Sungji Hong

Sungji Hong 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 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 Studied with Nicola LeFanu, John Stringer, and Thomas Simaku
Royal Academy of Music, MMus in Composition Studied with Paul Patterson and Robert Saxton
Hanyang University, BMus in Composition 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
2004: Emendemus in melius for mixed voices
2004: Pater Noster for mixed voices
2007: The Lord is my Shepherd for mixed voices
2013: Ficus enim non florebit for four female voices
2015: O nata lux for three female voices
2016: Postea scien Jesus for mixed voices and organ
2019: O sacrum convivium for mixed voices
2022: Lux Aeterna for girls’ choir
2024: Missa Ichthys for three female voices

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