, who is a master of Chinese traditional percussion, I began to learn guqin at the age of nine. I graduated from the Central Conservatory of Music in 2004 with a master degree in quqin, and joined the Central Ensemble of the Folk Music as a guqin player. I enjoy working with different artists, particularly for music impromptu performances. From 2004 to 2007, I was invited by Cuijian and Douwei, the Chinese rock stars, to be the guqin player and to participate as improviser in their solo concerts. I have visited Asia and Europe many times and attended a lot of different concerts and festivals of free jazz which I find very stimulating. I am most interested in improvisation and contemporary artistic expression.