BIOGRAPHY
Nubim (real name: Soyoung Kim) is a versatile Korean musician and composer, who has managed to combine her background in architecture with a unique approach to jazz composition. Also, she has been doing multidisplinary approaches to art and has collaborated with various kinds of artists for diverse multi-artistic expression. She has received numerous awards, and she participated in Midem2006 and 2007, which was an exhibition for the music industry that took place in Cannes. At Midem, she got praise from several European companies, press and critics, such as, “music with creativity and originality”, “new kind of music. This is Nubim Jazz”, “a charming mix of jazzy, classical and film music”, to list a few.
Kim also has worked as a lecturer of jazz composition and modal harmony at the Seoul Art University as well as at Howon Univiersity (KR). Recent achievements have included arranging the music of Youngdong Kim, a contemporary maestro of Korean traditional music, moreover, she won 2nd prize at the Eagon Music Awards, which hosted by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
Kim has also established her own independent recording label, Joy-tone Records. She did this in order to have self-control over her entire creative process. She has released four formal albums and three digital singles on this label. Kim also worked towards her masters in jazz composition, studying with Paul M. van Brugge at the Rotterdam Conservatory (Codarts) in the Netherlands. After graduation of Codarts on Nov.2017, she has been preparing for the next step in the Netherlands, with presenting her music at the various venues. The most recent performance was done by a Europe-best organ player Hayo Boerema, at the Laurenskerk in Rotterdam, Netherlands. This composition is the mixture between pipe organ and electronic music and very well received by the audiences.
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.
Kim also has worked as a lecturer of jazz composition and modal harmony at the Seoul Art University as well as at Howon Univiersity (KR). Recent achievements have included arranging the music of Youngdong Kim, a contemporary maestro of Korean traditional music, moreover, she won 2nd prize at the Eagon Music Awards, which hosted by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
Kim has also established her own independent recording label, Joy-tone Records. She did this in order to have self-control over her entire creative process. She has released four formal albums and three digital singles on this label. Kim also worked towards her masters in jazz composition, studying with Paul M. van Brugge at the Rotterdam Conservatory (Codarts) in the Netherlands. After graduation of Codarts on Nov.2017, she has been preparing for the next step in the Netherlands, with presenting her music at the various venues. The most recent performance was done by a Europe-best organ player Hayo Boerema, at the Laurenskerk in Rotterdam, Netherlands. This composition is the mixture between pipe organ and electronic music and very well received by the audiences.
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.
