KNSO Composers’ Atelier
- Program Period
- January 2023 to December 2023
- Program Director
- Texu Kim(ppointed as a composer-in-residence at the Korean National Symphony Orchestra from 2014 to 2016., tanding professor of Composition and Music Theory Dept. at San Diego State University)
- Mentors
- Dieter Ammann, Aaron Jay Kernis
- Participating Composers
- Eunsung Kim, Jaeduk Kim, Jaebong Rho, Areum Lee, Younje Cho
Mentors
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Texu Kim
- Won the award for composition of the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung, etc.
- Appointed as a composer-in-residence at the Lucerne Festival, and taught composition at the music academy.
- Appointed for the BBC Radio 3, the Munich Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, etc.
- Standing professor at the Lucerne School of Music.
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Dieter Ammann
- Won the award for composition of the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung, etc.
- Appointed as a composer-in-residence at the Lucerne Festival, and taught composition at the music academy.
- Appointed for the BBC Radio 3, the Munich Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, etc.
- Standing professor at the Lucerne School of Music.
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Aaron Jay Kernis
- Won the Pulitzer Prize, the Grammy Award, and the Grawemeyer Award.
- Appointed as the 1stdirectoroftheMinnesotaOrchestra’sComposersInstitute.
- Appointed for the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, etc.
- Standing professor at the Yale School of Music.
Participating Composers
Eunsung Kim / 김은성
- Seoul National University, Composition (B.M.)
- Hochschule für Musik FRANZ LISZT Weimar, Composition (M.D.)
- Hochschule für Musik FRANZ LISZT Weimar, Composition (Konzertexamen)
- Music Composition Prize of the Thuringia Germany (2016)
- Winner of Joseph Joachim Composition Competition (2015)
- Winner of Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn University Competition (2014)
- ‘The Parallax View’ for Sanjodaegeum, Flute and String Ensemble (Gonggansori Composers Concert, Sejong Center for the performing Arts, 2022)
- ‘re’ for String Quartet (Asian Composers Showcase, Tongyeong Concert Hall, 2021)
- ‘Geraengi’ for Daegeum, Flute and Orchestra (The 12th ARKO Contemporary Orchestra Music Festival, Seoul Arts Center, 2021)
- ‘im Innersten’ for Chamber Orchestra (performed by Daegu International Symphony Orchestra, 2019)
- ‘Cold Stream’ for Orchestra (The 10th ARKO Contemporary Orchestra Music Festival, performed by KBS Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Arts Center, 2019)
- Studied under Tai-Bong Chung, Michael Obst, Ulrich Kreppein
Jaeduk Kim / 김재덕
- Korea National University of Arts, Composition / Orchestra Conducting (B.M.)
- Haute école de musique de Genève, Composition (M.M.) – funded scholarship by Foundation Hans wilsdorf (Rolex SA)
- Universität Musik und darstellnde kunst Wien, Composition / Orchestra Conducting (Exchange Student)
- 2018 Composition of Joongang Music Concours, 1st prize
- 2016 The Music Association of Korea Competition(Orchestra category), 1st prize.
- Masterclass by renowned composers: Brian Ferneyhough, Clara Ianoota, Chaya Czernowin, Franck Bedrossiaen, Unsuk Chin
- ‘Paysage...’ for string nonet [arrière, second, première plan] (Commissioned and premiered by NEC Ensemble, 2022)
- ‘Mechanical imporovisation’ for accordion (Premiered by Ensemble Via.Nova, 2022)
- ‘Son de Lumière- refletée dans le lac’ for string ensemble, two percussionists, and piano solo (Commissioned and premiered by TIMF Ensemble, Seoul Arts Center, 2022)
- La vision de l’extase (Premiered by Barcelona Modern Ensemble, 2021)
- Studied under Michael Jarrell, Luis Naôn, Gilbert Nouno, Jean-luc Hervé, Detlev Müller Siemens, Dongjin Bae, Byungmoo Lee, Sungki Kim, Insik Lee
Jaebong Rho / 노재봉
- Pusan National University, Composition (B.M.)
- ‘ATEM’ for flute, oboe, clarinet and accordion (29th Daegu International Contemporary Music Festival, 2019)
- ‘limen’ for flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano and six other works (New Music Concert: Works of Jaebong Rho, 2021)
- ‘morii’ for orchestra (Commissioned by the Busan Philharmonic Orchestra, 2022)
- ‘Sans Soleil: Hommage à Chris Marker’ for orchestra (Busan Cultural Center, 2022)
- Studied with Sooran Jeong
Areum Lee / 이아름
- Hanyang University, Composition (B.M.)
- Hochschule für Künste Bremen, Composition (M.M.)
- Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf, Composition (Konzertexamen)
- ‘Racham’ for ensemble (Ilshin Hall, World Premiere, 2022)
- ‘Event horizon’ for quintet (Commissioned-Premiere, 2022)
- ‘Staub’ for string quartet (Bludenzer Tage zeitgemäßer Musik, Commissioned-Premiere, 2022)
- ‘Odem II’ for orchestra (Flora Sinfonie Orchester Commissioned-Premiere, 2022)
- ‘Stille’ for ensemble (Neue Musik Eckernförde, 2021)
- Studied under Shihyong Kim, Cheonwook Kim, Jeonghoon Kim, Jörg Birkenkötter, José María Sánchez-Verdú
Younje Cho / 조윤제
- Yonsei University, Composition (B.M.)
- Indiana University, Composition (M.M.), Double majoring in Computer Music Composition (M.C.M.)
- Indiana University, Associate Instructor of Music Theory
- ‘Feast of Particles’ for orchestra, 2019 (Selected for the 2023 American Composers Orchestra (ACO) Earshot Readings, Received honorable mentions and a commission on the 2022 Hangzhou Contemporary Music Festival “Artinno Award” International Orchestral Composition Competition)
- ‘For All We Took’ for soprano and sinfonietta (commissioned by and written for the IU New Music Ensemble, 2023)
- ‘Virtual Cloud’ for clarinet, harp, and cello (Studzinski Hall, Bowdoin International Music Festival, 2022)
- ‘Shadow’ for violin, 3 violas, and cello (Studzinski Hall, Bowdoin International Music Festival, 2022)
- ‘Scale’, 2019 (Auer Hall, Indiana University, 2021)
- ‘The Arrow and the Song’ for soprano and sextet (2021) (winner of Georgina Joshi Composition Commission Award, Auer Hall, Indiana University)
- ‘Hallucination’ for solo flute, 2021 (winner of third prize in the 2022 American Prize, Auer Hall, Indiana University)
- Studied under David Dzubay, Aaron Travers, Andreia Pinto Correia, P.Q. Phan, John Gibson, Chi Wang, Jiesun Lim, Hong-Seok Lee, Yie-Eun Chun