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Curriculum Vitae

 
         
       
       EDUCATION / PRINCIPAL SUPERVISORS    
         
         
   
10.2000-07.2004 PhD in Composition.
Prof. Nicola LeFanu / Dr. Thoma Simaku, The University of York, York/UK.
   
09.1998-06.2000 MMus in Composition.
Prof. Paul Patterson / Robert Saxton, The Royal Academy of Music (University of London), London/UK.
   
03.1993-02.1997 Bachelor in Composition.
Prof. Kyungsun Suh, Hanyang University, Seoul/Korea.
   
         
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       WORKSHOPS / MASTERCLASSES    
         
         
   
24.06-05.07.2009 Peter Eötvös Contemporary Music Foundation, Herrenhaus Edenkoben/Germany.
International mastercourse for conductors and composers with Peter Eötvös and  Zsolt Nagy.
   
09.09-29.09.2002 Fondation Royaumont, Voix Nouvelles Composition Course, Asnières-sur-Oise/France.
with Brian Ferneyhough, Jonathan Harvey and Theo Loevendie.
   
05.07-21.07.2002 The 41st International Summer Course for New Music, Darmstadt/Germany.
with Tristan Murail and Toshio Hosokawa.
   
18.07.2002 The 41st International Summer Course for conductors, Darmstadt/Germany.
Ensemble Resonanz, Conducted by Florian Pestell.
   
09.05-11.05.2002 National New Composers Forum.
The Orchestra of Opera North, Conducted by John Carewe, York/UK.
   
06.05.2002 New Music Players Workshop with James Wood, York/UK. 
The New Music Players, Conducted by John Stringer.
   
08.05.2001 Northern Sinfonia Workshop, Northern Sinfonia, Conducted by Baldur Brönmman, Newcastle/UK.
   
15.01.2000 String Quartet Workshop with Anthony Gilbert.
International String Quartet Festival 2000, Archinto Quartet, Royal Northern College
Manchester/UK.
   
07.06.1999 BBC Singers Workshop, The Royal Academy of Music, London/UK.
   
         
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       COMMISSIONS    
         
         
   
2011 Ensemble cross.art, New piece for their project “cross.art 400”! in Stuttgart, Germany.
   
2011 New work to be performed at the International Contemporary Music Festival in Nicosia, Cyprus.
   
2010 Soyeon Kim, New work for her piano recital at the Salle Cortot in Paris, France.
   
2008 Keumho Asiana Cultural Foundation to be performed by Hae-Sun Kang at the Kumho Art Hall in Seoul, Korea.
   
2008 New work to be performed by Next Mushroom Promotion at the 19th Takefu International Music Festival.
   
2008 New work to be performed by Duo Konflikt at the Darmstadt New Music Festival 2008.
   
2008 Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra
New work to be performed by Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra.
   
2007 Foundation for Universal Sacred Music - [6 Selected from over 100 proposals]
The Lord is my Shepherd to be performed by The New York Virtuoso Singers in New York.
   
2007 Tongyeoung International Music Festival 2007, New work to be performed by Masan Philharmonic Orchestra.
   
2005 Ensemble TIMF, New work to be performed by Ensemble TIMF.
   
2005 The International Isangyun Music Society,
Descending flow to be performed by Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin.
   
2005 Tongyeoung International Music Festival 2005, String Quartet No.2 to be performed by Arditti String Quartet.
   
2004 Fromm Music Foundation, Harvard University - [10 Selected from 207 proposals]
Shades of Raindrops to be performed by Ensemble TIMF.
   
2003 MATA-Music At The Anthology, Pater Noster to be performed by Vox Vocal Ensemble.
-- [4 Selected from 256 proposals]
   
2002 The University of York, The Light of the World to be performed by the University Chamber Orchestra.
   
2002 Trio Mediaeval, Missa Lumen de Lumine for their CD release (ECM 028947630210).
   
2000 Spitalfields Festival, Aube to be performed by Manson Ensemble.
   
1999 Melinda Maxwell, The Annunciation for her CD release (Dutton CDLX7139).
   
         
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       PRIZES / DISTINCTIONS    
         
         
    FRIST PRIZES    
   
2011 In Nova Música Competition (1st Prize), Centre cultural La Llacuna, Andorra la Vella/Principat d' Andorra.
   
2011 The Seoul Spring Festival Composition Competition (1st Prize), Ilshin Foundation, Seoul/Korea.
   
2010 The International Competition 'Jesus Villa-Rojo' (1st Prize), Siglo Futuro Foundation, Guadalajara/Spain.
   
2007 1st European Competition of State Conservatory of Thessaloniki 2007 (1st Prize), Thessaloniki, Greece.
- [among 55 submissions]
   
2005 Brave New Works Composers Competition (1st Prize), Ann Arbor (MI)/USA. - [among 165 submissions]
   
2004 The Temple Music Composition Prize (1st Prize), London/UK.- [among 200 submissions]
   
2004 2003-2004 Season Crwth Composition Competition (1st Prize), The Alauna Ensemble, Swansea/UK.
   
2003 The International Competition for Original Ballet Music (1st Prize)-ISCM World Music Days 2003, Ljubljana/Slovenia.
   
2003 The 5th Montserrat International Camera Music Composition Competition (1st Prize),
The city council of Montserrat, Valencia/Spain.
   
2003 Theodore Front Prize (1st Prize), International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM), Maryland (MD)/USA.
   
2002 ACL Yoshiro Irino Memorial Prize (1st Prize), 2002 Asian Contemporary Music Festival, Seoul/Korea.
   
         
    SECOND PRIZES    
   
2008 The 2008 Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award Competition (2ndPrize), Urbana (IL)/USA.
- [among 292 submissions]
   
2007 Dimitris Mitropoulos International Competition for composing (2nd Prize), Athens/Greece.
- [among 55 submissions]
   
         
    THIRD PRIZES    
   
2010 Composition contest Franz Liszt for piano & orchestra (3rd Prize), Weimarer/Germany.
   
2005 CHAMBER MUSIC SEINÄJOKI 2005 Composition Competition (3rd Prize), Seinäjoki/Finland.
   
         
    MENTIONS    
   
2006 The Vanguard Premieres Choral Composition Contest 2006, Honorable Mention, Dearborn (MI)/USA.
   
2006 8th International Composer's Competition, Jihlava 2006, Honorable Mention, Prague/Czech Republic.
   
2005 New York Treble Singers 2005 Composition Competition, Special Mention, New York (NY)/USA.
   
2003 Look & Listen Festival Prize 2004, Honorable mention, New York (NY)/USA.
   
         
    FINALISTS    
   
2005 Pierre Schaeffer 2005, V INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER MUSIC COMPETITION, (Category: Instrument and tape),
Finalist, Pescara/Italy.
   
2005 University of Aberdeen Music Prize 2005, Finalist, Aberdeen/UK. - [5 Finalists among 400 submissions]
   
2002 Ensemble Eleven Young Composers Competition 2002, Finalist, Manchester/UK.
   
         
    AWARDS AND HONORS    
   
2011 ISCM World Music Days 2011, Zagreb/Croatia. - [68 Selected among 400 works from 40 countries]
   
2010 ISCM World Music Days 2010, Sydney/Australia. - [82 Selected among 700 works from 52 countries]
   
 2010 Winner, San Diego New Music and ensemble NOISE: Annual Call for Scores, La Jolla (CA)/USA.
   
2008 ISCM World New Music Days 2008, Vilnius/Lithuania. - [selection by international jury]
   
2008 The International Festival of Electroacoustic Music of Santiago Ai-maako, Santiago/Chile.
- [19 Selected among 200 submissions]
   
2007 Winner, Juventas! Call for scores 2007, Boston (MA)/USA.
   
2007 Asia Pacific Festival, Wellington New Zealand, Wellington/New Zealand. - [selection by international jury]
   
2006 The International Computer Music Conference (ICMC), New Orleans (LA)/USA. - [selection by international jury]
   
2006 ISCM World New Music Festival 2006, Stuttgart/Germany. - [selection by international jury]
   
2006 The XXVIII New Music Forum "Manuel Enríquez", Mexico City/Mexico.
   
2006 International Electroacoustic Music Festival Spring in Havana,  Havana/Cuba.
   
2006 VOICES ON THE EDGE: Fifth Annual Women in New Music Festival, Fullerton (CA)/USA.
- [among 100 works from over 20 countries] 
   
2006 Winner, The Midwest Graduate Music Consortium Call for Scores, Evanston (IL)/USA. - [5 among 26 submissions]
   
2005 The 25th Asian Composers League (ACL) Conference and Festival, Bangkok/Thailand.
- [selection by international jury]
   
2005 The XXVII New Music Forum "Manuel Enríquez", Mexico City/Mexico. 
   
2004 The 24th Asian Composers League Festival (ACL) Conference and Festival, Jerusalem/Israel.
- [selection by international jury] 
   
2004 Winner, Chicago ICE Fest 2004 Call For Scores, Chicago (IL)/USA.
   
2003 ISCM World Music Days 2003, Ljubljana/Slovenia. - [selection by international jury]
   
2002 The 22nd Asian Composers League Festival (ACL) Conference and Festival, Seoul/Korea.
   
         
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       GRANTS / SCHOLARSHIPS    
         
         
    GRANTS    
   
2011 Embassy of the Republic of Korea to Germany, the Korean Cultural Centre in Berlin/Germany.
Travel Grant to attend  the Weimarer Spring Festival for Contemporary Music 2011.
   
2010 Embassy of the Republic of Korea to France, the Korean Cultural Centre in Paris/France.
Travel Grant to attend the Festival Champs Libres.
   
2009 Embassy of the Republic of Korea to Ireland, Travel Grant to work with the Ensemble Concord, Dublin/Ireland.
   
2006 Arts Council Korea, Grant for Portrait Concert, Seoul/Korea.
   
2003 The Korean Culture and Arts Foundation, Travel Grant for ISCM World Music Days 2003, Seoul/Korea.
   
2003 The PRS Foundation and British Council, Travel Grant for ISCM World Music Days 2003, London/UK.
   
         
    SCHOLARSHIPS    
   
2009 International mastercourse and workshop for conductors and composers in Herrenhaus Edenkoben,
Scholarship for the course fee, Lodging and meals in Herrenhaus, Edenkoben/Germany.
   
2003 CFAMC Scholarship, The Christian Fellowship of Art Music Composers, New York (NY)/USA.
   
2002 The 41st International Summer Course for New Music, Scholarship for the full expenses of the Darmstadt,
by the Lord Mayor of the Wissenschaftsstadt Darmstadt, Darmstadt/Germany.
   
2002 British Chevening Scholarship, The British Council, Seoul/Korea.
   
2001 Vinson Award, The University of York, York/UK.
   
2001 BCC Scholarship, The Scholarship Foundation of BoonDang Central Church, Sungnam/Korea.
   
1999 Manson Award, The Royal Academy of Music, London/UK.
   
1999 Foundation Award, The Royal Academy of Music, London/UK.
   
1998 Leverhulme Award, The Royal Academy of Music, London/UK.
   
         
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