vita

Jung-Eun Park was born on 16.8.86 in Seoul, Southkorea. She studied composition at Chugye Art University and Hanyang University, and with Rebecca Saunders, Oliver Schneller, as well as José María SánchezVerdú at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien in Hannover. Her works were performed at KunstFestSpielen Herrenhausen 2013 and 2014, at ZKM Karlsruhe, in Landesmuseum Hannover, in Sprengel Museum Hannover, at Forum neuer Musik „Die Wilden Jungen 1914 – 2014“ from Deutschlandfunk in Köln, at the Wittener Tagen für neue Kammermusik 2014 „NEWCOMER KONZERT“ on WDR3, and at the Korean Musicfestival Deutschland in Darmstadt.

Jung-Eun Park won prizes as 41th and 42th Seoul Composition Music Festival and the 38th and 39th Pan Music Festival ISCM Korea, Siegburger Composition Competition and was a finalist in the 2015 Franz List Weimar scholarship competition for young composers. Her works were performed by different Ensembles, like Ensemble Schwerpunkt, Ensemble Hand Werk, Ensemble Mosaik, Ensemble Musikfabrik , Internationale Ensemble Modern Akademie – IEMA etc. Commission for a brassquintet 2013 and an organ piece 2014 from Deutschlandfunk. Her electronic piece „Joong-Dok“ was performed in April 2015 at Deutschlandfunk - Forum neuer Musik in Köln. She was Composer in Residence at Sankt Peter Köln. She received scholarships for foreign student from DAAD 2014-15, Düsseldorf, and from Research-center music and gender(2013-2014), Hannover. Her piece Alter Ego will be performed at ISCM World Music Day 2016.