K-MUSIC 2023: Sun Mi Hong Quartet

Sun Mi Hong Quartet

Members:

Sun Mi Hong / Drums

Song Yi Jeon / Vocal

GeeHye Lee / Piano

Hyelim Kim / Daegeum

Sun Mi Hong

The drummer Sun Mi Hong has been active in Amsterdam for over 12 years. With a signature of the rooted groove in combination with well-tempered outbursts, Sun-Mi has placed herself strongly in the European jazz scene. She is the winner of the SENA Dutch Jazz Competition 2018 and Edison Award Winner 2021 in the National category for her last album A Self-Strewn Portrait (ZenneZ Records).

• “Formally precise, but not at the expense of spontaneous wildness“ DownBeat
• ”Flickering energy. But they never lose forward motion” National Public Radio
• "Especially as the percussionist doesn't hesitate to give her instrument every possible colour.” Citizen Jazz

Song Yi Jeon

Basel-based jazz vocalist and composer Song Yi Jeon has shared the stage with a five-time Grammy Award winner Dianne Reeves at the EFG London Jazz Festival. She has honed her signature “east meets west” sound at the Berklee College of Music as the inaugural Quincy Jones CJ&E fellow, where she was also awarded the Billboard Endowed Award. She has played at many clubs/festivals including Blue Note NY, the Jazz Gallery NYC, the Falcon, Bimhuis Amsterdam and Offbeat Jazz Festival Basel to name a few, recently receiving praise for her latest album Home in collaboration with the guitarist Vinicius Gomes.

Gee Hye Lee

Pianist Gee Hye Lee, who studied under Paul Schwarz in Stuttgart, has been recognized with awards at the Baden-Württemberg Art Foundation Competition and has performed at renowned festivals including Jazz Festival Ascona and JAZZOPEN.

Hyelim Kim

London-based composer and daegeum soloist Hyelim Kim brings a unique blend of innovative approaches and Korean traditional music, having performed at notable events such as the EFG London Jazz Festival and Melbourne Women's Festival. She also premiered a daegeum concertino with the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris.