Junghae Lee represents Switzerland in Tallinn
The Swiss-Korean composer Junghae Lee, who works in Basel, was chosen by the jury of the ISCM World Music Days 2019 to represent Switzerland at the festival with her work "Sorimuni 2" for chamber orchestra.
"Sorimuni 2" will be performed by the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra on May 5. In addition, "Shadow Art II" for vocalists, flute and electronics by Australian composer Paul Clift, who also lives in Basel, was selected as the Australian section's contribution.
Junghae Lee, born in Tokyo in 1964, grew up in Korea. She studied composition at Seoul National University with Byung-Dong Paik and from 1991 at the Electronic Studio of the Basel University of Music, specializing in electronic music. She attended master classes with Isang Yun and Toru Takemitsu. After a phase of intensive involvement with electronic music, she turned her attention increasingly to instrumental composition. Her work - with or without electronics - is characterized by special mixtures and a unique, highly expressive style.
The ISCM World Music Days is the annual festival of the International Society for Contemporary Music, founded in 1922, and will take place this year from May 2 to 10 in Tallinn, Estonia. It will be hosted by the Estonian Music Days, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary with the ISCM World Music Days. The works to be selected are submitted by the 65 national sections and presented to the festival jury.
Nicolas Farine and Egidius Streiff coordinated the submissions of the Swiss Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM Switzerland). This year, works by Katharina Rosenberger, Junghae Lee, René Wohlhauser, Nadir Vassena, Stephanie Hänsler, Benoit Moreau, Nicolas Bolens and Keiko Kikoutchi were submitted.
