PAK, Sunyeong

Sunyeong Pak (South Korea) is a composer and pianist praised for her “highly refined sense of orchestration using extended techniques” and “remarkable imagination”. Her music was recently selected as a finalist at Bruno Maderna International Composition Competition and honorable mention at Heckscher Foundation in 2017. She completed her doctoral degree in music composition at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in May in 2017 and holds composition degrees from DePaul Univeristy (MM) and Ewha Womans University (BM). She challenges herself to create new timbral sounds by combining both extended and general instrumental techniques. Her music blends the post-serial expressivity with clearly identified form. Her special interest in direct and emotional inspiration drives to expressive gestures and drama in music. Her works have been performed by several ensembles in the United States, Europe and South Korea and conducted by Jean-Philippe Wurtz, Michael Lewanski, Christopher Jones and Matt Shepherd.