"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, Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, 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
Oct 2020
Kafka’s Dream for orchestra
(Asian Premiere)
Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä (cond.)
South Korea Tour, Venues TBA
1 Nov 2020
Kafka’s Dream for orchestra
Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä(cond.)
Lotte Concert Hall, Seoul, South Korea
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)
Dresdner Philharmonie, Bruno Borralhinho (cond.)
Kulturpalast Dresden, Germany
21 Mar 2021
Kafka’s Dream for orchestra
(German Premiere)
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Michael Sanderling (cond.)
Kölner Philharmonie, Germany
22 Mar 2021
Kafka’s Dream for orchestra
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Michael Sanderling (cond.)
Kölner Philharmonie, Germany
23 Mar 2021
Kafka’s Dream for orchestra
Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Michael Sanderling (cond.)
Kölner Philharmonie, Germany
2 May 2021
New Orchestra Piece
(World Premiere)
LA Philharmonic Orchestra, Shiyeon Sung (cond.)
Walt Disney Concert Hall, LA, USA
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