as an la-born pianist based in nyc, i make music intended to grow community and pay respect to my lineages

 

that of my family ancestry

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that of the improvised music of the korean peninsula

 

and that of the black american masters of music that are my lifelong main influences on the piano

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my formal education in music was at new england conservatory, where i studied piano with jason moran, bruce brubaker, frank carlberg, and ethan iverson; and improvisation with nasheet waits, billy hart, joe morris, and doyeon kim

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my playing has been heard with david binney, JSQ!, fugitive, joe morris, doyeon kim, michael formanek, and in collaboration with rashid johnson

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i sometimes write poems, which are very much intertwined with my musical practice and usually explore relationships and/or my positionality as a grandchild of immigrants in the usa

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i also write album reviews and editorials on musical artists of the korean diaspora for koreanindie.com

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