Sungji Hong

Sungji Hong (b. 1973) is a South Korean composer of contemporary music, based in the United States. Her work Missa Lumen de Lumine, a setting of the Roman-rite Catholic Mass ordinary for three voices, was written for Trio Mediæval in 2002. The trio recorded it in 2005. In a review for The Gramophone, Ivan Moody found it "rather a fragmentary affair", though with "some dazzling moments".

Biography Sungji Hong received a 2022 Guggenheim Fellowship, a 2022 Charles Ives Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a 2024 Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellowship. She has received commissions from the Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition at the University of Chicago, the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University, the National Flute Association, the Texas Flute Society, the MATA Festival, the Tongyeong International Music Festival, the Kumho Asiana Cultural Foundation, the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, and Ensemble TIMF. She was the Manson Fellow of Composition at the Royal Academy and was made an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM) in London.

She pursued her Ph.D. in composition at the University of York under the supervision of Nicola LeFanu, supported by the Vinson Award and the Chevening Scholarship.

Hong is currently an Associate Professor of Music Composition at the University of North Texas.

Education

University of York, PhD in Music Composition (2000–2004) Studied with Nicola LeFanu, John Stringer, and Thomas Simaku Royal Academy of Music, MMus in Composition (1998–2000) Studied with Paul Patterson and Robert Saxton Hanyang University, BMus in Composition (1993–1997) Studied with Kyungsun Suh

Works

Concerto 2008: Prismatic for piano and chamber orchestra 2023: Igerthi for piano and sinfonietta 2024: Silence for oboe and orchestra

Chamber

2018: Elevatus for flute, clarinet, trombone, percussion, piano, violin and violoncello 2023: Flamingly for 13 players

Ensemble

2006: Shades of Raindrops for flute, bass clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano 2008: Luminous Flux for flute, oboe, clarinet, piano, violin, and violoncello 2009: Resting in Light for clarinet, violin, viola, and violoncello 2011: Bisbiglio for flute, clarinet, and piano 2015: Et descendit for flute, viola and harp 2015: Evlogimenos for clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano 2016: Lazare veni foras! for piccolo, clarinet/bass clarinet, trombone, piano, violin & double bass 2017: Lucem Vitae for clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano 2018: Lux Mundi for oboe, violin, violoncello and piano 2022: Estavrosan for flute, bass clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano 2023: Eplisthisan for flute, clarinet, violin, violoncello and piano

Solo & Duo 2008: Flash for violin 2016: Fruscio for piccolo 2019: Agonia for flute and piano 2019: Exevalen for bass clarinet 2020: Vidimus stellam for flute 2020: Hxó for flute 2021: Proba me, Deus for violin 2023: Silver Bells! for piano 2023: Ruach for contrabass flute 2023: Fatni for alto flute

Choral 2002: Missa Lumen de Lumine for three female voices (SSA) 2004: Emendemus in melius for mixed voices (SATB) 2004: Pater Noster for mixed voices (SATB) 2007: The Lord is my Shepherd for mixed voices (SATB) 2013: Ficus enim non florebit for four female voices (SSAA) 2015: O nata lux for three female voices (SSA) 2016: Postea scien Jesus for mixed voices (SATB) and organ 2019: O sacrum convivium for mixed voices (SATB) 2022: Lux Aeterna for girls’ choir (SSA) 2024: Missa Ichthys for three female voices (SSA)

Electronics 2005: Black Arrow for bass clarinet and fixed media 2015: Shine for flute and fixed media 2021: Ekvallein for bass clarinet and fixed media 2021: Exepnefsen for oboe and electronics