CHOI, Hye-Yeon

Hye-Yeon Choi is a South Korean composer born in Seoul in 1985. She studied instrumental and electroacoustic composition at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover (2009–2014) with Oliver Schneller, Gordon Williamson and Joachim Heintz. She continued her studies at the Conservatoire de Paris with Frédéric Durieux and later with Marco Stroppa in Stuttgart. Her music explores experimental instrumental techniques, electronic sound and contemporary musical expression. Her composition Kein Unsinn for soprano and guitar was presented at the Donaueschingen Music Days in 2015.