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Bio

Hoyong Lee

 

 Hoyong Lee (South Korea) is a Seoul-based electronic composer, researcher whose works span installation and fixed media performance. He received a Master of Music degree majoring in computer music composition from the Graduate School of Hanyang University. His Master's Thesis is concerned with the electroacoustic techniques of Laurie Anderson, including her gesture and narrative structure. With a liberal arts background from undergraduate studies (Dept. of Digital Culture & Contents at Hanyang University ERICA), his experimental sonic practice has explored various ways of storytelling techniques on digital media platforms with human voice and electroacoustic sounds. He won award of Distinction at Matera Intermedia Festival 2016 (Italy). His art works were selected for performance at ICMC (Ljubljana 2012, Perth 2013, Athens 2014, North Texas 2015), NWEAMO (Tokyo 2016), NYCEMF (Newyork 2015), ISSTC (Maynooth 2014), Sweet Thunder Music Festival (Sanfrancisco 2014) and so on. As part of the 'Hwaum Project Festival' which is recognized as one of the greatest leading intermedia project in South Korea, he collaborated with conceptual artists from abroad for  The Manual  which fused only printed tutorials of installations & fixed media performance project (Commissioned by Hwaum Chamber Orchestra 2014). His acousmatic works selected by Vox Novus 60x60 (2012) Voice Mix and PianoForte Mix were performed as a world premiere at the International Sound Art Festival in Berlin 2012, Texas State University and Chicago Fine Arts Center (2013).  Currently he is a director of experimental sound research lab  'Hyphen-' , and a member of International Computer Music Association. He has been proceeding with adult contemporary group a.k.a 'Matryoshka' with pop instrumental as well as experimental sound art, as a leader.