Jeonghyeon Joo is a haegeum performer/composer based in Los Angeles and Seoul. Her practice includes performance, composition, improvisation, artistic research, collaboration, writing, and teaching. She explores the physical, social, cultural, and political relationship between the performer and instrument, frequently collaborating with filmmakers, visual artists, composers, and performance artists.
She has received the Emerging Artist Award from the National Academy of Arts of the Republic of Korea (2024) and the Presidential Award of Korea (2012), and her recent projects have been supported by the Arts Council Korea, the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, and the California Institute of the Arts, among others.
In addition to performing and composing, she has frequently given lectures and presented her works at institutions and conferences across North America and Asia, including UCLA, UC Berkeley, CalArts, UC Riverside, San Francisco State University, San Diego State University, Seoul National University, Jakarta Institute of Arts, International Computer Music Conference, New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, Composition in Asia International Symposium, Philosophical Research Center, and Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles. Her writings can be found in the journal, Korean Contemporary Composers and Compositions, and in the program books for The Art of Bowing and EXERCISE, her large-scale performance projects.
She received a Doctor of Musical Arts from the California Institute of the Arts (CA, United States) and earned a Master of Arts and Bachelor of Music from Seoul National University (Seoul, South Korea). She is currently an Assistant Professor at the School of Performing Arts at the Seoul Institute of the Arts and serves as a Program Director at CultureHub.
She has received the Emerging Artist Award from the National Academy of Arts of the Republic of Korea (2024) and the Presidential Award of Korea (2012), and her recent projects have been supported by the Arts Council Korea, the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, and the California Institute of the Arts, among others.
In addition to performing and composing, she has frequently given lectures and presented her works at institutions and conferences across North America and Asia, including UCLA, UC Berkeley, CalArts, UC Riverside, San Francisco State University, San Diego State University, Seoul National University, Jakarta Institute of Arts, International Computer Music Conference, New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, Composition in Asia International Symposium, Philosophical Research Center, and Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles. Her writings can be found in the journal, Korean Contemporary Composers and Compositions, and in the program books for The Art of Bowing and EXERCISE, her large-scale performance projects.
She received a Doctor of Musical Arts from the California Institute of the Arts (CA, United States) and earned a Master of Arts and Bachelor of Music from Seoul National University (Seoul, South Korea). She is currently an Assistant Professor at the School of Performing Arts at the Seoul Institute of the Arts and serves as a Program Director at CultureHub.
