JUNG SUN KANG

Composer/pianist Jung Sun Kang studied composition, piano, and traditional Asian music at Ewha Women's University in her native South Korea. For the MM degree at Eastman, she studies composition with David Liptak and harpsichord with William Porter. She creates simple, bold new soundscapes and has written for Western, Korean, and Japanese ensembles and electronics. Driven by a sense of responsibility to give life to new music by playing it, she has a broad repertoire ranging from the twentieth century to today.