AHN, Jean

  Born in Korea, Jean Ahn finished her B.A. and M.M. at Seoul National University and Ph.D. at UC Berkeley. Her creative output includes works ranging from solo instruments to full orchestra, as well as choral, dance and electroacoustic music.

Her music was performed by Oakland Symphony, Memphis Symphony, Berkeley Symphony, Earplay, Dinnosaur Annex, Left Coast Ensemble, Volti and more. She was the guest speaker at featured at New Music Miami, New American Music Festival, Women Composers Conference (Australia), Aspen Music Festival, June in Buffalo, the Oregon Bach Festival, the Etchings Festival, IAWM Beijing Congress, SEAMUS and New York City Electronic Music Festival among others. She was the composer-in-residence with SF Choral Artists last season and she currently teaches at UC Berkeley.

Jean's music brings Asian traditional elements into western music. Her “Folksong Revisited” for piano and “K-Folksongs” for voice and piano are ongoing projects that show her vision to introduce Korean songs and techniques to professional performers in the US.