S U N G J I H O N G

Composer

F E A T U R E D R E V I E W S

“A virtuoso exploration of the technical and sonorous possibilities of three high voices.”
-Elizabeth Roche, Daily Telegraph

“A work of iridescent freshness.”
-Barry Witherden, BBC Music Magazine

“Outbursts of rhythmic energy”
-The Irish Times

“it had fantasy, colour and drive”
-Nottingham evening post

N E W S

Premiere at Idealistic Festival in Gdansk, Poland

October, 2021

Exepnefsen written for Aleksandra Panasik, for Oboe and Electronics will be performed at Idealistic Festival.

Premiere at The NFA 2021 Virtual Convention

August 13, 2021

Jennie Oh Brown will be giving The NFA Convention Premiere of Vidimus Stellam. The National Flute Association has commissioned Hong to write a new work for the Young Artist Competition for the 2020 convention in Dallas, Texas. The 2021 Virtual Convention is the full 2020 convention planned for Dallas, TX, dropped onto an online platform.

Premiere at The ClarinetFest 2021 Virtual

July 30, 2021

Ekvallein, commissioned piece by Sarah Watts, for Bass Clarinet and Electronics will be performed at The ClarinetFest.

Premiere in Boston (MA), USA.

May 19, 2021

Bell Song, commissioned piece by Julia Scott Carey for solo piano will be performed in Boston (MA), USA.

Premiere in Houston (TX)/USA.

May 5, 2021

Prism written for Texas New Music Ensemble's project No Time for Silence collaboration with pianist Yan Shen. Hong is one of the featured composers of the Texas New Music Ensemble for the 2020-2021 season.

U P C O M I N G P E R F O R M A N C E S

FEB

18

Et Descendit

Performance by Ensemble Tactus , Manhattan School of Music - Neidorff-Karpati Hall, New York (NY)/USA.

MAY

01

Hxó

Performance by Christina Medawar, Sustain Music Project: Paint the Music, Axis Studios, Seattle (WA)/USA. Seattle (WA)/USA. (Online Event due to COVID-19)

May