Hanna Kim
Composer and pianist Hanna Kim (b. 1984) encompasses a wide range of traditional, neo-romantic, minimalistic, and improvisational styles for her compositional work.She is the recipient of several awards, including the 2013 Joseph Dorfman Competition Composition Award (Germany), the 2005 Seoul City Choir Award (South Korea), and the 2004 Nanpa Composition Award (South Korea). Ms Kim has also won numerous score calls, and been asked to compose new works for concert performances at venues including school music halls, local festivals, and at composition workshops and competitions.
Individual musicians and professional ensemble groups for whom she has written works include Andy Akiho, Antony Baryshevsky, the Khorikos Ensemble (New York), the Hartt School of Music’s Foot in the Door contemporary music ensemble, the 20/20 Honors chamber ensemble, the CPP Ensemble (resident contemporary ensemble of the Manhattan School of Music), the Charlotte New Music Festival, and more recently, the Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF) in New York, and the Oregon Bach Festival.
In addition to playing her own solo and chamber music works, Ms Kim enjoys performing traditional and contemporary music by composers of diverse styles, including early and modern sacred music, works composed by composition graduate colleagues and faculty members, as well as providing piano accompaniment for choral ensemble groups. In addition to her passion for piano performance, Kim has written several piano instruction books for children, at the publication request of KMS Music Publications (also known as Eumak-Segye, in South Korea).
Between August 2015 and May 2016, Ms Kim was offered a 1 year visiting scholar-in-residence, at Penn State University, Pennsylvania. Her focus of research was centered around early-mid twentieth century American music.
A native of South Korea, Ms Kim’s initial years of education included studies in both classical piano performance and the visual arts. She received a Bachelor of Music Composition from Kyungwon University, South Korea (2006), a Master of Music in Composition from the Manhattan School of Music in New York (2010), and an Artist Diploma from the University of Hartford, Hartt School of Music in 2015.
Her composition teachers include Hae-Sung Lee, Soo-Jung Shin, Marjorie Merryman, Elizabeth Brown, and David Macbride. Ms Kim is currently working toward her doctoral degree (DMA) with the guidance of Gary Kulesha at the University of Toronto, Canada.
Individual musicians and professional ensemble groups for whom she has written works include Andy Akiho, Antony Baryshevsky, the Khorikos Ensemble (New York), the Hartt School of Music’s Foot in the Door contemporary music ensemble, the 20/20 Honors chamber ensemble, the CPP Ensemble (resident contemporary ensemble of the Manhattan School of Music), the Charlotte New Music Festival, and more recently, the Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF) in New York, and the Oregon Bach Festival.
In addition to playing her own solo and chamber music works, Ms Kim enjoys performing traditional and contemporary music by composers of diverse styles, including early and modern sacred music, works composed by composition graduate colleagues and faculty members, as well as providing piano accompaniment for choral ensemble groups. In addition to her passion for piano performance, Kim has written several piano instruction books for children, at the publication request of KMS Music Publications (also known as Eumak-Segye, in South Korea).
Between August 2015 and May 2016, Ms Kim was offered a 1 year visiting scholar-in-residence, at Penn State University, Pennsylvania. Her focus of research was centered around early-mid twentieth century American music.
A native of South Korea, Ms Kim’s initial years of education included studies in both classical piano performance and the visual arts. She received a Bachelor of Music Composition from Kyungwon University, South Korea (2006), a Master of Music in Composition from the Manhattan School of Music in New York (2010), and an Artist Diploma from the University of Hartford, Hartt School of Music in 2015.
Her composition teachers include Hae-Sung Lee, Soo-Jung Shin, Marjorie Merryman, Elizabeth Brown, and David Macbride. Ms Kim is currently working toward her doctoral degree (DMA) with the guidance of Gary Kulesha at the University of Toronto, Canada.
Here's what Hanna had to say about her piece:
"The text setting of the song is based on the William Butler Yeats’ poem, The Cloths of Heaven. Throughout my years of studying composition, I've always wanted to write a triadic chord-based piece, which sounds pure, and unaffected. The traditional role of tonal language is dominated throughout the whole piece, which is different from my typical chamber music pieces."
"The text setting of the song is based on the William Butler Yeats’ poem, The Cloths of Heaven. Throughout my years of studying composition, I've always wanted to write a triadic chord-based piece, which sounds pure, and unaffected. The traditional role of tonal language is dominated throughout the whole piece, which is different from my typical chamber music pieces."