Life

Hi Kyung Kim was born in South Korea. She graduated from Seoul National University

Seoul National University

Seoul National University , colloquially known in Korean as Seoul-dae , is a national research university in Seoul, Korea, ranked 24th in the world in publications in an analysis of data from the Science Citation Index, 7th in Asia and 42nd in the world by the 2011 QS World University Rankings...

 with a BA and the University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...

, with an MA and PhD, where she studied composition with Andrew Imbrie

Andrew Imbrie

Andrew Welsh Imbrie was an American composer of contemporary classical music.-Career:Imbrie was born in New York on April 6, 1921, and began his musical training as a pianist when he was 4. In 1937, he went to Paris to study briefly with Nadia Boulanger...

, Olly Wilson

Olly Wilson

Olly Woodrow Wilson, Jr. is a prominent American composer of contemporary classical music, pianist, double bassist, and musicologist. He is one of the preeminent living composers of African American descent.-Life:...

, Gérald Grisey, and Sung-Jae Lee. As a benefit of the U.C. Berkeley’s George C. Ladd Prix de Paris, she worked at Institut de Rechéreche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM) and École Normale Supérieure in Paris

Paris

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 from 1988-1990.

After completing her studies, Kim took a position as assistant professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz

University of California, Santa Cruz

The University of California, Santa Cruz, also known as UC Santa Cruz or UCSC, is a public, collegiate university; one of ten campuses in the University of California...

. She returned to Korea in 1985 and 1998 for research and study of Korean music, and also researched the music of Elliot Carter at the Paul Sacher

Paul Sacher

Paul Sacher was a Swiss conductor, patron and impresario.-Biography:He studied under Felix Weingartner, among others. In 1926 he founded the Basel Chamber Orchestra to play works written before the classical period and modern works...

 Foundation in Basel

Basel

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, Switzerland

Switzerland

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Honors and awards

• Eisner prize in Creative Arts and
• Two Di Lorenzo Composition Prizes
• U.C. Berkeley’s George C. Ladd Prix de Paris
• Walter Hinrichsen Award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters

Works

Selected works include:

• Thousand Gates (2010/2011) Korean and Western choreography, Korean ensemble (percussion, haegeum), Western ensemble (violin, cello, clarinet/bass clarinet, percussion) and multi-media
• Rituel III (2004/5) Korean choreography/percussion, Korean ensemble (janggo, daegeum) and Western ensemble (violin, cello, clarinet/bass clarinet, percussion), multi-media
• Rituel II (2002) Korean choreography/Korean percussion, Korean ensemble (chanting, piri/bamboo oboe, saengwhang/mouth organ, hun/clay flute, yangkeum/dulcimer); Western ensemble (violin, cello, clarinet/bass clarinet, percussion)
• Rituel (2001) Korean dance/percussion and violin, cello, clarinet, percussion
• When He was Six Hundred Years Old (2010) haegeum (Korean fiddle), clarinet, cello
• Isle of Eeo (2010) violin (2), viola, cello, percussion
• Clarinet Quintet (2009), clarinet, string quartet, editing of unfinished work of Andrew Imbrie
• At the Edge of the Ocean (2001/2003) flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, percussion
• Trio “Sori” (2002), Korean daegeum (bamboo flute), clarinet and cello
• Primitive Dance (1990/1999) string quartet
• Breaking the Silence (1996) violin, cello, piano
• Unknown Lives (1995) flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, percussion, piano
• When You Rush (1991) flute, clarinet, bassoon, trombone, violin, cello, harp
• What are Years? (1988/1991) 2 movements, soprano, flute, clarinet, guitar, violin, double bass
• Short Dance (1987) string quartet
• Encounter (1986) clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, cello and five percussion players
• Ari for soprano & string quartet (1983)
• Satisfaction (1977) chamber ensemble
• Musical Gathering (1976) flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn
• Crash (1975) string quartet
• Resistance (1975) soprano, piano
• FOR RAE: “I am too excited to tell you” piano solo
• The Poet KIM SAT GAT: daegeum solo (bamboo flute) (2007/2010)
• Secret Wine: percussion solo (2008)
• Two Years with the Seine (2007) 4 movements, clarinet and cello
• A Story: gayageum solo (2006) 3 movements
• Orange Pastel (2001/2009) two percussionists
• Crystal Drops (2000/2003) 2 movements, two pianos
• After the Fall (1998) clarinet and bass clarinet
• Instant Breath: flute solo (1999)
• Reflection: clarinet solo (1985)
• Intrigues (1985) 3 movements, prepared piano and clarinet
• Dialogue (1974) violin, piano
• Path way: piano solo (1974)
• Requiem chamber orchestra & chamber choir
• Islands in the Bay, percussion concerto (1993), 3 movements
• Conversation for Orchestra (1976)
• Looking at the New Heaven and Earth (1976) mixed voice SATB and piano
• Step (1988) for computer/tape

Her music has been recorded and issued on CD, including:

• Crystal Drops: Music By Hi Kyung Kim (2008)
• Tribute To Andrew Imbrie In Celebration Of His Eightieth Birthday (2005)
• Solos And Duos: Music By Andrew Imbrie And Hi Kyung Kim (2008)
• Tribute To Chou Wen-Chung (2009)
• Kim: Unknown Lives (2000)