Hong Yoo

Korean Bamboo flute player, Hong Yoo, is a soloist who has a wide range of repertoire varying from Korean traditional music to contemporary music. He studied court music, sanjo, shinawi and folk music at the Gugak National High School and at the Seoul National University under master musicians such as Yong-Suk Seo, Yong-Ho Park, Gyu-il Hwang, Sam-Beom Choi and Jae-Won Lim. He studied at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London ( MMs in Performance Master Program ), and graduated in 2009, when he launched his music career in Berlin as a soloist. He won several competitions and received awards including the "Special Prize of the Dong A Concours" and the "First Prize of the Jeonju Festivals". He has also performed at major music festivals such as World Minimal Festival ( Amsterdam, Nederland ), Klangspuren Festival ( Schwaz, Austria ), Trans Art Festival ( Bolzano, Italy ), Tongyeong International Music Festival ( Korea ) and Shanghai International Arts Festival ( China ). Hong Yoo continues his effort to introduce and develop the potential of his instrument and Korean traditional music in general. Extending his Daegeum repertoire from traditional pieces to newly composed works by composers in Europe and actively participating in various workshops, he continues with his experiments as a member of the AsianArt Ensemble, Ensemble Extrakte and Duo Momentum which consists of Asian traditional- and Western classical instruments.

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