"The most promising new work by a young composer I’ve heard in years."
BIOGRAPHY
DONGHOON SHIN – COMPOSER
Donghoon Shin is a South Korean composer based in London. His music has been performed and commissioned by prominent orchestras, ensembles and festivals such as the London Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Gürzenich Orchestra in Cologne, Spanish National Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, Ensemble Recherche, Riot Ensemble, Festival d’Automne a Paris, Tongyeong International Music Festival, TIMF Ensemble and Exaudi ensemble.
He won numerous prizes including the Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize in 2016, Goethe Award by Goethe Institut and Tongyeong International Music Festival in 2013 and the Gran Prix of the ANM-BBVA International Composition Concours in 2010. He also served the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group as Young Composer in Residence (2017-18) through the Embedded Scheme of the Sound and Music.
Recent works include Of Rats and Men for chamber orchestra commissioned and premiered by the Karajan Academy of the Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Peter Eötvös and Kafka’s Dream for the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by François-Xavier Roth.
Internationally renowned orchestras will perform new works by Donghoon: the Los Angeles Philharmonic, together with Seoul Philharmonic and Bamberg Symphony commissioned a new orchestral work (WP: May 2021); a new violin concerto (for the violinist Kristóf Baráti and the conductor Boon-Hua Lien) is commissioned by the Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra and the Peter Eötvös Music Foundation (WP: November 2020).
UPCOMING EVENTS
22 Oct 2020
The Hunter’s Funeral for ensemble
(Asian Premiere)
Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (cond.)
Gangneung Arts Center, South Korea
23 Oct 2020
The Hunter’s Funeral for ensemble
Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (cond.)
Daegu Concert House, South Korea
24 Oct 2020
The Hunter’s Funeral for ensemble
Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (cond.)
Gumi Culture & Arts Center, South Korea
28 Oct 2020
The Hunter’s Funeral for ensemble
Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (cond.)
Gwangju Culture & Art Center , South Korea
29 Oct 2020
The Hunter’s Funeral for ensemble
Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (cond.)
Yeulmaru Art Center, Yeosu, South Korea
30 Oct 2020
The Hunter’s Funeral for ensemble
Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (cond.)
Busan Cutural Center, South Korea
1 Nov 2020
The Hunter’s Funeral for ensemble
12 Nov 2020
Concerto for violin and orchestra
(World Premiere)
Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra, Kristóf Baráti (vl.), Boon-Hua Lien (cond.)
Kodály Centre Concert Hall, Pécs, Hungary
17 Jan 2021
The Hunter’s Funeral for ensemble
(German Premiere)
Ensemble Mediterrain, Bruno Borralhinho (cond.)
Kulturpalast Dresden, Germany
21 Mar 2021
Kafka’s Dream for orchestra
(German Premiere)
22 Mar 2021
Kafka’s Dream for orchestra
23 Mar 2021
Kafka’s Dream for orchestra
2 May 2021
New Orchestra Piece
(World Premiere)
Oct 2021
New Orchestra Piece
(Asian Premiere)
Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (cond.)
Venue TBA
2021/22 (TBA)
New Orchestra Piece
(European Premiere)
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Conductor TBA
Venue TBA
2021/22 (TBA)
New Piece for Solo Trombone, Baritone and Large Ensemble
(World Premiere)
Riot Ensemble, Aaron Holloway-Nahum (cond.)
Venue TBA