Jeeyoung Kim

Jeeyoung Kim is Korean-born composer, studying composition at Yonsei University (B.M.) in Korea and Indiana University (M.M.), and received a Doctor of Musical Arts from Yale University. Dr. Kim's music harmonizes the unique cultural aspects from Eastern and Western traditions. Her music has received critical acclaim from The New York Times, New York Classical Review, and San Francisco Chronicle. Her two pieces, Tryst and Ancient Bell, both were commissioned and toured worldwide by The Silk Road Ensemble, led by Yo-Yo Ma. Her opera, From My Mother’s Mother, was commissioned and premiered in November 2012 by The Houston Grand Opera, and has been performed in New York and Washington D.C.

Dr. Kim has won numerous awards and recognition from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM), National Association of Composers, USA (NACUSA), and Meet the Composer. In 2001-2002, she was awarded the Bunting Fellowship at Harvard University, where she composed and researched Asian music and philosophy.

Deconstruction and Rebuilding of Cultural Heritage Through Music

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Throughout history, we have deconstructed and rebuilt our cultural heritage. As a composer or a performer, one often confronts decisions with how to interpret historical and musical vocabularies, and how it leads to our own original voices as artists. Three Korean composers will share their original music and voices. Presenting elements of music with comparisons … Read more