KIM, Heera
Name:
KIM, Heera (b. 1976)
Musical genre:
Chamber Music, Electronic
Country of birth:
South Korea
Country of location:
South Korea
Notes:
Heera Kim was born in South Korea in 1976. She studied composition and music theory at Kyung Hee University in Seoul, then traveled to Germany to study composition with York Höller in Cologne and electronic music with Hans Ulrich Humpert and in Karlsruhe with Wolfgang Rihm.
Her work has been performed by many ensembles, including the Ensemble for New Music Zurich, Eriprij Apeldoorn, and Oktopus Munich, as well as the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestre National de Lorraine, which respectively premiered Ex abrupto and Re (both in 2009).
In May 2010 her first opera, Der Unfall, premiered at the Neuköllner Oper Berlin. In October 2010 the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Pascal Rophé, performed Namok. In September 2012, a "concept-opera" titled Fragment premiered at the Seoul Arts Center Jayu Theatern. In June 2013 Things We Said Today premiered at IRCAM's ManiFeste festival/academy.
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