Published On Jan 2, 2024
December 6, 2023
Presented by Non-Event
Video edit: Nick Stevens
Audio recording & mix: Alex Bernhardt
Yoona Kim is a Boston and South Korea based ajaeng performer, Composer, and Improvisor who creates music based upon traditional aesthetics inherent in Korean music. Her work is focused on the relationship between Korean music, time, and absolute truth through sound. She is the Artistic Director of Moderngagok which is a contemporary music group in South Korea. She has performed throughout India, Vietnam, North America and Europe. She studied Musicology and ajaeng performance at Seoul National University in South Korea. Recently, she has completed a master's degree in Contemporary Improvisation at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.