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Shinuh Lee
Composer
Professor in composition
College of Music
Seoul National University
Gwanak-ro 599, Gwanak Gu
Seoul, Korea 151-742
Tel: +82-2-880-8917(Office)
Fax: +82-2-878-7064
Mobile: +82-10-6346-3452
Email: [email protected]
Homepage: http://shinuhlee.net
Shinuh Lee
Shinuh Lee’s career as a composer started when she took her first composition
lessons with Unsuk Chin. Lee studied composition with Sukhi Kang at Seoul National
University, and later with Michael Finnissy at the Royal Academy of Music, the
University of London, and the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. She is now
Professor of composition at Seoul National University.
While she studied in the U.K., Lee won a number of prizes from various competitions
and music festivals, which include the Musical Times Composers’ Competition,
Cornelius Cardew Composers' Competition, and was a finalist at ISCM World Music
Days, Gaudeamus Composers’ Competition, and Leonard Bernstein International
Jerusalem Composing Competition. After returning to Korea, she also received Korean
Composition Award, AhnEakTae Composition Award, Grand Prize for the Korean Race
Composition Award, Nanpa Music Award, and the Young Artist Today Award from the
Ministry of Culture and Tourism in Korea.
Her pieces have been performed by many major ensembles and orchestras such as
Ixion Ensemble, Asko Ensemble, the Korean Chamber Ensemble, Philharmonia
Orchestra, Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Suwon
Philharmonic Orchestra, Seongnam Philharmonic Orchestra, Changwon Philharmonic
Orchestra, and KBS Symphony Orchestra. Since writing her orchestral piece 《Psalm
20》 (1994‐96, revised in 1998), her music has developed into a new direction. The
music written while Lee lived in the U.K. can be understood, as a whole, to be part of
the acoustic and phenomenological current of the late 20th‐century European music. In
her later works such as the Violin Concerto 《Invisible Hands》 (2000/2002), Piano
Concerto 《A song of joy》 (2001/2003), and 《An open door》 (2004) for Strings, Lee
has shown interest in the sin, suffering, and redemption of mankind, and has explored
on the musical expression of these themes. As a part of research on these themes, she
has embarked on writing a cycle which includes a Violin Fantasy, Piano Fantasy, the
Homage Series, and Choral Fantasy 《Comfort, comfort my people》 since
2006. Currently Shinuh Lee is the Music Director of The Pathway Concert Series and
Studio 2021, a new music series by the College of Music at Seoul National University.
Education
Seoul National University (B.Mus)
Royal Academy of Music, U.K (Dip.RAM)
University of London, U.K (M.Mus)
University of Sussex, U.K (D.Phil)
Teaching Experience
Part-time Lecturer at College of Music, Seoul National University 1997-1998
at Korea National University of Arts 1998
Full-time Lecturer at College of Music, Seoul National University 1999-2000
Assistant Professor at Seoul National University 2001-2004
Associate Professor at Seoul National University 2005-2009
Professor at Seoul National University 2010Prize & Competition
Royal Philharmonic Society Prize for Composer 1991, U.K.
Gaudeamus International Composers’ Competition 1992, Amsterdam
-finalist composer
Theodore Holland Award 1992, U.K.
Conellius Cardew Composition Prize 1993, U.K.
Musical Times Composers’ Competition 1993, U.K.
Leonard Bernstein International Jerusalem Composing Competition 1997, Israel
-finalist composer
AhnIckTae Composition Prize 1997, Korea
Nampa Music Award 2001, Korea
Korean Race Composition Award 2000, Korea
Young Artist Today Award from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism 2001, Korea
Festival
Pan Music Festival 1989, Seoul
Seoul Music Festival 1989, 2001, Seoul
ISCM World Music Days 1991, Zurich
Gaudeamus International Music Week 1992, Amsterdam
Music of Today/Philharmonia Orchestra, 1993, London
Mosaico Music Festival 1995, Cracow
ISCM World Music Days 1997, Seoul
ISCM World Music Days 1998, Manchester
Tong Young International Music Festival 2000, Korea
SNU New Music Series, Studio2021, 2001, Seoul
Library Concert Series/Eurasian Philharmonic Orchestra 2003, Seoul
Premiers Concert Series/New York State University 2005, Stony Brook
Suegisfestival, Estonia Academy of Music & Theatre 2007, Estonia
Orchestral Composition Festival 2008 Seoul
Chamber Composition Festival 2008 Seoul
Seoul International Music Festival 2010 Seoul
Chamber Composition Festival 2010 Seoul
Great Baekje World Festival 2010, Gongju
Ensemble/Orchestra
Asko Ensemble, Holland
Ixion Ensemble, U.K.
Manson Ensemble, U.K.
R.A.M. Symphony Orchestra, U.K.
Ensemble Hwa-Eum, Korea
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, U.K.
Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Israel
Gaudeamus Ensemble, Holland
Philharmonia Orchestra, U.K.
Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra, Korea
Wonju Philharmonic Orchestra, Korea
Changwon Philharmonic Orchestra, Korea
Korean Chamber Ensemble, Korea
Academy Percussion Ensemble, Korea
Ensemble TIMF, Korea
Eurasian Philharmonic Orchestra, Korea
New Classical Community, Austria
Stony Brook Contemporary Chamber Players, U.S.A.
Korea Festival Ensemble, Korea
KBS Symphony Orchestra, Korea
Charity Chamber Ensemble & Orchestra, Korea
Seoul Windquintet, Korea
Aulos Windquintet, Korea
Windquintet I-group, Korea
Korea-Holland Music Association, Korea
Buchun Philharmonic Orchestra, Korea
Sungnam Philharmonic Orchestra, Korea
Chungnam Philharmonic Orchestra, Korea
List of Works
1989
1990
1991
1993
String Quartet No. 1 <Maek>
<Space> for flute, clarinet in Bb and piano
<Analogy> for solo oboe and ensemble
<Expression> for cello
<Change> for clarinet
Microseries I. <Pause> for piano
Microseries II <Series> for viola
1994
<Synthesis, change and proliferation> for cello and accordion
1994
Wind Quintet No. 1 <Micropolyphony>
1996
Microseries IV. <Sonority> for two bassoons and piano
Micorseries V. <Sonority> for piano
1997
<Po’tae-pyong> in 1997 for bassoon and ensemble
1994/96 <Psalm 20> for orchestra
1999
<Love Song> for cello and strings
2000
<Invisible Hands> for violin and orchestra
2002
<Portrait> for violin
2003
<Samson Agonistes>.for soprano and orchestra
2001/03 <A Song of Joy> for piano and orchestra
2004
Five Pieces for piano
<4 Biblical Scenes> for clarinet and orchestra
<An Open Door> for strings
Library Nonet
<A Lamb of God> for soprano, violin and piano
2005
Violin Fantasy No. 1 <The Wrath>
Piano Quartet <Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus>
2006
Violin Fantasy No. 2 <Laudate Dominum>
2007
Wind Quintet No. 2 <Homage to Thomas>
2008
<Homage to J.Kim> for clarinet and piano
2007/09 Chorale Fantasy <Comfort, comfort my people>
2009
<In the Garden of the Lord> for clarinet and piano
2009/10 Concerto for clarinet and orchestra
2010
Symphonic Poem <Baekje>
Wind Quintet No. 3
Alleluia for piano
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