biography |
Nubim (real name: Soyoung Kim) is a Korean composer who has experiences in both architecture and music, jazz and classical music, and Eastern and Western culture. Nubim pursues creating new music taking advantage of these complex cultural backgrounds.
She studied architecture at university and worked as an architect before coming to music. During her master's degree at Codarts (Rotterdam Conservatory, Netherlands), she studied ‘the musicalization of architecture’ for her research, and recently she began to broaden her horizon by the translating of other arts into music. Also she studied both jazz and classical music at conservatories. She composes music that breaks the boundaries between jazz and classical music.
Nubim produced her new album <Chapel of Light (2020)> that translated Eastern and Western cultures into music, taking advantage of being an Asian living in the West. This album contains her compositions about architecture and literature written in the Netherlands. Among the tracks on the CD, there is an electronic piece Between Silence and Light which was awarded at ICMC (44th, International Computer Music Conference, my piece is permanently archived in New York Univ.), and also there is an organ piece Chapel of Light which was world premiered in his recital by Hayo Boerema, Europe's best organist at Laurenskerk. Recent work is an international project with the members of Concertgebouworkest and Nederelands Kamerorkest.
Nubim is also a passionate educator. She has developed an approach to education and training in the most creative and effective way, and she works by trying new creations in collaboration with artists of various genres(architecture, literature, choreography, and so on). She had worked as a professor of jazz composition and modal harmony for 8 years at the major universities of Korea: Seoul Art University, Howon University and Hanyang University.
She has established her own independent recording label, Joy-tone Record. She did this in order to have self-control over her entire creative process. She has released five formal albums and three digital singles on this label. Her compositions are published by Donemus. Donemus is also a digital distributor of her album.
The main purpose of music for her is to positively influence the world through the sounds from her heart. Ultimately, she hope her music will give hope and love to those who are in trouble.
She studied architecture at university and worked as an architect before coming to music. During her master's degree at Codarts (Rotterdam Conservatory, Netherlands), she studied ‘the musicalization of architecture’ for her research, and recently she began to broaden her horizon by the translating of other arts into music. Also she studied both jazz and classical music at conservatories. She composes music that breaks the boundaries between jazz and classical music.
Nubim produced her new album <Chapel of Light (2020)> that translated Eastern and Western cultures into music, taking advantage of being an Asian living in the West. This album contains her compositions about architecture and literature written in the Netherlands. Among the tracks on the CD, there is an electronic piece Between Silence and Light which was awarded at ICMC (44th, International Computer Music Conference, my piece is permanently archived in New York Univ.), and also there is an organ piece Chapel of Light which was world premiered in his recital by Hayo Boerema, Europe's best organist at Laurenskerk. Recent work is an international project with the members of Concertgebouworkest and Nederelands Kamerorkest.
Nubim is also a passionate educator. She has developed an approach to education and training in the most creative and effective way, and she works by trying new creations in collaboration with artists of various genres(architecture, literature, choreography, and so on). She had worked as a professor of jazz composition and modal harmony for 8 years at the major universities of Korea: Seoul Art University, Howon University and Hanyang University.
She has established her own independent recording label, Joy-tone Record. She did this in order to have self-control over her entire creative process. She has released five formal albums and three digital singles on this label. Her compositions are published by Donemus. Donemus is also a digital distributor of her album.
The main purpose of music for her is to positively influence the world through the sounds from her heart. Ultimately, she hope her music will give hope and love to those who are in trouble.
