Sungji HONG

Sungji Hong graduated from Hanyang University in Seoul (BA Hons), the Royal Academy of Music in London (MMus) and the University of York (PhD). Her creative output includes works ranging from solo instruments to full orchestra, as well as choral, ballet and electroacoustic music. Her works have been commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation (Harvard University, USA), the Tongyoung International Music Festival (Korea), the Foundation for Universal Sacred Music (USA), the International Isangyun Music Society (Germany) and the MATA Festival (USA), and are regularly performed at international festivals and in major concert series throughout Europe, the United States and Asia. Her music has been widely broadcast in over 30 cities around the world and has been recorded and released on the Dutton label and by ECM Records. She has won the European Competition of the State Conservatory of Thessaloniki (1st Prize), the Temple Music Composition Prize (1st Prize), the Crwth Competition (1st Prize), the international competition for original ballet music at the ISCM World Music Days – Slovenia (1st Prize), the Montserrat International Camera Music Composition Competition (1st Prize), the Theodore Front Prize (IAWM) and the Yoshiro Irino Memorial Prize (ACL).Her recent CD release Stella Maris on the ECM New Series (ECM 1929), performed by the vocal ensemble ‘Trio Mediaeval’, received critically acclaimed reviews and reached the top ten at Billboard Classical Chart and Itunes classics. Since it was released in September 2005, her Missa ‘Lumen de Lumine’ has been performed in over 50 cities around the world. Also the Agnus Dei from the Missa has been performed many times as a ballet, with choreography by Professor Kim Gibilisco, in several cities in the US.Future projects include a Piano Concerto commissioned by the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra for soloist Wilhem Latchoumia, as well as new works for Darmstadt Music Festival and the Takefu International Music Festival. Sungji Hong lives as a freelance composer in Thessaloniki, Greece.www.sungjihong.com